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[cheerfulgreek]

I just downloaded Start Trek Deep Space Nine, season one. Well, it's still downloading, and I can't wait to watch it. Oh, and I was just thinking, about some of the other earlier Star Trek episodes, I have. I mean, just the way that some of them were written, like on the Next Generation (my fave). I can't remember the episode, but it's the one where Lieutenant Riker was split into two copies during transportation from one of the planets who's name is on the tip of my tongue (ugh, I can't think of it) But to make a long story short, as I can remember, I think one version returned safely, and one was reflected back to the planet, where he lived alone for a few years. It's just that I've always wondered about that. I know it's all fiction, but the "transporter" never really seems to be consistent.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I just downloaded Start Trek Deep Space Nine, season one. Well, it's still downloading, and I can't wait to watch it. Oh, and I was just thinking, about some of the other earlier Star Trek episodes, I have. I mean, just the way that some of them were written, like on the Next Generation (my fave). I can't remember the episode, but it's the one where Lieutenant Riker was split into two copies during transportation from one of the planets who's name is on the tip of my tongue (ugh, I can't think of it) But to make a long story short, as I can remember, I think one version returned safely, and one was reflected back to the planet, where he lived alone for a few years. It's just that I've always wondered about that. I know it's all fiction, but the "transporter" never really seems to be consistent.

Commander Riker

Don't make the geek cringe.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I can't remember the episode, but it's the one where Lieutenant Riker was split into two copies during transportation from one of the planets who's name is on the tip of my tongue (ugh, I can't think of it) But to make a long story short, as I can remember, I think one version returned safely, and one was reflected back to the planet, where he lived alone for a few years. It's just that I've always wondered about that. I know it's all fiction, but the "transporter" never really seems to be consistent.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Commander Riker

Don't make the geek cringe.

He was still a lieutenant when the transporter accident happened. The result was two Rikers. One materialized on the ship and went on to earn the rank of commander and become first officer of the Enterprise. The other was stuck on the planet and survived there for years until he was rescued by (of course) the Enterprise.

[DaemonSeid]

Your car can be hacked!

[Animate]

Has anyone rooted an Android phone? I'm thinking about doing mine and wanted to hear some experiences.

[DaemonSeid]

did mine and guess what? free tethering!!!

[PiKA2001]

So I tried to save some money by going to Autozone and getting aftermarket Rain-X wipers for my rig at a cost of $24 but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it doesn't fit exactly right and I'm too nit-picky to allow that! I was then forced to go online and order the special Bosch wipers that are made for Land Rovers for a cool $77. I wonder if I can return the opened wipers?

[PiKA2001]

I hope they release this on the PS network, looks like my kind of game!


http://devour.com/video/limbo/

[ms_gwyn]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I hope they release this on the PS network, looks like my kind of game!


http://devour.com/video/limbo/

Reminds me slightly of Braid which I still need to finish playing through....it puzzles me...

*pun intended

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by ms_gwyn

Reminds me slightly of Braid which I still need to finish playing through....it puzzles me...

*pun intended

Another good option for those that have an Xbox and a PC.

I have a PS3 and a Mac

[cheerfulgreek]

okay, so I was watching a little Deep Space Nine last night. I think it would be so cool to get even deeper with alien imagination. I mean, I know that Holllywood screenwriters aren't scientists or astrophysicist, or anything like that, I mean, that's expected. It's just that I think it would be so cool and amazing if there was a new series of Star Trek that focused more on alien biology. It's just that in the previous episodes, they seem more directed towards alien culture, and not alien biology. It's just that almost all alien species encountered by crew members are humanlike, and they all speak English...lol. Oh, and when I was watching, one of my classmates was watching it with me, and she asked me do I believe that UFOs have been coming to Earth ...Umm, no. I just told her that our galaxy alone is much too vast. In order to even attempt to find intelligent alien life forms elsewhere in the universe, we would have to look among over 400 billion stars, or so in our own galaxy to find a planet or moon that could support life. I mean, say that "aliens" were directed to look in the direction of our Sun, what's the probability even then that they would discover our existence. I just told her that life has existed on Earth for about 4 billion years, I mean, since it formed. Yet only in the past half century or so have we been transmitting any signals of our existence. I just think and I'm convinced that the chances of discovering our existence would be about 1 in 100 million, based on the millions and billions of stars, galaxies, and planets. And this applies only if they knew exactly where to look. UFOs are so fake.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Oh, and when I was watching, one of my classmates was watching it with me, and she asked me do I believe that UFOs have been coming to Earth ...Umm, no. I just told her that our galaxy alone is much too vast. In order to even attempt to find intelligent alien life forms elsewhere in the universe, we would have to look among over 400 billion stars, or so in our own galaxy to find a planet or moon that could support life. I mean, say that "aliens" were directed to look in the direction of our Sun, what's the probability even then that they would discover our existence. I just told her that life has existed on Earth for about 4 billion years, I mean, since it formed. Yet only in the past half century or so have we been transmitting any signals of our existence. I just think and I'm convinced that the chances of discovering our existence would be about 1 in 100 million, based on the millions and billions of stars, galaxies, and planets. And this applies only if they knew exactly where to look. UFOs are so fake.

I don't think it's too far off. You can't assume that any sort of alien life is on the other side of the universe, they could well be within our own "neighborhood". Any sort of alien species could have thousands to millions of years on us in the sense of bio and technological evolution, who knows what sort of technology they have developed during that time.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Oh, and when I was watching, one of my classmates was watching it with me, and she asked me do I believe that UFOs have been coming to Earth ...Umm, no. I just told her that our galaxy alone is much too vast.

You never heard of the Fermi Paradox then?

[Drolefille]

They only speak English due to the Universal Translator.

I like Babylon 5 for good well-developed alien culture and physiology.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

They only speak English due to the Universal Translator.

I like Babylon 5 for good well-developed alien culture and physiology.

Agreed. I'm watching B5 right now - it's one of my favorites. "We have six...... well, we have six." And of course Ivanova's sex scene - LMAO

It's interesting to see how different sci-fi TV series handled the issue of aliens speaking different languages. On B5, all the major characters spoke English as a second (or third or whatever) language, although it was made clear that most non-humans didn't learn English. I also liked the touch that the Minbari had three primary languages - most alien races have just one, although we humans speak many different languages. Star Trek had universal translators. Farscape had translator microbes. Stargate SG-1 had Daniel Jackson, I guess (the reason everyone spoke English and could understand each other was never explained to my satisfaction - why would your average Goa'uld or Jaffa bother learning English?). It's interesting to see the creativity behind the "how do we make sure that everyone, including the audience, understands what an alien character says?" question.