What made me chuckle is that, from the first film, what created this alternate timeline was the Romulan ship that came back in time. So how does that make Sulu gay versus straight in the original timeline. Or did we start in an alternate alternate timeline?
One interesting thing about TV in 1960s was the importance of "total viewers." They didn't break things down into demographics. When Star Trek went into syndication and they started to see that the show was popular with worthwhile (to advertiser) demographics, there was talk of bringing the show back. This is referred to as Star Trek: Phase II. It was going to head a "Paramount Network" which never came to fruition. However, the pilot episode became the basis for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
when companies only offer you 'contract work' when you are over 50 (since its easier to fire you, being a protected age class if you are NOT fulltime) - and they walk your ass out right after the project is over, the days of company loyalty are ALSO LONG GONE.
In general, if I'm contract, then I'm here as a hired-gun and that's all I am. I'm not part of "team" and I don't necessarily believe in the "vision." You get work, I get money, and that's the only relationship. If you need something done in a month and I'm going to need to put in 12 hour days to do it, you're going to pay me for each and every hour or I'll walk. And, yes, I make sure that I communicate how much work I believe it's going to be before a contract is signed.
If I'm there as a contract, my only loyalty is to money--No freebies.
[...] a new type of cryptography called the New Hope algorithm [...]
Maybe it's just me, but I have some reservations using an encryption technology with the word "Hope" in the name--as in, "We really hope this works." It's kind of like PGP, "Pretty Good Privacy." It's not great, but it's pretty good.
Granted, what's in a name? Take the same encryption and call it "Anti-Quantum Encryption" and I'd probably be on board.
Okay, so this is basically a mobile camera with enough intelligence to note when something is happening that is out of the ordinary. Not a bad thing.
But then this comes:
If someone suspicious comes into the lot, or starts messing with a car [...] the robot can set off an alarm, send a signal to human security personnel [...]
So, I still need to pay for a human being to sit around and wait for the robot to signal that something bad is happening.
I suppose I can hire one security guard to "monitor" two or three areas (i.e., wait around for the robot to signal that something suspicious may be happening) and then go check it out, rather than hiring 2 or 3 security guards.
So this seems like it makes more sense for larger areas where one security guard wouldn't be enough to patrol.
There's no money to work for, but prestige is still a limited commodity, and the Captain has nicer quarters than the yeoman.
I'm not so sure about that...
In "The Enemy Within", the "Evil" Kirk attacks Yeoman Rand in her quarters. They look pretty nice.
There was some discussion about this in one of the "Making of Star Trek"-type books. According to what I read, Roddenberry pretty much decided that everybody had their own quarters on the Enterprise. On the other hand, I believe "The Undiscovered Country" showed the "crew quarters" as being a bunch of bunk beds.
About a year ago, I interviewed with a company that had a certain way of doing things and wanted to bring that methodology to another platform. This was, in my opinion, the wrong approach, and I told them so in the phone interview. I explained why I felt that this was the wrong approach. I was thanked for my time and didn't get the job, even though the recruiter felt I was a "perfect match." Part of the reason they felt I was a perfect match, of course, was that they hadn't mentioned any of this to the recruiter. I fit the qualifications they listed to the recruiter to a T.
But they wanted to do things their way which I felt was a bad way to do things. Could I have done it? Sure. But I'd've been a whiney annoyed employee and who wants to hire that?
First, there's a long history of people making their own Star Trek costumes/uniforms/etc. These are perfectly okay. The problem comes up when you try to sell those uniforms.
If I'm making a Star Trek fan flick which takes place on the bridge, figure I need about 10 uniforms. Here are my options:
(1) Find someone to make 10 uniforms and give them to me. (2) Buy properly licensed commercially available Star Trek uniforms. (3) Buy improperly licensed commercially available Star Trek uniforms.
(1) is A-OK. (2) is A-OK. (3) is Right Out.
Now there may be some issues in (1) if I'm paying them for uniforms...
