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Feh, that was a LONG time ago. There was one much more recently in the Kolaran system.

Who's that girl anyway? Every time I see that name, I think of Star Trek.

Your outrage reminds me of this exchange:

"Captain, they are now locking lasers on us."
"Lasers!?"
"Yes, sir."
"Lasers can't even penetrate our navigation shields. Don't they know that?"

Yep :)

Btw, that's how the marriage system works for the Denobulan species from Star Trek Enterprise.

Didn't Star Trek do a couple episodes about the Twibel problem?

Yes. The Twouble With Twibels.

I would think that Twials and Twilbelations is more appropriate given the nature of this story :)

Yea, the whole batch of self-sealing stem bolts is probably bad.

but honestly where do the explosive bolts or the explosive inside the bolts come from?

"self-sealing stem bolts" is a Star Trek reference, I think. http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Self-sealing_stem_bolt

I am fairly sure it is quantum torpedos

Planets orbiting in regions which we identify as a star's "habitable" zone are potential locations to establish colonies.

Beyond that, if we go there and find intelligent life, then it'll be much easier to establish a relationship with a species that breathes our air, has an overlapping thermal range of comfort, and lives under gravity and pressure conditions comparable to our own. Once we've made successful first contact a few times, and gotten the hang of intergalactic diplomacy, then we can worry about making friends with the damn Tholians.

If, all of the sudden, Americans woke up one day and found Google (mind you, Amazon, Facebook, and a few other web presences would have a similar effect) gone, they would go into a frothing mad rage. As soon as one person pointed a finger at Hollywood or the DHS, you'd have a God damned holy war on your hands. We Americans are certainly passive little government lap dogs as long as we have a steady soma dose of useless crap pumped into our veins via T.V. and the internet. But if you cut off that IV, you will learn really quick like just how much rage a bunch of pissed off house wives that can no longer access their lolcats pictures can generate.

"Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people – as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts... deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers... put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time... and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces, look at their eyes..." - Quark

...because it's completely overshadowed by fantasy crap that people make up and pretend is real...

I know I will be modded into geek hell for this one, but...

You mean like Star Trek?

My top favorite ST:TNG episode was season 6x05, Schisms. It's too bad they didn't have time to bring back the subspace aliens (the writers were originally going to bring them back again to challenge the crew in a future episode, but apparently they either decided not to or didn't get around to it before the series completed its run).

Agreed. A more appropriate slur would be a Pakled allusion.

Pssht. You humans and your TV shows.

It's this one: http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Daedalus_class :)

Yes, but see, they had to just make something up like Latinum as a plot device to try to bring some recognizable notions of 20th century economics into the 24th century, otherwise why not such civilizations exchanging gifts (why even bother with barter -- even that may be a plot device)? Besides, the question is never answered, why would anyone want Latinum? What is it useful for (besides currency)? At least gold can be used to make non-tarnishing wires.
    http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Latinum

For example, why can't the Starship Voyage seed some nanobots rear an uninhabited star that, using asteroid ore, in a couple months create solar arrays that produce a vast amount of antimatter fuel? So that they don't need to stay on tight "replicator rations"? That's another inconsistency.

Writers write what they know, in this case, trade and planets and war. Within that, they have shown a lot of imagination to push that envelope, and I am grateful for that, and I have been much inspired by what they have done.

In Star Trek there are multiple instances where people get cloned, merged, split and whatever in teleporter accidents. None of those is really much compatible with some super natural unique soul, unless of course souls can be copied, changed, merged and just jumbled around like regular matter.

In Star Trek there are multiple instances where people get cloned, merged, split and whatever in teleporter accidents. None of those is really much compatible with some super natural unique soul, unless of course souls can be copied, changed, merged and just jumbled around like regular matter.

In Star Trek there are multiple instances where people get cloned, merged, split and whatever in teleporter accidents. None of those is really much compatible with some super natural unique soul, unless of course souls can be copied, changed, merged and just jumbled around like regular matter.

And it has been fine-tuned towards the desired victim.

If the scam was targeting people running ultra custom mods derived from the Species 8472, they would simply make specific adjustments.
And only in that last execution part of the scam. The entire play up to that point stays the same.

And besides the fact that "running ultra custom mods derived from the Species 8472" relies on security through obscurity, let us not forget that Species 8472 were defeated through use of malware.
I.e. Borg nanoprobes specifically programmed to mimic their "electrochemical signatures, so that they could evade detection by Species 8472's immune system".

(Assistant astrophysics officer, but yeah...)

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Mister

If anything, a Klingon Christmas Carol would have Bob Cratchit haunted and the ghosts would have convinced him to kill Tiny Tim and take over Scrooge's operation by kicking his ass.

That sounds more like the version they do on Ferenginar.

Of course, in the Cardassian version, Tiny Tim is an operative for the Obsidian Order who liquidates Gul Scrooge...

Star Trek actually has addressed the problem with subspace transponders (carried in ships) and subspace relays (dropped along during exploration and in a network in territorial space). So during normal operation and exploration, ships are broadcasting their positions to the network and other friendly ships (like a fleet-wide loopt app). If they lose contact with a ship, they then have to look at it from its last-known position.

In cases where the distance is too great, they actually don't have a solution, which has comes up at least several times. When Voyager was sent across the galaxy, it was in fine, working order, but nobody back home knew what had happened to it or where it was until they were able to find a method of communication (which ended up being a similar network of relays that someone else had set up).

