How would the japanese authorities manage to figure out who was using WLan? Would there be a tax on the devices themselves? I don't see how this could be feasible.
The government doesn't generally encrypt classified data unless it's being transmitted over telephone/data lines... if it's on a disk, then they just keep the disk locked up. Maybe they should start, eh?
Star Trek. Did you know that Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to call it 'Wagon Train to the Stars'?
But anyway, Yeah, all of the Star Trek franchises have been entertaining. The problem is, Star Trek is distributed to the masses by a company whose primary concern is making money. If they make a Star Trek series that caters to the true uber-fans but doesn't make much money, then in their minds, they have failed. They're in the business to make money, and make money they shall.
Now, setting that aside, Star Trek, throughout all of it's incarnations, has remained true to the spirit of the original.
Star Trek is an idealistic vision of the future of our race, with a few less than idealistic neighbors. In TOS and Enterprise, they're still building to that ideal. In TNG and the early seasons of DS9, the peak of that ideal is realized. And, in latter episodes of DS9 and Voyager, the ideal begins to decline quite a bit. For me, there's no better Star Trek experience than the final episode of TNG. But then again, I'm a sentimental kind of guy.
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How would the japanese authorities manage to figure out who was using WLan? Would there be a tax on the devices themselves? I don't see how this could be feasible.
The government doesn't generally encrypt classified data unless it's being transmitted over telephone/data lines... if it's on a disk, then they just keep the disk locked up. Maybe they should start, eh?
With classics like Penny Arcade who can blame us?
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Star Trek. Did you know that Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to call it 'Wagon Train to the Stars'?
But anyway, Yeah, all of the Star Trek franchises have been entertaining. The problem is, Star Trek is distributed to the masses by a company whose primary concern is making money. If they make a Star Trek series that caters to the true uber-fans but doesn't make much money, then in their minds, they have failed. They're in the business to make money, and make money they shall.
Now, setting that aside, Star Trek, throughout all of it's incarnations, has remained true to the spirit of the original.
Star Trek is an idealistic vision of the future of our race, with a few less than idealistic neighbors. In TOS and Enterprise, they're still building to that ideal. In TNG and the early seasons of DS9, the peak of that ideal is realized. And, in latter episodes of DS9 and Voyager, the ideal begins to decline quite a bit. For me, there's no better Star Trek experience than the final episode of TNG. But then again, I'm a sentimental kind of guy.