Yes they did:-) In fact, the jersies they made up for the event looked a lot like the uniforms worn on the show. The emblems and everything were silk-screened on but they were pretty realistic from more than a few feet.
There's a ton of photos if you want to check it out:
Ok, as the guy who runs Bill's website, introduced him to Slashdot and presented him with the idea to do a Q&A here, let me offer some thoughts:
First, having read all of the original questions that were posted, these were pretty much the questions that were asked. My hats go off to Rob and Rob for selecting some of the better ones.
I think Bill would have really enjoyed the opportunity to talk about technology though (a topic nobody seemed to have any questions on). He wrote a book called "I'm Working on That" which is essentially his experience interviewing scientists all over the world who are working on technologies that were inspired by Star Trek.
Bill is probably not the guy you want setting up Qmail on your Linux box but he does have a very real interest in various technologies and their impact on our day to day lives.
And speaking of Qmail and Linux, he was involved in the decision to move his website from Microsoft technologies to Linux, Apache, PHP, PostNuke, and MySQL. I think he appreciated the ideals open source represents and supported the time and effort it took to convert everything over.
Let's face it though, Bill will always be associated with Trek and some of the experimental things he's attempted over the years. Even at 71 he's still trying new stuff. One of his latest experiments has been with paintball where he recently helped stage the largest scenario paintball tournament ever, Spplat Attack, and donated the proceeds of the event to charity. Over 1500 people split up into Klingon, Borg and Federation teams spraying paint for 8 straight hours.
So, not to sound (too) defensive , he can only answer the questions you pose to him.
Slashdot Mirror
find out then.
Yes Bill did make mention of that fact when he was asking people to sign up for the Federation team. We all know what happens to the redshirts.
There's a ton of photos if you want to check it out:
http://www.spplatattack.com
First, having read all of the original questions that were posted, these were pretty much the questions that were asked. My hats go off to Rob and Rob for selecting some of the better ones.
I think Bill would have really enjoyed the opportunity to talk about technology though (a topic nobody seemed to have any questions on). He wrote a book called "I'm Working on That" which is essentially his experience interviewing scientists all over the world who are working on technologies that were inspired by Star Trek.
Bill is probably not the guy you want setting up Qmail on your Linux box but he does have a very real interest in various technologies and their impact on our day to day lives.
And speaking of Qmail and Linux, he was involved in the decision to move his website from Microsoft technologies to Linux, Apache, PHP, PostNuke, and MySQL. I think he appreciated the ideals open source represents and supported the time and effort it took to convert everything over.
Let's face it though, Bill will always be associated with Trek and some of the experimental things he's attempted over the years. Even at 71 he's still trying new stuff. One of his latest experiments has been with paintball where he recently helped stage the largest scenario paintball tournament ever, Spplat Attack, and donated the proceeds of the event to charity. Over 1500 people split up into Klingon, Borg and Federation teams spraying paint for 8 straight hours.
So, not to sound (too) defensive , he can only answer the questions you pose to him.