NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com)

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NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:34AM from the continuing-missions dept.

"An asteroid going boldly through the universe now carries a new name that honors actor Will Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation," reports CNET. An anonymous reader quotes their article. The announcement showed up on Twitter Wednesday from NASA's Ron Baalke, who describes himself as a "space explorer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory". Wheaton is in good company with other Star Trek alumni. Asteroid 7307 Takei is named for Sulu actor George Takei and 68410 Nichols gets its name from Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura. There's also asteroid 4659 Roddenberry for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
"Today, I found out that I kind of get to be in space and live right here on Earth..." Wheaton wrote on his blog Wednesday, describing his life-long interest in space exploration. "As soon as it gets dark here, I'm going to walk out into my backyard, look up into the sky, just a little above Sirius, and know that, even though I can't see it with my naked eye, it's out there, and it's named after me."

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Can't wait by michelcolman · 2017-01-22 02:36 · Score: 5, Funny

to see Sheldon's reaction!
1. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 02:44 · Score: 1
  
  Haha didn't even think about that. If Sheldon doesn't get one named after him next I'm gonna be pissed.
2. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 02:45 · Score: 0
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHckKckhBYc This Wil Wheaton? LOL
3. Re: Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:01 · Score: 0
  
  You're going to be pissed? TV shows with fictional characters make you pissed?
  You need to sit down and reevaluate your life.
4. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:06 · Score: 0
  
  "My small asteroid kills your enchanted bunny. Game over, Moon Pie!"
5. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:15 · Score: 1
  
  Sheldon already has one. Minor planet 246247 Sheldoncooper
6. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:18 · Score: 0
  
  And also minor planet 8621 Jimparsons
7. Re: Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:19 · Score: 0
  
  Dude what's wrong with you
8. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:25 · Score: 0
  
  And 8621 Jimparsons
9. Re:Can't wait by Applehu+Akbar · 2017-01-22 04:11 · Score: 2
  
  Sheldon already has one. Minor planet 246247 Sheldoncooper
  That's his spot, and don't forget it.
10. Re:Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 09:39 · Score: 0
  
  to see Sheldon's reaction!
  Meh
  Can't wait for the asteroid to live longer than Wil Wheaton's "zeroed out" career....
  Magic word: cheering (poetic eh?)
11. Re: Can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 10:54 · Score: 0
  
  You know what they call nerds who have revaluated their lives? Suicides. :)
12. Re:Can't wait by Coren22 · 2017-01-24 07:09 · Score: 1
  
  It would be pretty awesome, when someone finally gets there, if they place that couch on the planetoid.
  
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13. Re:can't wait by Coren22 · 2017-01-24 07:35 · Score: 1
  
  Sheldon Cooper and Jim Parsons both have asteroids named after them, I can't see how he would be jealous, if anything, he had one first.
  
  The asteroid 246247 Sheldoncooper was named after Sheldon.[69] In 2012, a newly discovered species of bee was named Euglossa bazinga, after the character's noted catch phrase, "Bazinga!"[70]
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
  He could even rub it in Wheaton's face that he also has the bee.
  And 8621 Jimparsons (1981 EK7)
  http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.c...
  
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Wesley? by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2017-01-22 02:42 · Score: 1

The boy?

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1. Re:Wesley? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:35 · Score: 0
  
  The funny part is that Wheaton the actor is just as annoying as Crusher the character. He likes to think people couldn't separate him from his character, but the truth is they are one and the same. Just read his whiny ass blog for proof.
2. Re: Wesley? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 12:16 · Score: 0
  
  xkcd 37. I hereby nullify your argument.
3. Re:Wesley? by Revek · 2017-01-22 14:29 · Score: 1
  
  The boy?
  Which one?
  The tool, the fool or SJW superstar? You decide.
4. Re:Wesley? by AbRASiON · 2017-01-22 21:08 · Score: 1
  
  Yeap, he's turned into a smarmy little bastard, fuck him, seriously.
  I've posted why previously, people perpetuating shared blocklists of groupthink are wankers.
5. Re: Wesley? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 01:57 · Score: 0
  
  Whiny ass-blog? That sounds interesting...
6. Re:Wesley? by flappinbooger · 2017-01-23 13:03 · Score: 1
  
  The funny part is that Wheaton the actor is just as annoying as Crusher the character. He likes to think people couldn't separate him from his character, but the truth is they are one and the same. Just read his whiny ass blog for proof.
  insightful informative and underrated
  
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Cool by Megane · 2017-01-22 02:44 · Score: 3, Informative

But when are they going to name an asteroid after CleverNickName?

