>>Well look at WII - the gesture pointer is already here.
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>So long as you have the gizmo in your hand, not just your moving finger.

So the next step would be to gave the sensors in a glove or as something you put on your finger... not far from the existing model.

>Notwithstanding, my beef was with the assertion that they're suffering budget cuts, yet the kit they have at their disposal, even if it is science fact, is not available from your local hi tech store and would cost a fortune. They also have the 3-D holographic head whatchamacallit too.

This seems to be few months behind what we saw here... is that the episode where the bearded guy from the lab is somehow to be fired over the budget cuts, but then stays because he's a hero... and there's some such discussion over what's better for the lab, to keep the highly efficient technology or the superstar people they have, and by the end of the episode they see that it's not really a bitxor(), i.e. they can cut some other corners?

Which sort of explains the thing, but still... why let logic stand in the way of a quick and not-quite-roasted plot? I.e., if they have the gizmos, these were already paid for before the cuts; if they're just buying them and talking about the cuts, then it makes far less sense; if the gizmos were already paid for, then why the dilemma between people or gizmos? If these were just borrowed for a test...

...anyway, if you want to ruin any scenario, just start asking about the money (where does it come from, what did they do with it) and follow the logic, or vice versa. Most of them will break at that point :). If you look at the motivations of most characters, why did they do what they just did onscreen, you can judge the quality of the script by the exact rate of WTF/minute...

>>I'm still waiting for the day when they sell their obsolete gadgetry at bargain prices. I wish I could get my hands on that contraption which removes unfocused pixels, Blade Runner style... I have some 480x640 pics from the early days of digital photography which I'd like to finally see in full 12 megapixel resolution...
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>We've talked about this before.

Note the word "obsolete" above. I foreshadowed your deja vu alzheimer, i.e. we forgot this before :).