Tuesday, March 3, 2009

24: Mad Libs

I'm a big fan of 24; well, I have been for a long time, but this season is... iffy. As someone who works quite a bit with technology, I'm usually willing to let the occasional technological TV nonsense-speak slide for the sake of entertainment. I spent several seasons of 24 happily letting everyone 'send info to everyone's screens,' which, although it made no real sense, was inconsequential enough that it was OK. But this season's plot is centered around technological nonsense. Exhibit A, my favorite short blurb of techno-babble so far:











In case you didn't get that, the quote was:


We're going to have to tie the main servers together. I need an AVI motherboard but you're going to have to reconfigure it for a macro uplink.



I just couldn't let that one slide. It's like they just combined random words that are mostly from the area of interest to the conversation. To try and translate that into another vernacular:



We're going to have to marinate the carburetor. I need some V8 tires but you're going to have to retread them for a stick-shift lug nut.



If you come up with a good one, leave a note in the comments.

2 comments:

  1. Did you open a fresh socket to make this post? You wouldn't want to corrupt your VPN stack.

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  2. Christianity:

    "We're going to have to baptize the ecclesiology. I need a eucharistic Second Thessalonians, but you're going to have to blaspheme it for a liturgical New Testament."

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