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1. Re:Cool by hawk · 2017-01-22 12:31 · Score: 1
  
  They did--it doesn't get his name, it's named *after* him.
  The official name is "soDamendAnnoying" . . .
  hawk
Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Ecuador · 2017-01-22 02:46 · Score: 3, Interesting

Huh, I'd expect the asteroid to be called "Wheaton", like they did with asteroids "Takei", "Nichols", "Roddenberry", but instead they went with "Wilwheaton". I guess it's not bad, just a bit strange ;)

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1. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 02:53 · Score: 0
  
  Perhaps NASA wanted to prevent any confusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatley_(Portal)
2. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Megane · 2017-01-22 02:55 · Score: 2
  
  Maybe they wanted to make sure that Stewie couldn't pronounce it properly.
  
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3. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by DontBeAMoran · 2017-01-22 03:02 · Score: 1
  
  Pronounce what properly? Wil hWeaton?
  
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4. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by freeze128 · 2017-01-22 06:03 · Score: 2
  
  They should have called it "Asteroid CRUSHER"!!!!
5. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 10:04 · Score: 0
  
  To be popularly known as Asteroid MarySue ?
6. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Digital+Avatar · 2017-01-22 23:53 · Score: 1
  
  I'm sure I'm not the only one who would've preferred an asteroid called "ShutUpWesley"... or simply an asteroid named after someone actually important.
7. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 02:00 · Score: 0
  
  I'm sure I'm not the only one who would've preferred an asteroid called "ShutUpWesley"... or simply an asteroid named after someone actually important.
  Like Gene Luck Pickered?
8. Re:Asteroid Wilwheaton? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 04:34 · Score: 0
  
  Dava Sobel pointed out in an interview that although she has an asteroid named after her, it's only because she knows someone who spots asteroids.
  She said people make it out to be some big honor, but "there are asteroids named after people's pets."
The "actor"? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 02:49 · Score: -1

LOL
1. Re:The "actor"? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:30 · Score: 1
  
  Actors are the most revered figures of modern civilization. Their job is to...uh, yeah, read things others have written.
2. Re:The "actor"? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 14:58 · Score: 0
  
  We just elected a second Republican actor as President. Ironically they are the party which most often complains about Hollywood.
3. Re:The "actor"? by soapdude · 2017-01-23 03:47 · Score: 1
  
  You do realize that he existed before "The Apprentice", right?
Don't tell POTUS by NotInHere · 2017-01-22 02:49 · Score: -1, Troll

Don't tell the POTUS that a government agency names the asteroids, otherwise he'll adopt a new naming scheme for them, involving his name.
1. Re:Don't tell POTUS by bkmoore · 2017-01-22 03:07 · Score: 2
  
  Don't tell the POTUS...otherwise he'll adopt a new naming scheme for them, involving his name.
  There isn't an asteroid big enough to bear his ego.
2. Re:Don't tell POTUS by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2017-01-22 03:14 · Score: 1
  
  This will be great for NASA's Space Flight program! Trump will insist that big-ass "TRUMP" logo signs be placed on all of his asteroids, so he will fund NASA to build a big-ass fleet of spaceships to do the hauling!
  
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3. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:53 · Score: 0
  
  Don't tell the POTUS that a government agency names the asteroids, otherwise he'll adopt a new naming scheme for them, involving his name.
  Ever bother to count how many time Obama would refer to himself in his speeches? He did it something like 75 times in his last speech. No shit - 75 times. In a 50-minute speech. That's more times than you hear the word "Who" in "The Grinch Who Stole The Recovery, err, Christmas".
  Do you know how many times Trump referred to himself in his inaugural address? ZERO.
  What's that about Presidential ego?
4. Re:Don't tell POTUS by reboot246 · 2017-01-22 04:18 · Score: 1
  
  Don't confuse the SJWs with facts. Their little brains will explode.
5. Re:Don't tell POTUS by NotInHere · 2017-01-22 04:30 · Score: 1
  
  I'm no SJW. In fact, I hate them as much as you do. Still, its fun to make fun of Trump.
6. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 05:06 · Score: 0
  
  You do realize he doesnt write his speeches. NONE of them do.
7. Re:Don't tell POTUS by jwhyche · 2017-01-22 05:31 · Score: 1
  
  If I had my way every rocket that NASA launched would look like something off NASCAR. Every spot on every rocket that wasn't mission critical would be up for sponsorship. Oh the irony of watching a big ass rocket with viagra down the side rising into the Florida sky one morning.
  