The better analogy is that I own a mall. You rent space from me in the mall and you start, say, a music store. You sell music. You make good money selling music. I notice this and I decide that, hey, maybe I'll do that, too! So I take an empty store in my mall and start my own music store. My prices are cheaper than yours because I don't pay rent. I also might inadvertently turn up the air-conditioning in your store to make it less pleasurable to be in. And it might take awhile for me to fix the problem.
I don't care if someone in China can flip my light on and off.
I have a switch in my apartment. It doesn't do anything. Every once in a while, I turn it on and off. One day I got a call. It was from a woman in France. She said "Cut it out."
The only other logical option is revise the requirement so that people trying to make a believable fan fiction are allowed to use self-made articles of, unquestionably, higher quality than the mass produced garbage and NOT SELL THEM.
If you RTFA, it says:
If the fan production uses commercially-available Star Trek uniforms, accessories, toys and props [emphasis mine], these items must be official merchandise and not bootleg items or imitations of such commercially available products.
So if you buy uniforms or props off the rack, they need to be official. If you build your own, you're perfectly fine.
You can keep pushing the security checkpoints back and back and back from the central hubs, and while that may help in protecting the infrastructure, it does nothing to protect the people [...]
Uh, have you priced an airport lately? People are easy to make. Infrastructure, not so much.
Dear God, won't somebody think of the infrastructure?!
(Yes, in case you're missing it, I'm be facetious.)
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Actually, Hitler, Jews, "Gotta Catch 'em All..."
There's a time and a place for everything.
Yeah, I gotta admit, that struck me as odd.
What made me chuckle is that, from the first film, what created this alternate timeline was the Romulan ship that came back in time. So how does that make Sulu gay versus straight in the original timeline. Or did we start in an alternate alternate timeline?
And of course, what'll happen to Demora Sulu?
Actually, supposedly it sort of was an episode.
One interesting thing about TV in 1960s was the importance of "total viewers." They didn't break things down into demographics. When Star Trek went into syndication and they started to see that the show was popular with worthwhile (to advertiser) demographics, there was talk of bringing the show back. This is referred to as Star Trek: Phase II. It was going to head a "Paramount Network" which never came to fruition. However, the pilot episode became the basis for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
And that's why it's a failed star. You know what water does to fire...
when companies only offer you 'contract work' when you are over 50 (since its easier to fire you, being a protected age class if you are NOT fulltime) - and they walk your ass out right after the project is over, the days of company loyalty are ALSO LONG GONE.
In general, if I'm contract, then I'm here as a hired-gun and that's all I am. I'm not part of "team" and I don't necessarily believe in the "vision." You get work, I get money, and that's the only relationship. If you need something done in a month and I'm going to need to put in 12 hour days to do it, you're going to pay me for each and every hour or I'll walk. And, yes, I make sure that I communicate how much work I believe it's going to be before a contract is signed.
If I'm there as a contract, my only loyalty is to money--No freebies.
[...] a new type of cryptography called the New Hope algorithm [...]
Maybe it's just me, but I have some reservations using an encryption technology with the word "Hope" in the name--as in, "We really hope this works." It's kind of like PGP, "Pretty Good Privacy." It's not great, but it's pretty good.
Granted, what's in a name? Take the same encryption and call it "Anti-Quantum Encryption" and I'd probably be on board.
...at least until you have to cross water.
I don't know about you, but I think I'd rather travel 3000 miles above or on the water rather than underneath. But I'll admit that's just me...
I was thinking more about this one.
Hey! I broke my humerus last year! That's not funny!
That's the part that has me confused.
Okay, so this is basically a mobile camera with enough intelligence to note when something is happening that is out of the ordinary. Not a bad thing.
But then this comes:
If someone suspicious comes into the lot, or starts messing with a car [...] the robot can set off an alarm, send a signal to human security personnel [...]
So, I still need to pay for a human being to sit around and wait for the robot to signal that something bad is happening.
I suppose I can hire one security guard to "monitor" two or three areas (i.e., wait around for the robot to signal that something suspicious may be happening) and then go check it out, rather than hiring 2 or 3 security guards.
So this seems like it makes more sense for larger areas where one security guard wouldn't be enough to patrol.
Free Palestinian children from jails.
You mean, Let my people go? Or maybe Let my people go-go?
