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From: jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: TNG's Funniest Moments
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:11:24 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <1k59isINNq8k@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> ko_mike@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Michael Y Ko) writes:
>I have to agree with the person who was talking about "Pen Pals". Riker asks
>Picard how deep they were in trouble by allowing Data to beam to the surface
>to rescue his friend. Picard, using his hand, indicated about the level
>to rescue Data's friend. Picard, using his hand, shows it to be face level.
>Later when Data brings his friend to the Enterprise, Picard tells Riker
>private that they are "that" high, over their heads.

	I thought the first one was "up to our neck" while the second was "in
over our heads".  One of the niftiest bits of saying all you needed without a
word.
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From: steph@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson)
Subject: Re: English as Earth's standard language in the 24th Cent.?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:13:14 GMT

In <1993Jan24.074334.4145@Princeton.EDU> hjanberg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Hans-nicolas Kenneth Janberg) writes:

>Somebody mentioned that English was supposed to be the standard language
>in the 24th century (on Earth at least).
>Several facts actually work against that:
[...]
>- Chekov is obviously a Russian native and Sulu a Japanese. Since there
>is only a generation of time difference I doubt that English has taken
>over that fast. Why shouldn't these languages not exist anymore a
>generation later?
[...]
Sulu's American -- he was born in San Francisco, remember?  Has he ever been
shown speaking Japanese?
[...]

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From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: MOST OVERRATED EPISODE?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:01:28 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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Keywords: most


>s
>nothing hinted at during the episode that Picard was in any way still
>under the Borg influence, so when the "climax" of the episode came (I
>am Locutus...), his questioning seemed flat.    The REAL problem is
>NOT in the fact that they made a mildly enjoyable, reasonably mediocre
>episode of Trek.  The PROBLEM is that  they took the most menacing
>and relentless enemy ever faced by the federation, gave it Big Eyes, a
>pleasing face and a stuffed animal voice, and turned the menacing borg
>into something CUTE....feh.   An inexcusable waste of a perfectly good
>enemy.





>	And besides, I'm a little disappointed at the attitude that we need     enemies!! I learned a lot from that episode and I should hope that a lot of     others did too!!

>	I'm sorry if you feel that you need something to hate all the time.
>	I, for one, feel that there is more to StarTrek (or any SciFi) than neat enemies to blow up.
 	 
	Your assumption, pal, not mine.  Watch yourself.   
 
	Some of us draw a distinction between Star Trek and Real Life,
and what may not be nice in real life (enemies) can lend some interest
to a show like Star Trek.   
 
	As far as "blowing things up", I don't know how you decided
that that was my main goal in watching trek, particularly in light of
the list of episodes I suggested were my favorites.  Don't see too
many space battles there.   
 
	Your post could use a little bit in the manners department, I
think
From: nerone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Nerone)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Attack of the Creeping Ac
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:03:59
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
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In-reply-to: scott.hollifield@the-matrix.com's message of 26 Jan 93 22:47:00 GMT

>In article <13470.406.uupcb@the-matrix.com> scott.hollifield@the-matrix.com (Scott Hollifield) writes:

>   On 25 Jan 93 23:41:16 GMT, cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows) wrote:

>   CM>First we had a French Captain with a British accent, and now we
>   CM>have a middle-eastern doctor with a British accent.  What does this
>   CM>tell us about the world of the Federation?

>   Why do you assume that Bashir is from the middle east?  I mean, you can
>   assume his ethnicity, but there's no evidence to suggest nationality.


In addition, even today, many middle-eastern people speak with British
accents due to England's historical strong presence in that part of the
world.

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From: jen@athena.mit.edu (Jennifer Hawthorne)
Subject: Re: Clones
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:22:38 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.170925.17375@newssun.med.miami.edu> dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown) writes:
>In the recent DS9 episode "A Man Alone", or something like that,
>Sisko and Odo allow the villian's clone to live.  Why?  What would
>prevent this clone (or, rather, save him) from doing the same thing
>his original did?
>
>Dan

Well, I guess we know what side of the "Nature vs. Nurture" debate you
come down on, eh, Dan?  

Just because the clone is genetically the same (or almost the same)
as Ibudan doesn't make him the same person.  We are shaped at least as
much as by our environment as our genetics.  (More so, maybe -- the
jury's still out on this one, scientifically speaking, and liable to
be so for a long time to come.) The clone hasn't lived the life Ibudan
did, and he won't in any way be the same person (for one thing, why
would he want to kill Odo?  The clone never went to prison for
anything.) 