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8. Re: Don't tell POTUS by jwhyche · 2017-01-22 05:34 · Score: 0
  
  Actually Trump did write his own Inauguration speech. In the early days of his campaign he wrote most of them too. Later on he did use a speech writer from what I understand.
  Now I just wish he would hire a tweeter writer.
  
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9. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 06:56 · Score: 0
  
  this has been proven false, you took a sample of ONE speech... a farewell speech, where he expresses HIS gratitude and HIS thanks... compared to an inauguration speech where it's about the country. Obama's First inauguration speech had 2 I's, his second had 3, Trump's had 3... Trump refered to himself 3 Times in his speech... not ZERO... you are as bad as trump with the false memories. Trump says I didn't say this, they show the tweet or clip where he did, oh well, I didn't mean it... They were also two different kinds of speeches...
  as for Ego? Let's talk mr small hands' penthouse with gold plated toilets, and see who has an ego... his head is so big he can't comprehend anything beyond him. he's declared himself the richest man in the world with ZERO stats to back that up, Trump is an ego, not a person. any humanity he had has long since left his body. he became a joke and a catchphrase during the apprentice,
  Quit defending him like you're being abused personally. He's NOT YOU!!!! yes you voted for him. GOOD FOR YOU... you want a cookie? it'll be the HUGEST cookie you ever seen.
  To not Question your leaders is EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS AGAINST!!! His platform was to "Drain the swamp" get the non-accountable politicians out of Washington. What does he do the INSTANT he gets into power? BECOMES INACCOUNTABLE, throws temper tantrums because someone dares to say something negative about him. Refuses to accept criticism in the highest office in the country. If that doesn't show that he's not accountable I don't know what is. Accountablility means that you take criticism to heart, own up to your mistakes, take advice, and generally listen to what people actually want, NOT what you tell them they want. The man is trying to be a dictator in a republic. I can only be thankful that there are checks and balances in place to prevent him from becoming a dictator. Heck he's starting to sound like Kim Jong-il with his revisionist history.
10. Re:Don't tell POTUS by RoccamOccam · 2017-01-22 07:06 · Score: 1
  
  In a 40-minute speech given in 2014 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdR8uILg7TQ), in which he promised to use unilateral, executive action, the President referred to himself - “I,” “me,” and “my” - 199 times, CNS News reports. That's once every 12 seconds.
11. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Mike+Frett · 2017-01-22 07:31 · Score: 1
  
  Trump already has a Moth named after him called "Neopalpa donaldtrumpi". It has yellow-white "scales" on top of it's head which prompted the naming. =)
12. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 09:08 · Score: 0
  
  he's not you
  How do you KNOW ?
  It COULD be him. He wastes time screwing around on Shitter, why wouldn't he also read stories on slashdot and argue with people who point out how full of shit he and all the minor liars orbiting his massive ego are?
13. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 09:33 · Score: 0
  
  We already have the moth named 'Neopalpa donaldtrumpi'
  you can't make this stuff up
14. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Zero__Kelvin · 2017-01-22 10:22 · Score: -1
  
  Yes, he did use a speech writer. Her name is Michelle Obama ;-)
  
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15. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 10:56 · Score: 0
  
  Be glad he's POTUS then. Making fun of Hillary Clinton would have put you on a kill list.
16. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 12:19 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, but Trump had more "alternative facts", so he wins bigly on that one. Why bother being right when you can be alt-right?
17. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 14:48 · Score: 0
  
  Don't tell the POTUS...otherwise he'll adopt a new naming scheme for them, involving his name.
  There isn't an asteroid big enough to bear his ego.
  You are confusing with Shatner there.
18. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 14:55 · Score: 0
  
  lol, emo-nazis get upset about anyone talking about civil rights.
19. Re:Don't tell POTUS by Coren22 · 2017-01-24 07:17 · Score: 1
  
  No, what bothers people about SJWs isn't that they call for equal rights, but that they call for special rights for some, and silencing (less rights) for others.
  
