On BBC news this morning they had a little piece about the new series

but the one thing that stood out is when they said 'there was a series

in the 70's that had the same name'!! What about it being the same

idea and them going to the estate of Terry Nation for the rights, very

lazy journalism, obviously the researcher was not old enough to know

anything of the original.

--- In Survivorstvseries@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny" <johnny@...> wrote:

>

> On BBC news this morning they had a little piece about the new series

> but the one thing that stood out is when they said 'there was a series

> in the 70's that had the same name'!! What about it being the same

> idea and them going to the estate of Terry Nation for the rights, very

> lazy journalism, obviously the researcher was not old enough to know

> anything of the original.





:)



Most researchers for TV stations are barely out of their teens and

have the job due to family connections rather than any brains.



But looking forward to Sundays first episode despite my own misgivings

about it all looking a tad too 'by the numbers'.



Going to be interesting to see how they handle the actually epidemic

especially in terms of how it might actually happen in terms of how

its reported on  what with the internet, 24 hour news stations and the

like. Just how they dealt with the SARS outbreak and the Bird-flu

scars give an idea of what it might be like.



Also, just as something to ponder on, how quickly do you think central

government might pull the plug on the Internet ? I would guess that in

this day and age of almost political obsession with spin if something

did begin to rapidly spread and kill people they might look to kill

the messangers PDQ.



Or would they just not have the time ?





>

>

> Most researchers for TV stations are barely out of their teens and

> have the job due to family connections rather than any brains.



Youth is absolutely no excuse, at 18 in 1964 any research or work I did

in my first job was expected to be accurate, no excuses, extra time

might be granted, kindly, because of inexperience and there would

always be an older colleague available.



Edwin

Re: BBC news this morning





I suspect that the Internet would die naturally as sections broke

down.

I wonder how long the phone network would last. Don't think we'll get

the Ray Bradbury type secenario as in his Martian Chronicles of phones

ringing all over the planet but I expect there would be some freak

bits surviving for some time.



A point to ponder, as the new generation are internet and texting

orientated I wonder if that would be how they would conceive of

reestablishing communication ie reinventing letters and a postal

service but this time one where letters were delivered to central

mailbox depositories and collected from them. Perhaps the earliest

form of fax might be the next stage used to communicate at a distance



eg. http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_faxhistory.htm



Then some form of jellygraph duplication could multiply copies for

distribution locally. Who knows we might even see the reestablishment

of the learned society next.



Edwin

But then the easiest way might be the binary in that all one needs is

on and off, 1 0, . - etc. to communicate. light or electric signals

could be used.



Edwin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7736990.stm

>

> From: "stewartdd2002" <aeduin@...>

> Date: 2008/11/19 Wed PM 01:07:15 GMT

> To: Survivorstvseries@yahoogroups.com

> Subject: [Survivorstvseries] Re: BBC news this morning

>

> Re: BBC news this morning

>

>

> I suspect that the Internet would die naturally as sections broke

> down.

> I wonder how long the phone network would last. Don't think we'll get

> the Ray Bradbury type secenario as in his Martian Chronicles of phones

> ringing all over the planet but I expect there would be some freak

> bits surviving for some time.

>

> A point to ponder, as the new generation are internet and texting

> orientated I wonder if that would be how they would conceive of

> reestablishing communication ie reinventing letters and a postal

> service but this time one where letters were delivered to central

> mailbox depositories and collected from them. Perhaps the earliest

> form of fax might be the next stage used to communicate at a distance

>

> eg. http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_faxhistory.htm

>

> Then some form of jellygraph duplication could multiply copies for

> distribution locally. Who knows we might even see the reestablishment

> of the learned society next.

>

> Edwin

>

>

>

>



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--- In Survivorstvseries@yahoogroups.com, Roj Blake <horizon2121@...>

wrote:

>

>

> The Internet would die as soon as the main exchanges lost power, in

the city of London but particularly in canary wharf.

>



Okey dokey. Would the Government be able to pull the plug earlier or

would they then lose the entire telephone system at the same time ?

> Okey dokey. Would the Government be able to pull the plug earlier or

> would they then lose the entire telephone system at the same time ?

>

But they are all doomed anyway so it's academic. See some of the back

to nature/suvivalist yahoo groups for more panic spreading already than

you would get in the Survivors scenario.



To misquote the Germans of '44 and '45 "Enjoy the plague because the

survival  will be terrible."



" Come on everybody,

   Gather round friends.

   This is the day

   Civilisation ends.

   Let's get together and do Death's dance

   And go loot."



Credit for the above and another take on the END in "The Texts of

Festival" by Mick Farren, 1973,



Edwin