Messing Around With The Prime Directive
One of the humour sites that I enjoy, SatireWire is back with a look at the daily struggles of the Enterprise orbiting the current Earth. Considering the last reaction to Star Trek, I figured people would like this.
The previous article [satirewire.com] is much funnier (imho), and probably the best I've read from satirewire in a while.
all rolled into one: Top 90 Ways Star Trek Would Change If Slashdot Replaced Starfleet.
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You'd better not tell Larry Wall.
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Redefinition of the scale. Imagine:
Worf: The Borg ship is following us and catching up!
Picard: Increase speed to warp 9.99999999999999999999999999999345671235...
[Borg ship destroys enterprise before Picard could finish stating the speed]
Similarily, I can easily tell you my old small car can go 180, and most British and American people won't believe me (because they'll think in terms of mph while I'm talking about kph).
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So, could NCC-SpinalTap go to warp 11?