:12:00
Are you a student or something?
:12:02
I'm a writer.
I'm writing a book.
:12:05
I'm here doing research about how
technology affects Third World cultures.
:12:10
I'm also looking for this guy,
David Drumlin.
:12:12
He's head of the National Science
Foundation. I want an interview.
:12:18
I take it you know him?
:12:21
You could say that.
:12:23
SETI.
:12:25
That's fringe!
:12:27
I've crossed paths with him. Something
like that must really chap his ass.
:12:34
Compass.
:12:37
That's for you.
:12:43
You better keep this.
:12:45
Might save your life someday.
:12:52
Have dinner with me tonight?
:12:56
I don't make a good research subject.
I'm not quotable.
:12:59
No quotes.
Scout's honor.
:13:02
Good meal, good company.
:13:04
I've got to go.
:13:14
Drumlin's coming in Tuesday.
:13:24
Now I remember why I took that desk job.
:13:29
Dr. Drumlin, how are you?
:13:33
Glad you could make it.
:13:35
If I'd known it took 3 planes,
I might've reconsidered.
:13:38
How is that new office?
:13:40
Still settling in. They already want to
give half my budget to the Pentagon.
:13:45
Still waiting for E.T. to call?
:13:49
Good to see you too!
:13:51
Asshole!
:13:52
Looks like it's
going to be a long night.
:13:55
Science must be accountable to
the people paying for it, the taxpayers.
:13:59
We must stop wasting money
on pie-in-the-sky abstractions...