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The stock market was just another encrypted transmission — meaningless statics hiding meaningful patterns.

The visual poverty of the six-part series and its static sensibility adds to the air of an obligation being fulfilled.

The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun, but are careful to avoid a confrontation that "could lead to unimaginable consequences", Huang said.

It has all the microphones, if someone can figure out how to translate the blaring static into big, smart themes and keep repeating them.

Given that the world is dynamic, not static, they miss seeing things that otherwise might be extraordinary.