Or would you say that if one of a pair of identical twins commited a
crime, the other twin should be locked up too, just in case? 
Identical twins _are_ clones of each other, you know.

Jen Hawthorne

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From: spock@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Scott)
Subject: Troi's uniform (possible spoilers)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Distribution: the Federation
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:26:53 GMT

	This could be considered a spoiler from "Ship in a Bottle"



	We have already discussed the fact that Picard's uniform changed within
  the episode, but here's another. When we first see Troi in the holodeck, she's
  wearing her regulation starfleet uniform, but in the real world she goes back
  to wearing her regular, hideous outfit that makes her look like she has a
  large ass.
	What I would like to know is that if she never wore this uniform before
  in front of Picard, Barclay, and Data (Chain of Command EXCEPTION), how come
  none of them questioned her uniform. Afterall she is so informal all the time
  on the ship. There should have been at least some doubt in at least Data's 
  mind as to this. What does everyone else think?
 

					Spock out!
From: ynecelc@sx.mont.nec.com (Ellison Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: TNG Companion
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:04:30 GMT
Organization: HNSX SuperComputers, Mtl, PQ

In article <1993Jan23.075856.12437@admiral.uucp> dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman) writes:
In article <4812@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
In article <mcook.727407595@fendahl.dev.cdx.mot.com> mcook@fendahl.dev.cdx.mot.com (Michael Cook) writes:
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

In article <9301141436.AA17400@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> d_ellis@ricks.enet.dec.com (David Ellis  14-Jan-1993 0937) writes:
annie@whoville.manassas.ibm.com (Brenda Molina) asks:

>><><> What is this TNG Companion?
>><...
>><
><>Like Tim and I, Nemecek started out doing fan produced guides.  But, unlike
>><>Tim and I, he got the book deal :-) :-(
>><
>><Perhaps because Nemecek knows when to say "Tim and I" and when to say "Tim and
>><me"?  :-)
>>
>>You must be a Quayle lover, since the correct term is indeed "Tim and I"  Me
>>is not supposed to be used in that context.
>
>Vidiot is correct. To test the phrase (or any like it) remove the other person
>so it's only about yourself. Instead of "like Tim and I," it becomes
>"Like I" which is obviously incorrect. In this case "Tim and me" is correct
>("Like me...")

I'm afraid I'll have to disagree.

This is how I've been taught to expand the sentence:

<Like Tim and I, Nemecek started out doing fan produced guides.>

	EXPANDS TO:

<Like Tim started out doing fan produced guides and I started out doing 
fan produced guides, Nemecek started out doing fan produced guides.>

As you can see, although the expanded sentence is awkward, it is 
grammatically correct and is a valid representation. 

Clearly, "me" cannot replace "I" in either sentence.

I'd like to also add, at this point, that the phrase "doing fan produced"
                                                      ^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^
is an example of "redundancy". :)

Sorry for going on, and pleeeze, *do* correct me if you feel I'm wrong.

Thanks, for your attention.
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From: hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: The way she walks #Bable#
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:20:46 GMT
Organization: Chevron

In article <1993Jan25.201646.22358@news.acns.nwu.edu>, meb@sally.acns.nwu.edu (Mark Brodsky) writes:

|> 	In "Babel" there is a short, but great scene where Dax and Kira are  
|> walking down the promenade together. You can immediately see the differences  
|> in there characters. Kira struts in a very up-tight militaristic way (sort  
|> of like she has a pole stuck up her ass) while Dax glides along with a more  
|> peaceful manner. Strangely enough, Dax, who was once a man, seems much more  
|> feminine. One wonders if she always walked like that, or whether body  
|> language is supplied by the Trill host.
 
 Yeah, I bet TERRY FARRELL has walked that way most of her adult life!

 That's almost like my 5 year old asking me how Arnold could make any
 more movies after "peeling his own skin off his arm" in Terminator 2.

