The activists on earth. Qs that I need answered plz.

[Human No More]

It's not going to happen - that video will arrive in 4.4 years at lightspeed, well before Selfridge arrives back. The group who the survival guide originated with seem to have a lot of insider information - I would say at least one spy at a high level in the RDA, in addition to contacts on Pandora itself. Now all the marines and Selfridge are gone, all those logs of what happened are here just waiting to be transmitted.

[Cyvaris]

Originally Posted by Human No More

It's not going to happen - that video will arrive in 4.4 years at lightspeed, well before Selfridge arrives back. The group who the survival guide originated with seem to have a lot of insider information - I would say at least one spy at a high level in the RDA, in addition to contacts on Pandora itself. Now all the marines and Selfridge are gone, all those logs of what happened are here just waiting to be transmitted.

They have ansibles on the ISS Venture Star so Selfridge and the remaining military would be able to transmit their own spin on things pretty quickly. It would basically end up as a "he said she said" situation. It would really come down to how the public feels. There would definitely be a "revolution" going on the question would just be how large.

[Clarke]

Originally Posted by Cyvaris

They have ansibles on the ISS Venture Star so Selfridge and the remaining military would be able to transmit their own spin on things pretty quickly.

HNM insists the canonical figure for that is 3 bits an hour. You can't get a very long message inside ~11.4kb.

[Cyvaris]

Originally Posted by Clarke

HNM insists the canonical figure for that is 3 bits an hour. You can't get a very long message inside ~11.4kb.

True, true. But then again Jake and Co would be limited by the same bandwidth issues as well(unless Pandora has a really strong ansible). Either way it degenerates into a shouting match between the to.

Also downloading footage of the attack over that type of link....would take a very, very long time. Trust me. On GOOD days I get maybe 80kb download rate. I am STILL trying to download a HD version on Game of Thrones...its 20gbs and has been going for about three days now.

[Clarke]

Originally Posted by Cyvaris

True, true. But then again Jake and Co would be limited by the same bandwidth issues as well(unless Pandora has a really strong ansible). Either way it degenerates into a shouting match between the to.

I thought the idea was that Jake & co. use a conventional radio signal. (Ignoring the power required to send such a signal)

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by Cyvaris

They have ansibles on the ISS Venture Star so Selfridge and the remaining military would be able to transmit their own spin on things pretty quickly. It would basically end up as a "he said she said" situation. It would really come down to how the public feels. There would definitely be a "revolution" going on the question would just be how large.

Nope.
Not enough bandwidth.

Anyway, even if so (which isn't right for the reasons above), look at history - modern history at that. Read up on the Streisand effect.

Originally Posted by Cyvaris

True, true. But then again Jake and Co would be limited by the same bandwidth issues as well(unless Pandora has a really strong ansible). Either way it degenerates into a shouting match between the to.

Also downloading footage of the attack over that type of link....would take a very, very long time. Trust me. On GOOD days I get maybe 80kb download rate. I am STILL trying to download a HD version on Game of Thrones...its 20gbs and has been going for about three days now.

The 3bit/hr IS Pandora's 'ansible'. I already said that the scientists aren't limited by time, so they can send it at light speed if necessary - 4.4 years to arrive is a LOT faster than an ISV.