Is This It?

"How did you manage to find the signal?"
"Trial and error, basically. We extrapolated technical data. Their comms, I think they called them 'cellies.'"
"That's what Big John says they called them."
"Right."
"Same diff."

"You know it's not going to be easy. They said a couple months, but there's no way we're going to get through all these sims in less than a year, maybe two -- who the fuck is coming up with these projections? Margaret?"
"Keep it down."
"Was she at CERN, Margaret?"
"I don't understand why you won't call her Mrs. Pavlikovski."
"To her face, I do."
"But you always roll your eyes."
"She's none the wiser."