Talk:DRD

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I just watched the premiere episode, and I'm pretty sure that One-Eye was repaired with blue electrical tape, not duct tape. Fledchen 14:25, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

DIdn't a DRD inject something into Crichton that allowed him to understand alien language? PrometheusX303 23:34, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, translator microbes. Quite a lot of them from the looks of things, straight into his foot. Ouch!

1812's Colors

I edited the page to reflect that 1812's colors refer to the American flag, not the French flag. The original page said the French flag, however given that the 1812 overture refers to the War of 1812 and also given that John Crichton is an American, it is logical to assume he painted 1812 for the "red, white, and blue" of the American flag. I also reversed the order in which the color's are listed since the American flag is often refered to as "the red, white, and blue". --Matt72986 09:45, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I had to edit this entry once again because someone decided to revert it back to the French flag. As I explained, in all likelihood the colors were in reference to the American flag. Do not revert it again unless you can present significant support as to why it would be the French flag.--Matt72986 13:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Here are some quotes from the 1812 Overture article "The 1812 Overture is an orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia" and "Although the composition has no historical connection with the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom, it is often performed in the US alongside other patriotic music." Those colours could represent any one of those four countries! But it does look like a French flag. The question is if Crichton did want the colours to signify the USA why didn't he just paint an American flag on "1812" instead of a French flag? --AnubisShock 11:52, 28 June 2006 (WAST)

I think it would be best to leave out any mention as to which flag it represents until someone can give a reputable source stating one or the other. OR perhaps a compromise: Include a note that says that some think it represents the French flag because... and some think it may represent the American flag because... PrometheusX303 04:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree that for now we can leave it out. However the burden of proof should rest with the more illogical position. Since Crichton is an American, there's no logical reason for any French connection, flag, colors, or music. While the 1812 overture may not have been written for the War of 1812, when it comes to most Americans, it does "refer to it", hence what I said earlier, as it is often played during renditions of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Anthem. --Matt72986 03:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The fact that he painted what is, quite clearly to anybody with eyes, the French flag, doesn't seem to cut it with you for some reason...

I'd love to see a man with no artistic background whatsoever paint an American flag (50 stars, 13 stripes, and all) on the back of a DRD. It's unreasonable to assume that Crichton would even attempt such a thing, given the detail that would be required. Besides, it's unlikely that the production crew would even attempt to paint an American flag on a DRD because it would be nearly impossible to tell what it actually was - the lines would be squished together and the stars would be extremely small. Such an attempt would probably look more like a blue square in the corner of a pink rectangle, which signifies absolutely nothing. Furthermore, if you look at the colors from the front of the DRD back, you see red, white, then blue, which is the order in which the colors of the American flag are generally presented. Why would Crichton, given that he tends to look at 1812 head-on, paint the flag he's trying to display sideways (with the left side at the back of the DRD)? Given his situation and his background (American), it makes much more sense that he'd be trying to represent his own country, and therefore the American flag. Additionally, there's the fact that many Americans actually tend to associate the 1812 Overture with the War of 1812 - Given that, as far as I know, the target audience for this series was actually Americans (the series was first shown in the United States, from what I remember), it makes much more sense to assume that they were trying to conjure images in Americans' minds. Therefore, it seems clear to me that 1812's color scheme represents the American flag's colors.Drwhite486 00:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

^It doesn't matter anyway seeing as someone else has chosen to delete the image anyway.

^And now some brain dead yank seems to have deleted the article entire and replaced it with a redirection link to the USA's 'Department for Regional Development'. 203.59.80.62 (talk) 15:55, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

"Could not load DRD for domain"

What’s "DRD" in this mail error message? "SMTP error from remote server after RCPT command: host mail-fwd.verio-web.com[161.58.16.35]: 451 Could not load DRD for domain (....com) rcpt (Name@....com) retry timeout exceeded" – ("..." and "Name" changed and inserted by myself.) I think it stands for "Drupal Remote Dashboard, see https://drupal.org/node/1601068, Drupal being, according to them "a free software package that allows you to easily organize, manage and publish your content, with an endless variety of customization.", see https://drupal.org/about – Fritz Jörn (talk) 21:08, 21 December 2013 (UTC)