[Aardwolf]

In the FS1 Lab cutscene, the guy says "Power level steady at" or something "one point two one gigawatts", is that not the same number as the "one point twenty-one jigawatts", the power needed for the DeLorean to time-travel in Back to the Future?

Have I got my numbers mixed up, or is it the same number?

And if it's the same, was it intentional, a coincidence, or just something that popped into the script writer's mind?

Or is this already known?

[Kosh]

I've always had the impression that "jigga watts" were just "giga watts" mispronounced.

[karajorma]

I think it's definitely a reference. I noticed it when I was compiling the transcripts for the FAQ.

[terran_emperor]

"jiga" , "Giga"

"Potayto", "Potarto"

"Tomayto", "Tomarto"

Let's call the whole thing off

 

"giga" and "Jiga" it's the same principal as how Americans pronounce Tomato differently to the British

[Killer Whale]

In this theory it could be, one point twenty-one is correctly pronounced as one point two one.

Oh and i thought tomayto was the same as a potato (they ryme, well, as tomayto in american and potato in english )

[terran_emperor]

I'm just misspelling them to show the pronounciation in that rhyme - since it's an audio thing, it doesnt translate into text very well since Tomato is spelt exactly the same in both countries.

Tell you what here's a link to a vid that has that rhyme in.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1909091565319683144

Its a B5 outake reel... and the outtake i'm refering to occurs as 1:10-1:27

[Flipside]

Heh, it was an old song, can't remember who by though.....

[Wobble73]

Heh, it was an old song, can't remember who by though.....

Was it Cole Porter??