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Star Trek... Inspirational Posters?
Noryungi writes "Hot on the heels of Despair dot com, here comes... the Star Trek Inspirational Posters!. Imagine a mind-meld of Mr Spock, Despair's demotivational attitude and the Linux Distro Parodies, and you have one heck of a funny site. If you are a true Trekkie, don't click on the link, as this is certainly going to offend you..."
I was going to make some TNG ones, but they'd all just be pictures of Wesley Crusher with the caption "Please shot this irritating brat".
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"Hot on the heels of Despair dot com ..."
You must be new here. Despair has been around quite a while.
Keep the Classic Slashdot.
I grew up watching Star Trek, so I retain an affinity for it to this day. Although I am not a hardcore Trekkie, I still watch the show when it is on TV. To understand why the original series is the way it is, you have to understand what was going on culturally in the US during the time it was being aired.
Even though it is 40 years old, over the top, campy, and hilariously non politically correct, I find it better than most of the crap on TV nowadays (or perhaps I am just too old).
Where's the tribbles poster??? You can't have Star Trek humor if you don't mention the tribbles!
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The Distro parodies didn't load for me
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Here's a working mirrordot link
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/3a7776fd00fb4320
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
Obviously, the perfect poster would combine elements of both Star Trek and Hitchhiker's Guide:
Wesley's picture, with the caption:
"... the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smartass"
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'Coz CleverNickName misses out, but that's easily fixed, here's a Wesley Crusher inspirational poster I made. No offence, CleverNickName ;).
Oh no... it's the future.
Who needs posters? In memoriam James Doohan. The longest surviving "Red Shirt" on the USS Enterprise, his "Scotty" set the standard for generations of geeks and engineers. Working with the latest future technologies, often experimental, under a demanding boss for whom FTL travel, teleporters, galactic communications and more firepower than all of 20th Century Earth combined weren't enough to cakewalk through missions on any given week, Scotty's role model has influenced millions of 20th Century predecessors. His ingenuity, fortitude, and sense of humor while telling the boss that his demands are insane, but doable, even under excruciating time pressure floating around a newly discovered dimension, are an inspiration to us all. Mr. Doohan, in your new journey, go as boldly as you led us in all your merely astral journeys on our televisions, and in our imaginations.
Anyway, isn't this a 4chan fad? What's next, posting YTMND sites on Slashdot's front page?
The site came up for me and I saved one image, the only one I liked, then poof the site hit it's limit.
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Here's the one I saved.
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6555/inspcaptk
Good luck finding the rest.
"If you are a true Trekkie, don't click on the link, as this is certainly going to offend you..."
Offend?
{raised eyebrow}
To be offended by an attempt at humor would not be logical.
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
As a bit of a Star Trek fan myself, I have to say... It's trekker not trekie!
The hosting company is stupid stupid stupid!
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Ok... if they are worried about legal issues relating to authorisation from the original site creator to continue serving the content, fine. Just put a check box on the account creation page to saying "Allow anonymous donatations to help pay my bandwith bill?" and default the checkbox to "accept" while you're at it.
It's good for the hosting company. It's good for the site creator. It's good for vistors to the site. It's a Win Win Win all around.
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If you are a true Trekkie, don't click on the link, as this is certainly going to offend you..."
Actually, if you are a true Trekkie, you would call yourself a Trekker, and spend several hundred hours defending this naming convention in various news groups, and in arguments with actors who may have once appeared on the damn show.
Trust me on this; I'm sort of an authority.