There's no money to work for, but prestige is still a limited commodity, and the Captain has nicer quarters than the yeoman.
I'm not so sure about that...
In "The Enemy Within", the "Evil" Kirk attacks Yeoman Rand in her quarters. They look pretty nice.
There was some discussion about this in one of the "Making of Star Trek"-type books. According to what I read, Roddenberry pretty much decided that everybody had their own quarters on the Enterprise. On the other hand, I believe "The Undiscovered Country" showed the "crew quarters" as being a bunch of bunk beds.
True, but you forget office politics and such.
About a year ago, I interviewed with a company that had a certain way of doing things and wanted to bring that methodology to another platform. This was, in my opinion, the wrong approach, and I told them so in the phone interview. I explained why I felt that this was the wrong approach. I was thanked for my time and didn't get the job, even though the recruiter felt I was a "perfect match." Part of the reason they felt I was a perfect match, of course, was that they hadn't mentioned any of this to the recruiter. I fit the qualifications they listed to the recruiter to a T.
But they wanted to do things their way which I felt was a bad way to do things. Could I have done it? Sure. But I'd've been a whiney annoyed employee and who wants to hire that?
"Back in my day we did 50 hour weeks, and had to walk to work, uphill both ways, for tuppence a day"
LUXURY!
I don't think so.
First, there's a long history of people making their own Star Trek costumes/uniforms/etc. These are perfectly okay. The problem comes up when you try to sell those uniforms.
If I'm making a Star Trek fan flick which takes place on the bridge, figure I need about 10 uniforms. Here are my options:
(1) Find someone to make 10 uniforms and give them to me.
(2) Buy properly licensed commercially available Star Trek uniforms.
(3) Buy improperly licensed commercially available Star Trek uniforms.
(1) is A-OK. (2) is A-OK. (3) is Right Out.
Now there may be some issues in (1) if I'm paying them for uniforms...
No, they don't. But that's not really the same.
The better analogy is that I own a mall. You rent space from me in the mall and you start, say, a music store. You sell music. You make good money selling music. I notice this and I decide that, hey, maybe I'll do that, too! So I take an empty store in my mall and start my own music store. My prices are cheaper than yours because I don't pay rent. I also might inadvertently turn up the air-conditioning in your store to make it less pleasurable to be in. And it might take awhile for me to fix the problem.
...after the first year.
I don't care if someone in China can flip my light on and off.
I have a switch in my apartment. It doesn't do anything. Every once in a while, I turn it on and off. One day I got a call. It was from a woman in France. She said "Cut it out."
(Steven Wright quote)
IANAL, but almost none of the original series or movies used "officially licensed" uniforms or props.
Yeah...there's a reason you're not a lawyer. When you're creating things for the series, you're officially licensed.
As an aside, Gene Roddenberry was certainly not above making a quick buck off of "officially licensed" Star Trek items.
The only other logical option is revise the requirement so that people trying to make a believable fan fiction are allowed to use self-made articles of, unquestionably, higher quality than the mass produced garbage and NOT SELL THEM.
If you RTFA, it says:
If the fan production uses commercially-available Star Trek uniforms, accessories, toys and props [emphasis mine], these items must be official merchandise and not bootleg items or imitations of such commercially available products.
So if you buy uniforms or props off the rack, they need to be official. If you build your own, you're perfectly fine.
No, that's not it.
The idea is that if you do buy a uniform, it must be officially-licensed. If you make your own, you're good.
[...] you stupid english speaking bastards!
Don't you mean Hanglish?
Bestiality? Safe. TV Repair? Not safe.
That's why, when your TV breaks, you're supposed to go buy a new one.
I mean, really. Fixing broken stuff? Not only does it violate the warrantee, you can end up getting viruses!
You can keep pushing the security checkpoints back and back and back from the central hubs, and while that may help in protecting the infrastructure, it does nothing to protect the people [...]
Uh, have you priced an airport lately? People are easy to make. Infrastructure, not so much.
Dear God, won't somebody think of the infrastructure?!
(Yes, in case you're missing it, I'm be facetious.)
Sure they can! It depends on what's on.
I'm thinking more like 20 minutes into the future...