What is the Scene Interested in II

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By dangermouse (slbne13p46.ozemail.com.au - 203.108.206.110) on Tuesday, February 23, 1999 - 01:20 am:

Post yer new shit in here guys!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By warpus (gateway-g1.londonlife.com - 204.101.39.130) on Tuesday, February 23, 1999 - 06:01 am:

haquisaq: alright, mr. star trek know it all, answer these questions :)

1. why doesn't the federation build torpedos with warp capability? next time somebody attacks, send out the torpedo, point it at the hostile ship, make it go to warp, and voila.

2. is it possible to hotbox the holodeck? imagine that worf wants to get high. he brings 10 ounces of weed into the holodeck, and loads up a program. he locks the door, and starts smoking. 5 hours later the weed is all gone. what will happen to all the smoke once he turns off the program? that room isn't too big, wouldn't the smoke have to all be in there after the program is turned off?

3. speaking of holodecks, why don't they program the doctor on voyager to be some sort of a giant, t-rex looking creature, with mean fangs everywhere, guns attached to his body, etc..? next time somebody tries to take over the ship, the doctor could kick their ass... since he can't be harmed. or.. why can't they just convert all rooms on all starships into holodecks? that way, they could have a virtual crew, basically. nobody would have to be on board.

4. computers today are much more interactive than the computer on any starship. why is that?

5. has the new dax ever posed nude? i like her.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By dangermouse (slbne1p24.ozemail.com.au - 203.108.250.88) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 01:10 am:

1. I they could do that easily, they just ain't done it for some strange reason..

2. The holodeck has filtration systems (that figures since people can breathe in there), so the smoke would just be sucked away and clean air pumped in.

3. Because they are lovey dovey and haven't thought about that yet..

4. Interactive? Depends what you mean by that. The computers on a starship have full voice-recognition 1000's of times greater than anything we currently have. The actual key pads apprently are also a lot more efficient than our 'crude' keyboards and shit..

5. There are two pics I know of that have Terry Farrel (old Dax) nude.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By warpus (gateway-g1.londonlife.com - 204.101.39.130) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 05:39 am:

1. well, i know why they're not doing it. things would get out of control, fast. cuz you know, you could cloak those torpedos too. the star trek universe would never be the same again. i should write a paper.

4. whenever there's a problem, the computer should be able to help out, if it's that smart. instead it just sits there and waits for orders. sure, it does what you tell it to do, and it does it well, but it never offers any advice of its own. i'm sure that in 300 years (or whatever) we can come up with something better than JUST voice recognition that works.

5. no man, i want the new dax. she's SO cute. :)
for some reason i don't like any of the human chicks on star trek. janeway reminds me of somebody like my mom or aunt, not somebody i'd have sex with. troy was ok, but she was kind of too big.

don't ask.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By Cthulu of Mistigris (cr618396-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com - 24.113.55.86) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 06:52 am:

In response to number 1:

according to ridiculous ST science, when something goes into warp it shifts into sub-space, a kind of empty intangible other layer of space, which explains why it isn't instatntly torn to shreds by particles of space dust.

If the torpedo is in warp, it can't touch anything.

This concludes my concession to lameness for this week.

PS - dangermouse - why did you start this discussion? Was the other one getting too long to load up? I can't figure out any distinct difference between the two.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By Leonardo.iCE (gatekeeper2.monsanto.com - 199.89.234.124) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 08:13 am:

"according to ridiculous ST science, when something goes into warp it shifts into sub-space, a kind of empty intangible other layer of space, which explains why it isn't instatntly torn to shreds by particles of space dust.

If the torpedo is in warp, it can't touch anything."

I dunno, dude... I'm no star trek expert, but I was watching DS9 the other day. and Dax got the "run-about" highjacked by someone. He told her to "put it in warp, now!" she said: "we need to set a course", he said "now!" she said: "if we don't set a couse we could warp ourselves into oblivion"

soooooo, I guess in "subspace" you have some kind of contact with regular space..

btw, heres another question.. why doesn't the Federation have cloking devices for THEIR ships?????

Leo


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By haquisaq (hamber.vsb.bc.ca - 207.230.246.22) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 10:50 am:

warpus:
1)photon torpedoes DO in fact have warp capability. To be more precise, they are able to travel in warp, in subspace. That's why in warp all they use are torpedoes instead of phasers, given the limitations of electromagnetic energy at warp+ speeds. if by "warp speed" you're talking about having the ship at a sub-warp speed shooting the torpedo at warp speed, the torpedo'd have to have it's own warp field sustained by a warp engine.

4) the computer can and does help out during many problems. It takes care of all the small details of navigation, turbolift traffic, replicator reserves, etc etc etc etc.

leo: The treaty of algeron prohibited the federation from using cloaking technology (to keep the powers stable in the alpha/beta quadrant and to keep the peace). there are some exceptions, like the defiant, which was allowed cloak capability because i think the treaty applies to the alpha quadrant only, i'm not sure.. they're in the beta quadrant, so i guess that makes it okay.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By dangermouse (px1.syd.aone.net.au - 203.12.178.133) on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 01:36 pm:

Cth, because the other one was too large (128k)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By maestro (abitw.javanet.com - 209.94.128.4) on Thursday, February 25, 1999 - 04:23 am:

holy shit! you guys are WAY too into this shit! Stop these damn posts! They're too damn smart and thought provoking! I'm actually contemplating going to block buster and renting a ton of st episodes! NO! STOP IT!

Hey, is cloaking limited to inanimate objects like a starship vessel or could living beings be cloaked as well?

NO!@ WHY AM I ASKING THIS?! oh my god.. what have I become..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message  By warpus (gateway-g1.londonlife.com - 204.101.39.130) on Thursday, February 25, 1999 - 06:07 am:

ok, let's see here...

cthulu: i clearly remember an episode where a federation ship was in front of a borg cube. it might have been first contact actually. anyhow, one of their options was to 'go to warp' and destroy the cube that way. instead something else happened. i think you're right about the sub space thing though. what i think happens is, the ship speeds up to a very high speed before it goes into warp. my problem is - why don't they just build torpedos that can do that too? it'd be much more effective.

leo: you probably have to calculate where you want to go before you warp because that SOMEHOW has an impact on how you enter 'warp space' (or whatever it's called.. oh yeah, sub-space). if the ship wasn't moving at all, and if it went to warp without having a destination to go to.. maybe it'd just warp into itself or something. hell, i don't know :)

everyone: the federation can't use cloaking devices except on the defiant because they signed a treaty with the romulans (as haq said). they received cloaking technology from the romulans, but the treaty stated that they could only use it on one ship. the federation has to share any information they get a hold of using the defiant with the romulans in return.

maestro: you can't cloak a person supposedly because a person is too small. the cloaking device would be too big/heavy to carry around. however, in the recent movie (insurrection), people WERE cloaked. they were wearing weird looking suits. i'm not sure if the suits had a power source on them, or if the whole thing was powered from somewhere else.

haq: if they can build data, the doctor on voyager and so on, i think that they should be able to build a computer that can think on its own. the computer NEVER says things like: "500 borg beamed onto the bridge. i beamed them into space." the computer just tells you what the problem is, and the crew has to figure out what to do on its own.


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