I think that's mostly true. There are certain milestones, particularly through the first season, where Star Trek was still being figured out. There are different symbols, sometimes different uniforms, and different references to what would later become Starfleet Command, the United Federation of Planets and the Prime Directive (actually, a few of the earliest episodes are in direct violation of the Prime Directive). The cast outside of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Uhura changed dramatically after the pilot episode, and continued to evolve throughout the series, notably with the additions of Sulu as the Helmsman halfway through the first season, and Chekov in Season 2.
For the record, there have been several 24th century Trek productions. There's (I'm leaving off the Star Trek: part of each title, less redundancy) Intrepid, Phoenix (technically 25th century), Hidden Frontier, Odyssey, Dark Armada, Outpost and the upcoming Renegades. It actually seems to be about a balance, either the fan show is set in the TOS era, or it's set around or after Nemesis. No one really plays around with the TOS movie era, the TNG era, the Dominion War or anything like that, which is kind of a shame, but as you said it's easy to mess up canon there.
If Phase 2 could get a singular cast, I'd probably watch them.They've had some fantastic guest stars and some fairly decent writing. But just as soon as I come to like an actor, he or she gets replaced in the next episode. I know, I get it, these aren't well-paying gigs (if they are at all). But seriously, I can't get into the series if they're going to keep pulling the carpet out from under me every time I get it onscreen.
Chatter is just as significant to the heartbeat of our society as is literature and media. If we had recordings or transcripts of more chatter from the past, we could understand much more about our own history, just as such information will help future historians understand us.
Asking serious question as I don't have personal experience with it, does ULA or Boeing show the entirety of their launches? Including landing for return vehicles?
And we will see landings once the method is perfected. We've already seen videos of past failed landings, simply not live. Sometimes this is because the video feed has to be retrieved manually from the hardware or because they simply don't wish to show an unpredictable video and damage their market worth. SpaceX might not be publicly traded, but they do have investors who might balk at such a public failure. Waiting to release the video with the right spin helps allay fears and lets SpaceX control the message, instead of letting the Internet write the headlines.
They never live-cast the landing right now, mostly to maintain their PR image. Their Twitter page does a decent job of maintaining updates about the rocket status https://twitter.com/spacex
Reddest district by pure averages, though. She had a district that included some northern Twin Cities suburbs as well, which were fairly progressive. Thankfully, that's all resolved now with the district redraw, but it was fairly silly to lump in suburbs and cities like Stillwater and expect to have fair representation.
I'm primarily for government that doesn't close its ears and scream loudly to drown out their constituents. Walker demonstrated his proficiency in that art with numerous attacks against his own state's citizens, be it declawing the unions, requiring IDs to vote, rejecting public funds for healthcare, and so forth. Scott Walker is not a man of the people, he's bought and sold by special interests. I want an American president in office, not a corporate president.
Until such time as corporations get the right to vote (probably not far off, I suppose, but still hasn't happened yet), POTUS and any other elected government official still need to heed the words of their constituents. That means human beings with American citizenship or residency. Not corporations, not special interests, not foreign influences.
Yes, and if you recall, there was a huge uproar after someone did something similar with all the registered gun owners in the city of New York. They published a map with dots on the physical location (residences) of the registered gun owner. No names, no addresses (the map didn't have that much fidelity) and no information on specific gun ownership, but it was enough to spook plenty of people, both gun owners and not.
I can't imagine anyone being okay with this, either. Anyone can submit a FOIA request, but the general expectation is that you have a purpose for it besides indiscriminate publicity.
I'm not sure that the email addresses, SSN, and other personal information of his constituent citizens should be publicized. Names, fine, cities of residence, okay, but that's about it. Yes, you can still identify the person (and that should be the point from a FOIA standpoint) but it won't easily translate into harassment, identity theft, or other nasty things that people can do from halfway around the world.
I like you as a fellow human being and I think your heart is in the right place, but I could never agree with your vote for President. Mr. Walker is so out of touch with his own state, I can't imagine how he could effectively lead a nation.
How many times have you lost the remote inbetween the couch cushions? It's not unthinkable to imagine that such a scenario could activate the special button and start recording your voice.
As long as the toaster will get my bread out of the freezer, open the bag, insert two slices, and brown it to my desired temperature all by me calling out, "Toaster Man, make me some toast," I'm good.
Generally, voice commands on phones require an activator. Such as "Siri," or "Okay, Google," or "Hey, Cortana." These are phrases that probably don't seep into the average person's life too often, so they're fairly safe to use as activators. I don't have experience with iOS or WP's apps, but Google Now requires you to "train" it to the sound and cadence of your spoken phrase, "Okay, Google." This allows the phone to detect the activator phone-side, without sending information to the mothership. It's also easy to test this, simply turn off network data (perhaps by putting the phone on Airplane Mode) and activate Google Now by saying, "Okay, Google." The screen will pop up, allow you to speak, but it won't be able to contact Google to parse your question. So it's clear that Google Now handles its activation phrase offline, and although I'm not certain, I can guess that other phones do similarly.
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It's still up and coming, but check out Marc Zicree's Space Command movies. He has the same gripe with modern sci-fi, too dark and gritty.
I think that's mostly true. There are certain milestones, particularly through the first season, where Star Trek was still being figured out. There are different symbols, sometimes different uniforms, and different references to what would later become Starfleet Command, the United Federation of Planets and the Prime Directive (actually, a few of the earliest episodes are in direct violation of the Prime Directive). The cast outside of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Uhura changed dramatically after the pilot episode, and continued to evolve throughout the series, notably with the additions of Sulu as the Helmsman halfway through the first season, and Chekov in Season 2.
