Proposition Infinity (generally referred to as "Proposition 8"), which banned same-sex marriage in California in November 2008. The title of the episode is derived from Proposition 8, turning the 8 sideways to create the symbol for infinity (∞), hence "Proposition ∞". Though the episode satirizes arguments for same-sex marriage, it leans favorably toward the idea of allowing same-sex marriage. The theme of the episode revisits the social taboo of robosexual relationships presented in earlier episodes "Space Pilot 3000" and "I Dated a Robot". Openly gay actor George Takei of "Star Trek" fame, who married his partner in California during the debate over
Sideways address space BBC Micro. The Master's slots replace the READY signal with an R/W signal so that RAM can also be plugged into the external cartridge ports. Acorn MOS supports up to 16 Sideways banks. Due to limited motherboard space, extra Sideways sockets were made available by third-party expansion boards. Certain boards, such as the Watford Electronics Sidewise board, also provided the option of permanent, battery backed-up RAM. This allows for developer testing of new Sideways ROM software without burning an EPROM for each attempt. A write-protect switch could be used to prevent the contents of Sideways RAM from being modified. Sideways