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20. Re: Don't tell POTUS by Coren22 · 2017-01-24 07:22 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe he posts as APK! That would explain so much.
  
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Shut Up Asteroid! by Notabadguy · 2017-01-22 02:50 · Score: 0

Now we can tell an asteroid to shut up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Unless Will hears about it and gets triggered. https://www.reddit.com/r/Dayst...
Then he'll block you. https://twitter.com/wilw/statu...
Best Asteroid by PopeRatzo · 2017-01-22 02:51 · Score: 1

NASA is saving a certain name for the best, classiest asteroid. At least I think they said "asteroid".

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1. Re:Best Asteroid by Tablizer · 2017-01-22 06:38 · Score: 1
  
  "I know asteroids, I name asteroids the best, only the best. Everyone agrees with me. Wheaton is a loooser and therefore got a loser 'roid. I know smart people who tell me it doesn't even have silver in it. What kind of rock-head would get a roid without silver!? Terrible idea. They should name it 'Wil the Loser' or 'Will the Rock Head'. I like people who don't pick duds."
  
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Misspellings by pellik · 2017-01-22 02:58 · Score: 1

The very first sentence in the summary, "now carries a new name that honors actor Will Wheaton", misspells the name in the title directly above it. How hard is that one to catch?
1. Re: Misspellings by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 09:12 · Score: 0
  
  It's hard to catch when you're not able to bother trying to catch it. Standards have fallen, by which I mean I don't think they exist anymore, and maybe never did.
2. Re: Misspellings by Tomahawk · 2017-01-22 20:41 · Score: 1
  
  You may also find that auto-correct will add the extra L to Wil - certainly for me, "Wil" is highlighted as being a wrong spelling.
It's not always NASA by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:00 · Score: 1

Everything that happens in space isn't done by NASA.
NASA doesn't name asteroids, the IAU (International Astronomical Union) does. The IAU Minor Planet Center documents the names in a monthly list.
can't wait by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:09 · Score: 0

Sheldon is going to be so jealous!
William F--king Shatner by Stavr0 · 2017-01-22 03:13 · Score: 2

doesn't even have an asteroid yet.
1. Re:William F--king Shatner by freeze128 · 2017-01-22 06:04 · Score: 1
  
  He doesn't need one. He's already bigger than any celestial body.
2. Re:William F--king Shatner by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 08:12 · Score: 0
  
  Captain Kirk isn't social justice-y enough, that's why.
Fire at Will !! by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:27 · Score: 1

Mr Worf, fire at Will !!
Then the annoying little sprog dies in a hail of phaser blasts
Crybaby cries by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:39 · Score: 0

Democrats screwed up. Cry about them.
shutupwesley by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:41 · Score: 0

would be better
1. Re:shutupwesley by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:35 · Score: 0
  
  would be better
  Sending him there would be best.
Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 03:51 · Score: 1

Didn't Wheaton leave Star Trek because he didn't like the work and thought it was holding back his career? I have to admit he has made a pretty good go of his career after leaving the show (though I think he had some significant difficulties early on) but if you were naming asteroids based on Star Trek Actors I would think that there would be quite a few more who are deserving of it before you got to Wheaton (Dorn, Brooks, Auberjonois, Meaney, Visitor, etc).
1. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Shane_Optima · 2017-01-22 04:04 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Didn't Wheaton leave Star Trek because he didn't like the work and thought it was holding back his career?
  He apologized for that at a convention with most of the TNG cast there; it's on Youtube somewhere. And it's not like his concerns were entirely ungrounded given the hatred his character generated (which came as a surprise to me when I found out, perhaps because I was much younger than he was when I first watched TNG.)
2. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:56 · Score: 0
  
