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Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76
unassimilatible writes "If there was ever a sad day for nerds, it's today, as Majel Barrett-Rodenberry has passed away. The widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is best remembered as the gorgeous Nurse Christine Chapel from the original series, the pesky and officious Lwaxana Troi from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, and of course the ubiquitous voice of Star Trek computers in movies, TV, and animated films (who hasn't used her voice as a system sound on their PC?). Majel also attended Star Trek conventions yearly and was a producer of Andromeda. Fortunately, Majel just finished her voice over work for the computers in J.J. Abrams' latest Trek movie. I have to admit, this made me sad, just having caught up on the entire TNG and DS9 series on DVD."
Were there any further details? Truly a Klingon icon.
She's dead, Jim.
Little known fact... Had the original Star Trek pilot cast gone to series and into a second season, she like Jonathan Frakes would've grown a beard.
Isn't that one of the syrup flavors at IHOP?
Sheldon
"She's dead, Jim"
and you shall be beaten accordingly
--
a bully
"My wife and I were just discussing her the other evening; while watching WALL-E. Feeling sad that pixar didn't cast her as the voice of the ship's computer. Instead we got a vague homage to Alien in Sigourney Weaver."
Hmm. And Sigourney Weaver played the part of Gwen DeMarco in Galaxy Quest - a person who's job it was to repeat what the computer was saying.
Nerds beating nerds, how perverse.
Michael Reed, freelance tech writer.
Godspeed, Majel.
Is that warp-eight, or -nine?
The creator of this post (Jacob Smith) hereby releases it, and all of his other posts, into the public domain.
or fools seldom differ...
I saw the Sign, and it opened up my eyes
Psssht. I beat myself all the time.
To pics of Nurse Chappel. *sob*
The only surefire protection against Microsoft infections is abstinence. - The Onion
Unless you're a Ferengi.
It doesn't take a Betazoid to know what the greedy, little perverts are thinking.
Time to watch TOS from the beginning... again... :)
Boy, you'd never make it in EMS...
The jokes are not for the departed, they are for those of us who still remain and have to live on with the memories. If it is disrespectful to take care of one's self, then so be it. They are dead, they won't care. Trust me.
I remember the strangest situation where a guy died in the middle of a huge folk concert with all his family around. We couldn't wait there for hours until the coroner arrived, so instead we transported him back to the station and had him sitting on the bay floor, covered with a tarp. Only his boots were sticking out.
We were doing shift-change, and my partner made a crack about needing a new pair of boots and how the guy wouldn't miss 'em. I laughed so hard my sides hurt for days. It certainly wouldn't be appropriate for the family to hear, but making jokes and laughing about it helps a lot of people grieve, get over the stress of the situation, or just plain feel better.
There's no place like
Given she sorta owned the whole Star Trek franchise, that'd be amusing...
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
It's warp-eleven.
I can throw myself at the ground, and miss.
Now would that be "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that matters"??
bickerdyke
She's dead, Jim!
New to the US?
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Unfortunately, having been dead for 25 years, Muddy Waters will be unable to reap the benefits.