Home Theater Transformed Into Star Trek Bridge

"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by aunchaki · 2007-01-17 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

"It's the server! She canna handle it!!"

Re:"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by 0100010001010011 · 2007-01-17 04:47 · Score: 5, Informative

Damn it Scotty. Reroute main power through the Auxiliary nyud Pathways.
Re:"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by andphi · 2007-01-17 04:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Reverse the polarity of particle flow! Reroute a phase-shifted tachyon pulse through the main deflector dish! Blow out the ramscoops! Tea, Earl Grey, Hot!
Re:"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by Apocalypse111 · 2007-01-17 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

We are Slashdot. Lower your firewalls and prepare for decimation. Your biological and technological distinctiveness is already similar to our own. Resistance is futile.

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Re:"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by AKAImBatman · 2007-01-17 05:12 · Score: 4, Informative

Here's another story on it with a slideshow:

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_t heater/

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Re:"Ach! Capt'n!!!" by skintigh2 · 2007-01-17 07:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I've been watching Voyager, and they don't reroute anything anymore. They remodulate it. They remodulate shields, they remodulate phasers, they even remodulate things that have never been modulated before and seeming make no sense to be modulated, like the universal translater. All I know is it fixes everything technical, and i really need to learn how to do it.

One photo missing by sg3000 · 2007-01-17 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

It looks like he did a lot of work, and it looks authentic.

However, there's one photo missing: one of these days, he'll have to sell that house. I want a picture of the real estate agent's face when they see that room!

"Captain, property values have slowed to impulse power."

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Re:One photo missing by Darth_brooks · 2007-01-17 05:33 · Score: 4, Insightful

However, there's one photo missing: one of these days, he'll have to sell that house.

Says who? Oh sure, some day he'll die. But I'm betting he'll be interested in an entirely different real estate market by then.

A house is just a place to live. If you want to make money, there are a few hundred thousand other things in the world you can pour money into that will have a better return.

Spending your time designing, sweating, building and creating just so that the next guy will give you a couple extra grand to enjoy the fruits of your labor seems like a waste of time to me.

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Obligatory by monkeyboythom · 2007-01-17 04:45 · Score: 5, Funny

[kirk]Slaaaaaaaaaaaashdooooooot![/kirk]

Re:Obligatory by Cpt_Kirks · 2007-01-17 06:31 · Score: 3, Funny

Frankly, I don't see what't so funny.

SWEET!!! by illeism · 2007-01-17 04:47 · Score: 5, Funny

When I have money to burn, I'm just going to set it on fire...

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Also on Digg by Mr.+Sketch · 2007-01-17 04:53 · Score: 4, Informative

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And the Shatner quote: by simm1701 · 2007-01-17 04:55 · Score: 4, Funny

"Have you ever kissed a girl?"

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Re:And the Shatner quote: by JonWan · 2007-01-17 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

And your Grandmother dosen't count!
Re:And the Shatner quote: by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-17 07:54 · Score: 3, Interesting

As a woman, I would like to point out some of the positive qualities that I would see in a guy like this: 1) He's a handyman. Seriously, girls love it when a guy can fix things around the house and do projects that make the house look nicer. Women enjoy "feathering the nest" and fixing up a boring basement to be an exceptional home theater counts as "feathering the nest". Feathering points +50.
2) It's in the basement. If you MUST have a "Star Trek" fetish, expressing it in an out of the way room like the basement is key. Discretion points +25 ("Star Trek" fetishes displayed in the front yard: -100 discretion points).
3) It's creative and imaginative. Fairly self-explanatory, creativity and imagination can apply to many aspects of your life. Good Qualities points +25.
4) It keeps him at home! In an era where adultery seems distressingly common, girls have the comfort factor of knowing *exactly* where their gee - er, husband is - in the basement, playing with he electronics.
So, there it is! A few reasons why I, as a woman, might find this guy appealing.

Re:What a retard! by jimstapleton · 2007-01-17 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, well, all it takes is once...