Star Trek actually has addressed the problem with subspace transponders (carried in ships) and subspace relays (dropped along during exploration and in a network in territorial space). So during normal operation and exploration, ships are broadcasting their positions to the network and other friendly ships (like a fleet-wide loopt app). If they lose contact with a ship, they then have to look at it from its last-known position.

In cases where the distance is too great, they actually don't have a solution, which has comes up at least several times. When Voyager was sent across the galaxy, it was in fine, working order, but nobody back home knew what had happened to it or where it was until they were able to find a method of communication (which ended up being a similar network of relays that someone else had set up).

Maybe it just hit a Tachyon Eddy and left the solar system...

Wouldn't that be #1?

Nope...the First Rule of Acquisition is, "Once you have their money, you never give it back."

I think Star Trek had a warning about his one. http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Miri_(episode)

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

That's not the star trek reference that jumped into my mind.
I was thinking of these.

From TFA I think (and this is Google Translate so I don't trust it) the prof. was talking about, you know, cash, not money in general (i.e. everything would happen using credit cards and such).

And yes, I'm quite aware of Douglas Adams and your joke. It's just that it's not relevant. The professor is not suggesting a transition to a Star Trek (non)economy, he's just saying not to bother with physical currency.

I think robots are nice and have loads of practical uses, but honestly I'm just waiting for something like LCARS to be practical. Integrated compute control of all the major systems in the house, etc.

The only thing that never really made sense to me were typing things out. In Enterprise they had a keyboard of sorts but there weren't nearly enough keys to cover most of the major symbols.

I suppose I'm just in love with the general concept of it.

I just hope robots don't become cheap soldiers that any rich guy can own his personal army.

I imagine eventually the UN is going to draw a line between remote-controlled drones (UAVs like the Predator) and AI bots and forbid AI bots from being used, at the very least, in direct combat. Besides, there are a lot of issues at hand with bots; EMPS, for one. Robots won't be nearly as agile and fast as a human running for his life can be, so I imagine they would be far more vulnerable to specialized weaponry designed to counteract them (or hell, even conventional "big bang" weaponry like grenade launchers, rockets, missiles, etc.) Robots can be hacked and reprogrammed, soldiers cannot so easily. It would be a P.R. disaster if an Army Combat bot is seized by an enemy combatant with off-the-shelf gear and turned on its own soldiers.

I don't believe that robots will be practical enough (cost-wise) to be used as soldiers for at least 20-30 years (if we and/or the international community would even allow such a thing to happen).

First contact with the Vulcans in April 2063.

Oh no!

Yea, never let 'facts' discourage your shitty joke-mongering. Forget about the gravity plating and intertial dampeners did you?

Yea, never let 'facts' discourage your shitty joke-mongering. Forget about the gravity plating and intertial dampeners did you?

i still love in Stargate Atlantis - once given transporters - they did the obvious.. beam a nuke over to the enemy ship.. star-trek would never have done that.

Some captains would. http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Dark_Frontier_(episode)

Spock made the decision that he was willing to give up *his* life to save the many. His decision. His life. Not for someone else. Not about someone else's life.

Isn't it a little bit different for Spock than the rest of us by virtue of the fact that he willingly (the Federation doesn't have a draft to the best of my knowledge) joined a military force? If you are a member of any modern day military you can be ordered to give up your life to save your comrades. Starfleet isn't any different. There was an episode of TNG where Troi was going for a promotion and couldn't pass the required test because she wasn't willing to send a crew member to his death to save everybody else.

No, they're PADD on Star Trek.

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCARS

Q? Is that you?

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/All_Good_Things

Well, that depends on which nomad.

PBN-1 Nomad

GAF Nomad

SS Nomadic

Chevrolet Nomad

or the Nomad MK-15c

Geek Fail. That page uses the scale from the Next Generation, while Ensign Chekov would obviously have answered using the scale from the original series. By the original series scale, it would take just under 34 days.

And a pretty big part of a really good TNG episode.

Oh, I should also point out it was a big part of one of the best episodes evar too.

Such a heart was a big part of one of the worst episodes of Star Trek: the Next Generation evar!

It was Star Trek Next Generation - The Vengence Factor. Only one in a million Acamarians have the DNA which this virus was designed to kill.

You just want to see people running around in those Edo costumes ;)

Is it a sad reflection on me that I knew exactly which episode you were referencing without clicking on your link?

Not in Sacrifice of Angels he wasn't. Sisko was the one calling the shots. Incidentally he was well on his way to getting his ass kicked until Worf and Martok bailed him out....

Well, after ruling this planet for 35 million years or whatever, the dinosaurs just up and disappeared. Obviously they developed space travel and decided to migrate to a better part of the galaxy.

I remember seeing that Star Trek episode too: http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Distant_Origin_(episode)

Hmm. I can't find that one here:

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition

Therefore it might be:
(The unwritten rule) When no appropriate rule applies, make one up.[15] VOY: "False Profits"

Bait the hook for Wesley Crusher types.

Except Wesley Crusher got to have sex with Ashley Judd......

More on the kiss here: http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Plato's_Stepchildren_(episode)

steveha

I have read the GPL many times over the years (as well as US copyright law) and while I can grok most of the GPL, parts of it continue to elude me. Its textual representation reminds me of bad software writing, decidedly worse than average federal law standards.

At the very least, it's better than the English translation of the Treaty of Armens.