Bale plays John Connor, the leader of the human resistance against the wicked techno-reign of Skynet.
Skynet, the evil artificial intelligence in the Terminator movies and television series, gained consciousness this week.
According to the Terminator television show, Skynet became self-aware on April 19 at 8:11 p.m.
The space link is handled by the UK's new high-bandwidth Skynet 5 satellites.
Skynet 5A was itself held on the ground for 24 hours when a fault developed in the launch table.
If we listen to Terminator director James Cameron, however, Skynet is actually evil global warming rather than evil artificial intelligence.
Skynet 4E, which will be used for worldwide strategic and tactical communications for Britain's armed forces, also separated from the rocket.
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According to just-released U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) statistics, the evil global warming Skynet must be based in China rather than California.
The people behind the project warn against expecting Twitter feeds fully powered by artificial intelligence, or worrying about Skynet, any time soon.
The planes will gather intelligence on Taliban activities and their pictures can be fed back to the UK via Skynet 5A for further analysis, if necessary.
Weighing 3, 300 pounds (1.5 tons), Skynet was built in Britain by Matra Marconi Space (MMS), a joint venture of Britain's General Electric Co. and France's Lagardere Groupe.
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The problem with the Ariane rocket also delays the launch of Skynet 5B's co-passenger - a Brazilian satellite called Star One C1 which will deliver broadband internet services to consumers in South America.
While military installations worldwide have been pondering the launch of various communications satellites, Paradigm Secure Communications' Skynet 5A has not only been already deployed, but it's busy workin' on the weekends as well.
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In passing, we will talk about good versus evil, irrational exuberance versus dark euphoria, techno-utopian abundance versus collapsonimics, and good places to get coffee while watching the world end (or get taken over by Skynet).
Um, hasn't anyone ever heard of Skynet?
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