  (Same AC) Admittedly even if his character was liked, Star Trek is pretty much a franchise where actors go to die (or to pasture, or whatever other metaphor you want to use). Few have ever found major work outside of the Trek franchise (Stewart is one of the exceptions) after playing a main character due to some kind of perception in Hollywood that people have difficulty seeing them in another role. At the same time most of these actors were nobodies before their career on Trek so their expectations that they should become some kind of Hollywood star afterwards is a little foolish (just look at the acting in the first season of most series, its mediocre at best). I'm not saying that Wheaton doesn't deserve an asteroid eventually, just that there should have been quite a few people in line before him.
3. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 06:13 · Score: 0
  
  I was one of those people who loved the TOS, hated the TNG, with the Crushers being a big part of the reason. Wesley was such an annoying brat, his mother was also pretty annoying too.
  Having said that I have grown to respect Wheaton, mostly because he pokes fun at himself so much. If he did apologize (not sure if that was necessary) then it makes him even more respectable.
4. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · 2017-01-22 13:25 · Score: 1
  
  Well, the captains tend to do well afterwards. And Troi.Riker did Gargoyles. And Burton did Reading Rainbow.
  
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5. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Lotus456 · 2017-01-22 13:57 · Score: 1
  
  LeVar Burton did Reading Rainbow long before TNG.
  "Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" :)
  
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6. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 14:06 · Score: 0
  
  [Different AC than above]
  
  And Troi.Riker did Gargoyles
  Gargoyles also had Data, O'Brien, Geordi, Uhura, Sisko, Janeway, and some others. Getting Star Trek actors to do voices was some kind of in-joke with the series. Most of them were just one-off things, but Spiner (Puck) and Dorn (Coldstone) stood out.
  Oh, speaking of Michael Dorn, he occasionally still shows up in video game credits. I remember him voicing a couple characters in Fallout 2, and he did a great job as Maero in Saints Row 2, for example. He's also in newer games than those, but they're things I haven't played.
7. Re: Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 18:00 · Score: 0
  
  He apologized for that at a convention with most of the TNG cast there; it's on Youtube somewhere. And it's not like his concerns were entirely ungrounded given the hatred his character generated (which came as a surprise to me when I found out, perhaps because I was much younger than he was when I first watched TNG.)
  How long till you were aware of slashfic then?
  But honestly, I don't know what they were thinking. Ok, so having some family relationships got TNG away from the machismo sausage-fest that was TOS, but putting him on the bridge? And in engineering? Solving everything? You'd think they had gotten the idea from "A Trekkie's Tale" or something. Alexander worked better, being only occasional.
  Of course, Denise Crosby also left early in the show, a pity they didn't make a series based on the kind of background that Tasha Yar had. And even Gates McFadden got pushed out for a while. Diana Muldaur's character might have worked better, but being a replacement and herself being unsatisfied compared to TOS, well, we got back to square zero.
  No wonder they went with Bashir, the EMH and Phlox. I almost wonder what the plan for Discovery would be.
8. Re: Not the best choice from what I understand by GrumpySteen · 2017-01-23 01:19 · Score: 1
  
  a pity they didn't make a series based on the kind of background that Tasha Yar had
  I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that hiding from rape gangs wouldn't be the family-friendly entertainment that Star Trek is known for.
9. Re: Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 07:08 · Score: 0
  
  a pity they didn't make a series based on the kind of background that Tasha Yar had
  I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that hiding from rape gangs wouldn't be the family-friendly entertainment that Star Trek is known for.
  Better than what they did do. However, that particular detail wasn't necessary to specifically feature, a fallen society was the real focus I was seeking.
  To some extent, I think a certain show was an attempt to pursue that line of development, though Voyager obviously was a bit in that direction as well, just from an outside perspective.
10. Re:Not the best choice from what I understand by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 08:20 · Score: 0
  
  There's a little anecdote that Wil Wheaton tells about after TNG started succeeding. It was time to renegotiate contracts, and the cast members were all looking for increases in pay. Paramount's counteroffer to Wheaton was to offer to promote Wesley Crusher to Lieutenant. Think about that for a moment--that's how much they respected him, that they tried to buy him off with a fictional promotion. If that's the kind of shit he had to deal with, it doesn't surprise me that he left.
LOL by p51d007 · 2017-01-22 03:54 · Score: 1