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Why did he.. by Omeger · 2007-01-17 04:57 · Score: 3, Interesting

blur out the LCARS screens?

Re:Why did he.. by WebHostingGuy · 2007-01-17 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

So no one could read the command codes off the screen and lower his shields. Geez, didn't you see Wrath of Kahn?

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Re:Why did he.. by Omeger · 2007-01-17 05:26 · Score: 4, Informative

WRONG! That was Wrath of Khan. In Generations they found out the Enterprise's shield frequency so they could fire a weapon to penetrate them.

Slashdotted? by Roadmaster · 2007-01-17 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn and here I was waiting for the digg effect to wear off so I could see the site and then WHAM here comes slashdot.. well I guess another 2 days waiting won't hurt ...

Damn, I wanna be that guy! by KnarfO · 2007-01-17 04:59 · Score: 3, Funny

...but not his server today.

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Re:To Boldly go ... by mastershake_phd · 2007-01-17 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Where no geek has gone before

More like where no woman has gone before.

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Market value, schmarket value. by WidescreenFreak · 2007-01-17 05:15 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why do people automatically make that assumption? Look, unlike the nutcase in England who ran himself into unbelievable debt to make a transporter room in his flat, this room at least serves a legitimate purpose: home theater. And in that perspective, why not use something like the bridge of the Enterprise? The screen does exactly what it's supposed to do both on the Enterprise and in a regular theater - show video; the dome lights do exactly what they're supposed to do on both the Enterprise and in a regular theater; the speakers are placed in strategic locations where speakers should be placed for a home theatre system. Considering the things that he could have done to his house to show his love for Star Trek, this is probably the most practical and least bizarre.

It's nowhere near as kitsch as you guys are making it out to be. If he had a regular door instead of a Starfleet door and replaced any blatantly Star Trek-related items with something more contemporary, no one would be bashing his setup. "Nice bookshelf, nice ceiling lighting, leather chairs, big screen, hidden speakers -- this is really nice. Oh wait. Look! The door (that can very easily be replaced) is a Starfleet door! Oh, how stupid this whole thing is!!" Oh, please. I honestly think that to anyone who is a Star Trek fan and has an appreciation for home theare this is not nearly as much of a turn-off as you'd think.

Yet look how Slashdotters react when the newest, highly-creative, PC case mod comes out. "Cool!" "Where do I get one!" "And it's water-cooled!" "Look how it glows!" "r0x0rz!" "Awesome case!" I certainly love cool-looking PC cases, too, but most people would scorn us for paying premium prices for a PC case, no matter how cool it looks. So, perceived value goes both ways.

And don't confuse "market value" for "marketability" or "sellability". They're completely different. The "market value" for a PS3 when it first came out was $699. The "marketability" and "sellability" values were obviously much, much higher. Houses are no different. I don't see this particular home theatre design hurting its market value, but I do see it increasing its marketability to even mild Star Trek fans who happen to love home theatre, especially when the blatant Star Trek-related items appear to be easily replaceable.

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Re:Market value, schmarket value. by archen · 2007-01-17 05:44 · Score: 3, Insightful

As someone who has little interest in Star Trek I have to admit that it's a nice setup. Now if he did a shoddy job I'd say it was crap, but he must have spent a lot of time getting that setup just right. I don't think you have to be a Trek fan to enjoy the novelty of it. Why is it so trendy to make home theaters look like real theaters now? This guy just took it to the next level.

I'm curious if he has any sound effects set up for the room.
Re:Market value, schmarket value. by peepleperson · 2007-01-17 06:04 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm curious if he has any sound effects set up for the room. ... and, does he have two guys who live behind the walls to pull the doors open?
Re:Market value, schmarket value. by WDubois · 2007-01-17 06:33 · Score: 4, Insightful

Agreed. I, for one, think it's brilliant. He didn't obsessively create a replica of a bridge. Instead he combined elements that worked for his theater. I particularly like the way he combined bits from both series while at the same time keeping to the main idea of a home theater. Good job.
Re:Market value, schmarket value. by Le+Marteau · 2007-01-17 09:14 · Score: 3, Insightful

I think what disturbs many people is that this guy obviously does not care about resale value, or getting laid. Anyone who is not interested in either cash or sex, but instead does something just because it is fun, is looked at as deviant by many.

