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by dyukqu 2360 days ago
I've watched the show (only once, for now) and I love it but didn't understand the reference :|
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It refers to the human's cybersecurity technique of banning inter-computer communication. The ship Galactica survives the initial cylon attack because it's too old to have networked devices onboard.
More than that, the captain specifically insisted that it NOT be upgraded with networking, despite the benefits, because of the security risks.