Scraping the bottom of the barrel if they named something after him. Other than the Star Trek Next Generation, WHAT has he done? NOTHING.
1. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:18 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  Scraping the bottom of the barrel if they named something after him. Other than the Star Trek Next Generation, WHAT has he done? NOTHING.
  You should not make the mistake of confusing the actor with the character.
  Yes the character "Wesley Crusher" was horrible. We all know that. Wil knows that!
  It would seem only the star trek writers didn't know that.
  Wil Wheaton the actor, and actual real person, has actually done quite a bit more and is in fact quite a technology geek - something you would think Slashdot readers would appreciate.
  He's been in the movie Stand by Me, which is a pretty big classic. He's been in Toy Story, also a big financial success.
  He was a voice actor in GTA San Andreas, and voice acted in other shows like Family Guy, Teen Titans, Batman, and even The Secret of NIMH.
  Just go look at his IMDB page.
  He has his own tech blog and online video show, even a D&D show.
  He has done many charity runs and is an EFF supporter, and supports various mental health organizations for things like depression and anxiety disorders.
  Oh, and his Slashdot UID (129189) is significantly lower than yours (656414), and even my own (in the 172xxx range)
2. Re: LOL by cyber-vandal · 2017-01-22 04:38 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  He's a sanctimonious virtue signaling male feminist arse. He talks about his mental illness which would be great but then is all over a movement that declares that men don't have any problems even though white men were 70% of suicides in 2014.
3. Re:LOL by Misagon · 2017-01-22 07:54 · Score: 1
  
  Funniest thing he did, I think, was when he appeared at the club The DNA Lounge, in a mock fight against television's other most annoying character: Barney the Dinosaur.
  Wil/Wesley won, after someone had handed him a toy lightsaber.
  Again proving that Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
  
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  "We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
4. Re:LOL by Sartr · 2017-01-22 08:11 · Score: 1
  
  Thanks Wil Wheaton. You could have just logged in to post all that instead of going anonymous though.
5. Re:LOL by Vairon · 2017-01-22 08:17 · Score: 1
  
  Wesley Crusher was awesome. I loved him when I was a teenage boy.
6. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 08:52 · Score: 0
  
  Shut up, Wesley!
7. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 13:13 · Score: 0
  
  I used to watch Tabletop until it became apparent that he didn't know the rules to a lot of the games he was playing. Instead of admitting he had made some mistakes, he threw one of his employees under the bus in a total dick move. Fuck that guy.
8. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 16:45 · Score: 0
  
  He's a joke of a technology geek. He's another "me too".
9. Re: LOL by AbRASiON · 2017-01-22 21:10 · Score: 1
  
  ^^^^ He's transcended 'doing good for everyone' as a social justice person and become full warrior bastard, saying ignorant, shitty things about others because X is opressed, Y must be evil.
  He's become the brat people accused him of being all those years ago, fuck him.
10. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2017-02-03 08:39 · Score: 0
  
  > Again proving that Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
  "Yeah? Live long and suck it!"
Rewarded for destroying Federation property by Shane_Optima · 2017-01-22 04:01 · Score: 1

Didn't he fling a Federation ship into an asteroid, utterly destroying it? I mean, it's a bit rich naming an asteroid after such a vandal, no?

(No wait, god damn it, that was a stellar core fragment. The depressing part is I actually remembered that. And yes I know it was necessary to buy Data enough time, blah blah blah.)
Thanks NASA! by kuzb · 2017-01-22 04:03 · Score: 0

Let's inflate the egos of more sub-par "actors" that have long since passed from relevance.

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BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
1. Re:Thanks NASA! by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 12:09 · Score: 0
  
  NASA had nothing to do with this. The discoverer is a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium named Thierry Pauwels. He gets to suggest the name. The IAU then approves it or not.
Pathetic. by Eravnrekaree · 2017-01-22 04:07 · Score: 1

Pathetic. Naming asteroids after a fake person.
Barclay by fnj · 2017-01-22 04:13 · Score: 4, Funny

When will we see asteroid Barclay?
1. Re:Barclay by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-24 22:30 · Score: 0
  
  I searched, and there is indeed no asteroid named Broccoli.
You can post "Fucking" on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 04:16 · Score: 0

And everyone knows what you mean when you post "F--king" anyway. That's just a candy-ass way of showing that in the end you just don't have the courage of your convictions.
FUCKING
See. It's not that hard.
1. Re:You can post "Fucking" on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 05:34 · Score: 0
  
  If it's not that hard than it isn't really fucking, is it?
  I'll show myself out.
Shut up, Wesley by ageoffri · 2017-01-22 05:09 · Score: 0

So many more deserving people to name asteroids out that have contributed to science.