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Re:What a retard! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-17 05:19 · Score: 4, Funny

I was going to agree whole-heartedly with you here until you clouded the issue with your obvious falsehood of (reads /.) + (goes to trek cons) + (has wife).....

Re:What a retard! by rblancarte · 2007-01-17 05:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course he is loaded, think of all the money he saves living in his Mom's basement!

RonB

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entertaining! by CheeseTroll · 2007-01-17 05:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Even if you're not a Trekkie, immersing yourself into a different environment like this would make for a more interesting experience. After all, isn't the point of such a room to entertain?

What I really want to know, though, is whether he requires his guests to lean dramatically back and forth during chase scenes?

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Re:entertaining! by kfg · 2007-01-17 05:37 · Score: 5, Funny

What I really want to know, though, is whether he requires his guests to lean dramatically back and forth during chase scenes?

All I can say is that if he invites you over to watch a movie do not, I repeat, do not wear red.

KFG

Star Wars theater is better by mcdermd · 2007-01-17 05:39 · Score: 4, Insightful

http://www.dillonworks.com/portfolio/starwarstheat er/ http://www.modernhometheater.com/virtualtours/star _wars/slideshow/index.html

Working mirror by winkydink · 2007-01-17 05:48 · Score: 4, Informative

http://www.networkmirror.com/8gLhAa08HLchC6VZ/www. reighn.com/theaterphoto.html

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Re:What a retard! by MS-06FZ · 2007-01-17 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course, that means that the other gender needs more good looking and smart people as well. Fortunatly my wife got hers(yeah her).

It must have been rather shocking when you found out about this. Well, time heals all wounds I guess.

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A good place to NOT wear a red shirt. by Picass0 · 2007-01-17 05:52 · Score: 3, Funny

When reaching for refreshments, be careful not to confuse the beer cooler and the Medusan.

Re:What a retard! by Nuskrad · 2007-01-17 06:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Go to a Star Trek convention. How many people there are smart? Quite a few.

Ha! This isn't true, at the last convention I went to most people didn't even know that in Episode #4F04 of TOS, if you freeze frame 16237 you can see some of the sound wiring from the set. How can any true fan not know basic knowledge like this?

Good for him by Lazerf4rt · 2007-01-17 06:17 · Score: 4, Insightful

The guy probably spent 4+ hours/day on a project that now makes an interesting story. Meanwhile, the rest of us of spend 4+ hours/day screwing around on the web or watching TV. Who's the one with too much free time?

I say good for him. And I yield to his nerd superiority. I'd buy him a beer, but something tells me he only drinks whatever they serve on Deep Space 9.

Re:What a retard! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-17 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Hmmm....my calculator puts 1:4 at 25%...

Time on hands by massysett · 2007-01-17 06:50 · Score: 4, Insightful

"a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands"

Actually it looks like a good thing to do with spare time: he was creative. That took some thought, design work, and craftsmanship.

"a guy with apparently way too much time on his hands" is apparently code for "I think how you spend your free time is silly."

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Not thinking this through... by TheGreatGraySkwid · 2007-01-17 06:51 · Score: 5, Insightful

No couch? Chairs/loungers only==no snuggling.

It's almost like he never expects to have a woman over...

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Re:I've seen this before by The+Good+Reverend · 2007-01-17 06:55 · Score: 3, Informative

Why is this modded "Informative"?

You're thinking of Tony Alleyne, who designed his apartment in grand Trek style.

Also, just to nitpick, have you ever watched Star Trek? It's "transporter", not "teleporter".

Re:To Boldly go ... by HTH+NE1 · 2007-01-17 08:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Anyone show up in^H^H out of their Betazoid costumes at that wedding?

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Re:What a retard! by hurting+now · 2007-01-17 08:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Hmm.... I thought that was actually near frame 10237... are you sure?

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