For the record, there have been several 24th century Trek productions. There's (I'm leaving off the Star Trek: part of each title, less redundancy) Intrepid, Phoenix (technically 25th century), Hidden Frontier, Odyssey, Dark Armada, Outpost and the upcoming Renegades. It actually seems to be about a balance, either the fan show is set in the TOS era, or it's set around or after Nemesis. No one really plays around with the TOS movie era, the TNG era, the Dominion War or anything like that, which is kind of a shame, but as you said it's easy to mess up canon there.
That might have been true if Gene Roddenberry hadn't declared TAS non-canon.
Seemed to work for Graham Chapman.
If Phase 2 could get a singular cast, I'd probably watch them .They've had some fantastic guest stars and some fairly decent writing. But just as soon as I come to like an actor, he or she gets replaced in the next episode. I know, I get it, these aren't well-paying gigs (if they are at all). But seriously, I can't get into the series if they're going to keep pulling the carpet out from under me every time I get it onscreen.
Chatter is just as significant to the heartbeat of our society as is literature and media. If we had recordings or transcripts of more chatter from the past, we could understand much more about our own history, just as such information will help future historians understand us.
I'm sure there's more people who think Al Gore invented the Internet than know about Vint Cerf and his contributions.
I think this is Mr. Cerf speaking as the man who was instrumental in the Internet's creation, not as a Google employee.
Asking serious question as I don't have personal experience with it, does ULA or Boeing show the entirety of their launches? Including landing for return vehicles?
And we will see landings once the method is perfected. We've already seen videos of past failed landings, simply not live. Sometimes this is because the video feed has to be retrieved manually from the hardware or because they simply don't wish to show an unpredictable video and damage their market worth. SpaceX might not be publicly traded, but they do have investors who might balk at such a public failure. Waiting to release the video with the right spin helps allay fears and lets SpaceX control the message, instead of letting the Internet write the headlines.
Too bad the ocean isn't enjoying the same, balmy weather.
They never live-cast the landing right now, mostly to maintain their PR image. Their Twitter page does a decent job of maintaining updates about the rocket status https://twitter.com/spacex
Reddest district by pure averages, though. She had a district that included some northern Twin Cities suburbs as well, which were fairly progressive. Thankfully, that's all resolved now with the district redraw, but it was fairly silly to lump in suburbs and cities like Stillwater and expect to have fair representation.
It's easy enough to get the "right" candidate in office if you draw the district lines in your favor. This is true for either party.
The ability to win elections is not an indication of whether a candidate is a good fit for her/his constituents. See also: Michelle Bachmann.
I'm primarily for government that doesn't close its ears and scream loudly to drown out their constituents. Walker demonstrated his proficiency in that art with numerous attacks against his own state's citizens, be it declawing the unions, requiring IDs to vote, rejecting public funds for healthcare, and so forth. Scott Walker is not a man of the people, he's bought and sold by special interests. I want an American president in office, not a corporate president.
Until such time as corporations get the right to vote (probably not far off, I suppose, but still hasn't happened yet), POTUS and any other elected government official still need to heed the words of their constituents. That means human beings with American citizenship or residency. Not corporations, not special interests, not foreign influences.
The small blessing is that most of the senior citizens in Florida probably have already given this information to scammers in Asia.
Yes, and if you recall, there was a huge uproar after someone did something similar with all the registered gun owners in the city of New York. They published a map with dots on the physical location (residences) of the registered gun owner. No names, no addresses (the map didn't have that much fidelity) and no information on specific gun ownership, but it was enough to spook plenty of people, both gun owners and not.
I can't imagine anyone being okay with this, either. Anyone can submit a FOIA request, but the general expectation is that you have a purpose for it besides indiscriminate publicity.
I'm not sure that the email addresses, SSN, and other personal information of his constituent citizens should be publicized. Names, fine, cities of residence, okay, but that's about it. Yes, you can still identify the person (and that should be the point from a FOIA standpoint) but it won't easily translate into harassment, identity theft, or other nasty things that people can do from halfway around the world.
I like you as a fellow human being and I think your heart is in the right place, but I could never agree with your vote for President. Mr. Walker is so out of touch with his own state, I can't imagine how he could effectively lead a nation.
I'm not worried about the government finding something out. I'm worried about them misconstruing data into something imaginary.
How many times have you lost the remote inbetween the couch cushions? It's not unthinkable to imagine that such a scenario could activate the special button and start recording your voice.
What's your address? I'll send you some tinfoil I'm not using.
As long as the toaster will get my bread out of the freezer, open the bag, insert two slices, and brown it to my desired temperature all by me calling out, "Toaster Man, make me some toast," I'm good.
Generally, voice commands on phones require an activator. Such as "Siri," or "Okay, Google," or "Hey, Cortana." These are phrases that probably don't seep into the average person's life too often, so they're fairly safe to use as activators. I don't have experience with iOS or WP's apps, but Google Now requires you to "train" it to the sound and cadence of your spoken phrase, "Okay, Google." This allows the phone to detect the activator phone-side, without sending information to the mothership. It's also easy to test this, simply turn off network data (perhaps by putting the phone on Airplane Mode) and activate Google Now by saying, "Okay, Google." The screen will pop up, allow you to speak, but it won't be able to contact Google to parse your question. So it's clear that Google Now handles its activation phrase offline, and although I'm not certain, I can guess that other phones do similarly.