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-- Slashdot, making the Left look conservative since 1997.
1. Re:Shut up, Wesley by athmanb · 2017-01-22 07:22 · Score: 1
  
  There are already 20000 named asteroids http://www.minorplanetcenter.n...
  Chances are whoever you are thinking about already has one.
  There are also half a million more asteroids currently waiting for a name so it's not like we're going to run out of opportunities soon.
Didn't Will Wheaton used to post here? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 05:57 · Score: 0

See my subject: I recall that Will Wheaton used to be a forums member/poster on /. ... correct?
APK
P.S.=> Hope I'm not wrong... apk
Well by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 06:10 · Score: 0

At least now we know whIch asteroid will end up crashing into earth and ending humanity.
note... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 06:54 · Score: 0

For younger people hes the evil guy in the series "dark matter".
1. Re:note... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 07:25 · Score: 0
  
  Which one? They're all evil on Dark Matter. Except maybe the kid. That's right ... Five is the Wesley character.
2. Re:note... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 09:02 · Score: 0
  
  Which one? They're all evil on Dark Matter. Except maybe the kid. That's right ... Five is the Wesley character.
  You need to watch more of the series.
Yes he was CleverNickName by fullmetal55 · 2017-01-22 06:58 · Score: 1

He used to post here, not sure if he still does or not. was big into the EFF... heck he even did some of those celebrity game shows where he donated his winnings to the EFF..
Just Google "Obama refers to himself in speech" by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 07:22 · Score: 1

LMGTFY
Jeez, Obama referred to himself 40-something times in a speech celebrating the Cubs winning the World Series:
Obama refers to himself 40 times during Cubs visit to White House

It may have been the Chicago Cubs’ day at the White House, but that didn’t stop President Obama from repeatedly talking about himself while honoring them.
In what he called his final ceremony at the White House, Obama delivered roughly 22 minutes of remarks about the Cubs’ World Series win, and in the process, managed to refer to himself 40 times.
1. Re:Just Google "Obama refers to himself in speech" by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 03:34 · Score: 0
  
  And yet, trump has had precicely ONE speech as President, and the previous "INAUGURATION" Speeches Obama refered to himself 5 times in total, to trumps 3. that's pretty damn on par. Lets see more of trumps speeches before we make a determiniation.
alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 16:13 · Score: 0

As a subscriber of alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die it's nice to know there is now an asteroid with his name on it.
It's all in good fun, until... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-22 20:31 · Score: 0

said asteroid crashes into the Earth killing millions - and then your name becomes a curse word for a few centuries.
not very likely, but enjoy it while you can because you just never know when something might knock a randomspace rock from its orbit...
Avoid Clickbait?! :) by Tomahawk · 2017-01-22 20:36 · Score: 1

Surprisingly not mentioned in the summary above, the name of the asteroid is "391257 Wilwheaton".
See http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.c... for more details on the asteroid itself.
How annoying? by coinreturn · 2017-01-23 04:25 · Score: 1

Is the asteroid as annoying as his character was? Does it endanger us and then somehow save us?
Ooooh . . ! by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-23 04:54 · Score: 0

An irritating asteroid,
You try impersonate Pres. Trump Coren22 by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-24 11:46 · Score: 0

