The Outer Limits (1995) s07e19 Episode Script
"The Tipping Point"
HELLO, ZACH
THAT'S VERY CLEVER, YOU'RE A HOLOGRAM BEING GENERATED BY WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, OBVIOUSLY, FROM A TRANSMITTER SOMEWHERE
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR ME
WHO ARE YOU? HOW'D YOU GET INTO MY APARTMENT?
YOU CAN CALL ME MERLIN, TO REVEAL MY TRUE IDENTITY WOULD BE DANGEROUS
WHY?
EVAN COLE IS CREATING A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALLOW ANY COMPUTER TO INSTANTANEOUSLY TALK TO ANY OTHER COMPUTER
SO?
HE'S TRYING TO REACH THE TIPPING POINT, OKAY, IF HE CAN ACHIEVE INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS, HE BELIEVES THEY MAY ACT AS NEURONS WITHIN A BRAIN
CREATING ENOUGH COMPUTING POWER TO INITIATE A CONSCIOUSNESS?
THE TIPPING POINT, IN WHICH NONTHINKING COMPUTERS MERGE INTO A THINKING INTELLIGENCE, IF COLE CAN ACHIEVE IT, HE CAN CONTROL EVERY NATION'S DEFENSE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS, EVERY FINANCIAL MARKET, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THAT HE'S GOING TO RULE THE WORLD BY USING COMPUTERS? WE NEED TO TELL THE POLICE, THE FBI, SOMEBODY
AND WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? WHAT PROOF WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? IT WOULD SOUND AS RIDICULOUS TO THEM AS IT JUST DID TO YOU
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I SHOULD BELIEVE YOU
The Outer Limits (1995) s07e19 Episode Script
"The Tipping Point"
YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THEM AT THE STATION
ANDY WASN'T WEARING ANY GLASSES, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH HIS THINGS
OH, GOD, WELL, THEY WERE THERE, I SAW THEM
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE GLASSES BEFORE THIS?
I FORGOT, I'M SORRY, OKAY? I WAS FREAKED OUT THAT NIGHT
AND YOU THINK THAT DISCOVERING THIS PROMETHEUS PROGRAM IS WHAT LED TO ANDY'S DEATH?
WELL, YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY THING HE AND BRYCE BOTH TALKED ABOUT
WELL, YOU KNOW ANDY WILSON WAS DEEP IN DEBT, HE'D BEEN TREATED FOR DEPRESSION
YEAH, YOU GOT ALL THAT OFF THE WEB, RIGHT? IT'S ALL NICE AND TIDY, ISN'T IT? I COULD GET INTO YOUR PERSONAL FILES AT THE STATION RIGHT NOW, I COULD ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, CHANGE ANYTHING I WANTED TO, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD, I'M JUST SAYING I COULD
EVEN IF I COULD MANAGE TO GET A WARRANT TO GO THROUGH COLE'S MAINFRAME, WHICH WON'T BE EASY, BY THE WAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
IF YOU CAN GET ME ACCESS TO THOSE FILES, I CAN SEE THE CODE FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT THIS THING REALLY EXISTS
IF YOU DO THAT, COLE WILL FIRE YOU
GET THE WARRANT
I'M SORRY, MAN, MY HEAD IS JUST NOT IN THIS
IT'S OKAY, MINE, EITHER, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU,
YEAH?
YEAH, ABOUT ANDY, I TOLD THE COPS EVERYTHING, I KNOW, I KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS WILL SOUND LIKE DENIAL, BUT I JUST DON'T BUY THIS SUICIDE STUFF
http://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Aerospace/DC-3/Aero29.htm
U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
The Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 was one of the most noteworthy aircraft ever built. It probably did more than any other plane to introduce a whole new segment of the population to air travel and establish air transportation as a normal way of traveling. More than five times as many passenger miles were flown in 1941 than in 1935 in the United States, and much of that can be attributed to the popularity of the DC-3. Douglas also produced a number of military versions that played a vital role around the world, especially in World War II.
The DC-3 was the first airliner to make a profit by carrying just passengers without the support of mail contracts or other forms of government subsidies. Its production, along with continued production of the DC-2 that lasted until September 1939 for the military version, ensured the prosperity and financial soundness of Douglas Aircraft for many years.
This new plane would appear in two versions: a 14-berth sleeper version, the Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST), and a day version, called the DC-3.
Construction began in December 1934, before a firm contract had even been written. On July 8, 1935, American's president confirmed the initial order of 10 Douglas Sleeper Transports
The Outer Limits (1995) s07e19 Episode Script
"The Tipping Point"
AND ZACH, YOU CAN BE ONE OF THE CHOSEN ONES, YOUR CODE-WRITING ABILITY WILL ALLOW PROMETHEUS ACCESS TO COMPUTERS EVERYWHERE, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP
FORGET IT
DON'T DISAPPOINT US, ZACH, ZACH, I PICKED YOU OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMMERS I COULD HAVE HIRED, BECAUSE YOU HAD EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED, I KNOW YOU, ZACH, I AM YOU
YOU ARE NOTHING LIKE ME
REALLY? I GREW UP FEELING APART, DIFFERENT, MY INTELLIGENCE DISTANCED ME FROM EVERYBODY, MY PEERS RESENTED ME, MY PARENTS PARADED ME AROUND LIKE SOME KIND OF SIDESHOW FREAK, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
The Outer Limits
The Tipping Point
Quotes
Control Voice: When we awaken an intellect within our machines, will we enter a new enlightened age, or a much darker one?
From 9/9/1915 ( from Wikipedia on the global-internetwork: William Foster & Co. of Lincoln, England, completed the first prototype military tank ) To 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (operator and advanced technician, UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) is 26202 days
26202 = 13101 + 13101
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 13101 days
From 7/8/1935 ( ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 24176 days
24176 = 12088 + 12088
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004, employed as technical accounts manager in Microsoft Premier Support for Enterprise and then Microsoft Premier Support for Developers ) is 12088 days
From 7/6/1946 ( ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 20160 days
20160 = 10080 + 10080
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 10080 days
From 5/21/1969 ( described publicly only by me, the Princeton University doctor of medicine degree graduation of my biological brother Dr Thomas Reagan MD and the 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 11805 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/27/1998 ( premiere USA film "Dark City" AND premiere USA TV series episodes "Stargate SG-1"::"Politics" AND "The Outer Limits"::"Relativity Theory" ) is 11805 days
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From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 13101 days
From 6/12/1963 ( ) To 9/15/2001 ( ) is 13975 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/6/2004 ( IN THE FUTURE from 09/15/2001: as Kerry Burgess my final day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) is 13975 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)_episodes
List of The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) episodes
From Wikipedia
"The Tipping Point" September 15, 2001
A project to develop a universal programming language may lead all the computers in the world to link and form an artificial intelligence that one computer whiz feels he must destroy or risk world domination by it.
Space: Above and Beyond
"Pearly"
Season 1, Episode 19
Air Date
March 24, 1996
Quotes
Hawkes: You and your APC are out of simpatico.
Fox: TANK!
McQueen: No need to get ugly, Sergeant.
Fox: Pearly is not an armoured personnel carrier, she's a tank! You call her an APC one more time, I'll use your guts to grease her treads!
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-commending-the-tools-for-freedom-program
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 02:32 AM Pacific-timezone USA Sunday 05/31/2026
