Comments on: Episode 6 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/ The Scifi Webcomic Podcast Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: PodWarp 1999 - The Scifi Webcomic Podcast » Blog Archive » Episode 13 - Collision Course (Bom-bom-BOM!) http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-95 PodWarp 1999 - The Scifi Webcomic Podcast » Blog Archive » Episode 13 - Collision Course (Bom-bom-BOM!) Sat, 24 May 2008 22:26:14 +0000 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-95 [...] another Technobabble response, this time to a comment left by an anonymous stranger, lurking in the shadows of our [...] [...] another Technobabble response, this time to a comment left by an anonymous stranger, lurking in the shadows of our [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-53 Anonymous Wed, 07 May 2008 16:15:08 +0000 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-53 Technobabble is bad when it does not ring true to a character or situation (IE, when something is described in excessive detail or too precisely under stress, etc), and when it undermines suspension of disbelief (good rule of thumb: be vague about how it works unless there's no way to avoid it). Technobabble is acceptable when it is authentic to a character or situation. Technobabble is bad when it does not ring true to a character or situation (IE, when something is described in excessive detail or too precisely under stress, etc), and when it undermines suspension of disbelief (good rule of thumb: be vague about how it works unless there’s no way to avoid it).

Technobabble is acceptable when it is authentic to a character or situation.

]]> By: Entity325 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-18 Entity325 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:12:34 +0000 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-18 Whether it's accurate or not, I think technobabble gets in the way of the story development. If it's actually meant to mean something, that's one thing. If it's just stringing random buzzwords together, that's a waste of airtime. But then, I should probably listen to episode 7 before I comment any more on that. (And admittedly, as an engineering student, I'm probably as bad about technobabble as any Star Trek character ever was.) Whether it’s accurate or not, I think technobabble gets in the way of the story development. If it’s actually meant to mean something, that’s one thing. If it’s just stringing random buzzwords together, that’s a waste of airtime.

But then, I should probably listen to episode 7 before I comment any more on that.

(And admittedly, as an engineering student, I’m probably as bad about technobabble as any Star Trek character ever was.)

]]> By: PodWarp 1999 - The Scifi Webcomic Podcast » Blog Archive » Episode 7 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-17 PodWarp 1999 - The Scifi Webcomic Podcast » Blog Archive » Episode 7 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:16:45 +0000 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-17 [...] We respond to Adam Y’s comment concerning Technobabble. [...] [...] We respond to Adam Y’s comment concerning Technobabble. [...]

]]> By: Adam Y. http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-13 Adam Y. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:40:17 +0000 http://pod.ghosthamster.com/2008/04/03/episode-6/#comment-13 I really enjoy your podcast but I disagree wiht the whole technobable argument. As much as you will be horrified real engineers do speak like they are out of an episode of Star Trek. In fact there has been one time where the technobable actually made sense from a science prospective. I forget which episode it was but I do know it was in the first season of DS9. It was a really cool solution but the problem was that only three other people on the face of the earth would have understood the science. I really enjoy your podcast but I disagree wiht the whole technobable argument. As much as you will be horrified real engineers do speak like they are out of an episode of Star Trek. In fact there has been one time where the technobable actually made sense from a science prospective. I forget which episode it was but I do know it was in the first season of DS9. It was a really cool solution but the problem was that only three other people on the face of the earth would have understood the science.

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