See my subject & link exchange anyone can verify it in you blowhard "ne'er-do-well" lying pussy that you are https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=53720575/
* Still trying to cause trouble pussy? Ok - tell me where you live + your REAL name (fake name troll online punk that you are) & I'll verify it against tax + real estate databases & then we can SETTLE it, face-to-face you lying little punk.
(Run, bitch - run... lol!)
Too bad I cut you up here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ trying to damage my GOOD reputation in the field of computing (which you'll NEVER have as you are retarded & limited) there & also here WHERE YOU CAN'T BACKUP YOUR LIES AGAIN punk https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725923/
See, everyone KNOWS a FAKE NAME using PUNK like you online doesn't care - you'll just create another FAKE NAME after you have to hide in shame here pussy... how can SWINE like you live with themselves? I know your woman couldn't & TOOK OFF on your disgusting ass - no woman RESPECTS punks like you is why!
Best part is - Google's SHOWING your fuckups vs. me & your antics - you did it to yourself + I get to not only defend myself vs. your crap but EXPOSE you as a loser too, lol... I love it.
Keep it up? This keeps happening. It's THAT simple. The beatings WILL continue @ your expense, not mine.
APK
P.S.=> You're damaged GOODS you defective mental assburger retard (& you KNOW it - now, everyone else can too per that link above where you impersonated President Trump https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53730429/ (a good man, unlike you, "not man" reprehensible disgrace that you are))... apk
1. Re:You try impersonate Pres. Trump Coren22 by Coren22 · 2017-01-25 03:37 · Score: 1
  
  Funny, when are you going to correct your errors instead of attacking everyone who points them out to you?
  
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  APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
2. Re:You try impersonate Pres. Trump Coren22 by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-25 05:41 · Score: 0
  
  Coren22 you attacked apk here & made errors + lies 2x https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725923 and https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ we can read you know!
3. Re:You try impersonate Pres. Trump Coren22 by Coren22 · 2017-01-25 06:43 · Score: 1
  
  Funny, I will reiterate, but I see 0 attacks there from me, I see you bad mouthing, name calling, and making shit up, but no attacks coming from me. Perhaps you should look up the definition of attack again.
  
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  APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Coren22 prove your words quoted here by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-25 08:20 · Score: 0

"Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015
Prove your quoted words above Coren22: Where'd I say it? Show us. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007 http://forums.tweaktown.com/windows/25596-how-secure-windows-2000-xp-server-2003-vista-fully-per-cis-tool-scoring-3.html?s=0ae07d5b5389e06fd6bcfd05bc2d2cc0/
See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there on OpenDNS free (I use it) + AD in my security guide.
APK
P.S.=> Whose mistake is that Coren22? YOURS, lol (again) w/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ idiot (I've got TONS more too)... apk
1. Re:Coren22 prove your words quoted here by Coren22 · 2017-01-26 08:17 · Score: 1
  
  Thank you again for pointing to one of your disproven statements. I love it when you provide the examples yourself, it makes it so much easier for everyone to see the issue.
  
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  APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Coren22 prove your words quoted here by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-26 02:08 · Score: 0

"Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015
Prove your quoted words above Coren22: Where'd I say it? Show us. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007 http://forums.tweaktown.com/windows/25596-how-secure-windows-2000-xp-server-2003-vista-fully-per-cis-tool-scoring-3.html?s=0ae07d5b5389e06fd6bcfd05bc2d2cc0/
See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there on OpenDNS free (I use it) + AD in my security guide.
APK
P.S.=> Whose mistake is that Coren22? YOURS, lol (again) w/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ idiot (I've got TONS more too)... apk
Coren22 prove your words quoted here by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-26 02:24 · Score: 0

"Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015
Prove your quoted words above Coren22: Where'd I say it? Show us. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007 http://forums.tweaktown.com/windows/25596-how-secure-windows-2000-xp-server-2003-vista-fully-per-cis-tool-scoring-3.html?s=0ae07d5b5389e06fd6bcfd05bc2d2cc0/
See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there on OpenDNS free (I use it) + AD in my security guide.
APK
P.S.=> Whose mistake is that Coren22? YOURS, lol (again) w/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ idiot (I've got TONS more too)... apk
Bullshit Coren22 - prove it (you liar) by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-26 10:19 · Score: 0

"Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015
Prove your quoted words above Coren22: Where'd I say it? Show us. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007 http://forums.tweaktown.com/windows/25596-how-secure-windows-2000-xp-server-2003-vista-fully-per-cis-tool-scoring-3.html?s=0ae07d5b5389e06fd6bcfd05bc2d2cc0/
See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there on OpenDNS free (I use it) + AD in my security guide.
* Your "assburgers" mentally damaged brain is IMAGINING things (you can't get over it you lied & fucked up) - thanks for proving it by evasion, lol!
APK
P.S.=> Whose mistake is that Coren22? YOURS, lol (again) w/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10141067&cid=53725817/ idiot (I've got TONS more too)... apk