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  1. These are the ones from the TV show and movies.

    NX-01 - NX class - served 2151 to 2161
    NCC-1701 - Constitution class - served 2245 to 2285
    NCC-1701-A - Constitution class (refit) - served 2286 to 2293
    NCC-1701-B - Excelsior class (refit) - served 2293 to 2329
    NCC-1701-C - Ambassador class - served 2332 to 2344
    NCC-1701-D - Galaxy class - served 2363 to 2371
    NCC-1701-D alternate timeline - Galaxy class (refit), aka Galaxy-X, aka Galaxy-dreadnought - served ? to ~2395
    NCC-1701-E - Sovereign class - served 2372 to ?
    NCC-1701-J - Universe class (possible/alternate future) - served 26th century

  2. Re:Subscription Slavery on Grand Tour 'Most Illegally Downloaded TV Show In History' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Your argument would make sense if watching Grand Tour was the *only* thing you could do with a Prime subscription. But it's not, so I have no idea what you're even rambling about.

  3. My guess is that, the way they saw it, they needed 38 licenses for employees doing X with the software (e.g. producing new content). Meanwhile, those purchased licenses (again, as they see it) also allowed them to have free reign to install it for everyone else who is doing the lesser task Y (e.g. viewing content).

  4. Re:Finally! on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Anniversary Update (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You shouldn't have worried. If it's about Windows 10, they'll push it out to you whether you want it or not.

  5. Re:Infinitesimally precise on Australia Has Moved 1.5 Metres, So It's Updating Its Location For Self-Driving Cars (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem to be assuming that all accidents are a result of something changing in the environment (e.g. other cars, pedestrians, etc). Knowing not to turn too soon would also help avoid single-car accidents. Other sensors may be able to prevent such things, but accurate GPS could certainly be part of it.

  6. Re:Very niche product. on Transparent Displays Are Here, But They're Pretty Useless · · Score: 4, Funny

    Until you're checking your ass flab for zits in the mirror and accidentally accept a call from your grandmother.

  7. Re:It's wildly unlikely we should exist on Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's one significant flaw in that reasoning. If we assume there are infinite planets, and only a tiny subset of them are inhabited, that subset does not need to be finite... it can still be infinite.

    Consider integers. There are an infinite number of integers. One subset of that is odd numbers. If we subtract an infinite set (odds) from an infinite set (integers), the remainder can still be an infinitely large set (even numbers).

  8. Re:It's wildly unlikely we should exist on Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't confuse the Universe with the Observable Universe. The Observable Universe is not infinite. The Universe may well be.

  9. Solar sails get pretty useless even before you get halfway to the heliopause. For an interstellar journey, they're completely useless *unless* you point a laser at them.

  10. Unless your SIM card is two meters wide, I think you missed the part where they're using a sail. Not that it matters at that distance.

  11. Not if they're tightly focused enough. You only see a laser if A) it's pointed at you or B) it's going through a medium like dust or gas that parts of the beam reflect off towards you

  12. Re:Video articles suck on LG G5 Gets a High 8/10 Repairability Score (geek.com) · · Score: 1

    It'd be nice if most videos had an easy way to speed up playback. I listen to podcasts during my commute and usually have them set to around 1.6X to 2X normal speed.

  13. Re:Crappy headline - forgot "areas of" on Cyber Commander Says It's 'Not Realistic' To Shut Down Internet (washingtonexaminer.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can have Nigeria pay for it.

  14. Re:Doesn't matter on FBI Tells Local Law Enforcement It Will Help Unlock Phones (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people say guns are there to keep an honest government honest. Maybe mount little nerf cannons on the next iPhone.

  15. Re:Btrn in soace on NASA Will Intentionally Burn Unmanned Orbiting Craft In Space (phys.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    They invented a whole new concept called the "inside". This craft will be equipped with one such feature. It will contain oxygen.

  16. Re:Is he really agreeing? on Google CEO Finally Chimes In On FBI Encryption Case, Says He Agrees With Apple (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    But Google is still reading Privacy's emails.

  17. Re: How did they get a .edu domain? on Microsoft To Release Educational Version of Minecraft (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Some places are grandfathered in if they had a .edu domain before the current rules took effect. These are mostly non-US post-secondary schools, like the one you mentioned. If UNB didn't already have one, they would not be eligible for one now.

  18. Re:How did they get a .edu domain? on Microsoft To Release Educational Version of Minecraft (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Occam's Razor. I got $10 that says it's a typo on the part of the article writer. No other articles mention them acquiring the domain, just that they're acquiring MincraftEdu (which is at MinecraftEdu.com).

  19. Re:Weights on How Amazon's Drone Deliveries Will Work (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    If you buy all your groceries from Amazon Pantry, the sky will blacken with a swarm of drones, each loaded with a single can of baked beans.

  20. Re:Naughty cannabis on French Drug Trial Leaves One Brain Dead and Five Critically Ill (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It appears to alter the subject's ability to spell simple words, even when the word is emboldened and all caps.

  21. Re:brilliantly absurd and hilarious on Pirate Bay Cofounder Utterly Bankrupts the Music Industry (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, I sent Beatles.Revolution.mp3 to /dev/null

  22. Re:10 years was a decent rest on New Star Trek TV Series Coming In 2017 (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    I liked the concept of Voyager, but the implementation was meh at best. Enterprise was sort of the same. Both series went in a different direction than I would have liked to see.

  23. Re:Windows? on Lenovo Collects Usage Data On ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCs · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the same reason they ship in styrofoam. You want something nice and bloaty with no real substance to keep it safe.

  24. Re:Not the first time... on Microsoft Has Built a Linux Distro · · Score: 1

    They bought Hotmail, rather than developing it from the ground up, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they needed to do to avoid a complete rewrite, at least for a while.

  25. Re:Hmm on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    " Is every kid in that school carrying a cell phone intending to blow people up? Maybe we should put them all in cuffs until we can sort this mess out."

    A lot of teachers would probably like that, actually. Not because they think cell phones are to blow people up, just because kids are so fixated on them instead of class.