 
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From: brad@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Brad Barton)
Subject: Re: Keiko & Molly (was DS9 rumor *SPOILER*)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:40:56 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1993Jan27.233850.11853@ncar.ucar.edu> marcia@rap.ucar.edu (Marcia Politovich) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.192009.9020@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> johnnyp@HALDI.LCS.MIT.EDU (Johnny Piscitello) writes:
>>	Now I will open myself up to being flamed:
>>	"I think characters like Keiko and Molly offend many Trekkers because 
>>they are generally offended by non-action, interpersonal types of stories. 
>>They brand it as 'soap-opera'. Especially with the number of males populating 
>>this newsgroup, it is no surprise that the Keiko storyline, intended by
>>the producers to appeal to the female part of the audience, is getting dissed 
>>by this newsgroup."
>>
> Well, I have to jump in here - no, not to flame you either. 
> I did not particularly like the Keiko schoolmarm storyline, `
> it was too much the "little woman tagging around with hubby
> has nothing to do so she naturally goes to her female nurturing
> instincts and decides to teach children" story. All this even 
> though she admitted she had never done this before. Sure, she
> is probably capable and all. But as her husband said in their
> argument - there is a lot she could contribute as a biologist, 
> which is her background. In the 21st or whatever century are we
> women still doing the supportive-wife-leaves-her-
> education-and-training-behind thing? Come on, writers, get
> a clue. Why not have her collect biological samples from the
> other side of the wormhole, organize an expedition to do so, 
> etc...? (yes, I *know* why)  
>
> So, I guess I have to say no, that storyline did not appeal to 
> *this* female part of the audience. Maybe is has something to 
> do with the fact that I'm a scientist myself...
>
> And so, now I suppose I am also the new flame-bait! Ah, well!
N
Not wanting to be left out, I'll throw in, too.  I like Keiko and Molly
and their reasoning for being there.  The writers started off good with
Miles and Keiko's arguement in which they reveal they had a discussion
and decided to follow Miles' career instead of hers.  But instead of
doing what she knows best (which is a Botanist, btw, not a Biologist),
they make her whine and moan about not having anything to do.  I don't
like the schoolteacher resolution, but I liked the rest.


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From: scott.hollifield@the-matrix.com (Scott Hollifield) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: DS9: Model or compute
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:47:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The MATRIX BBS - Birmingham, AL - 205-323-2016
Reply-To: scott.hollifield@the-matrix.com (Scott Hollifield) 

On 25 Jan 93 21:46:46 PST, mdc@crash.cts.com (Milo D. Cooper) wrote:

MDC>        What are you talking about?  ILM are in the credits.  I have
MDC>the proof on videocassete.  They're all over Star Trek.

They are NOT "all over Star Trek".  ILM appears in the credits as "Special
Visual Effects".  The only visual effects that they've done for TNG is the
original opening sequence and the Enterprise "warp" effect.  Since they
still use footage of the warp effect, ILM must still be credited for
that.

The regular special effects for TNG (and DS9) are done by the Post Group,
last I heard.


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From: ph9991_manfr@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Tuesday Night Review Delayed, but here's a 1 to 10 NO SPOILERS
Date: 21 Jan 93 00:44:42 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls


I got behind on my email and other things this week, and don't have
time to do a full review right away.  I'll probably do one later in
the week, but for now, I'll just give the raw 1 to 10 scale rating
I have for "A Man Alone," to the relief of anyone avoiding SPOILERs for
examples.

Score: 9

Steven.K.Manfred
From: patrickd@wpi.WPI.EDU (Lazer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: DS9 on satellite (of love)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 03:55:00 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: world
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Summary: ...where?

Where might one pick up DS9 on satellite?  My room-mate needs to know.
He already picks up TNG...
 
E-mail bean@wpi.wpi.edu with locations and times!

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From: ph9991_manfr@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Ques: ROMULAN Treaty and Neutral Zone
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:58:41 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls

In article <wfN0brW00iUzM2EmRu@andrew.cmu.edu>, Chris D Castro <cc6e+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>     In one TNG episode, possibly titled The Defector, a defecting
> Romulan, Admiral Jarok, is being used as a pawn by his fellow Romulans. 
> Jarok mentions the name of the treaty between the Federation and
> Romulans.  Does anyone recall if it is the Treaty of Algeron or Treaty
> of Algernon?
>     A second question.  Does anyone know how thick the Romulan Neutral
> Zone is?  In the above episode, we learn that there is at least one star
> system inside of it.  (This detail suggests it is very wide).  In the
> Reunification episodes, however, we watch as three Vulcan vessels seem
> to teleport across at a mere Warp 1.  (This detail suggests it is paper
> thin).  Has anyone "official" decided its width or is it a plot device?
> (i.e. the zone is as wide as the plot requires).
>     My thanks in advance for answers.
> 
> Chris Castro

There are in fact several star systems inside it, but I would imagine the
thickness of the zone varies at different points and also don't forget
that in space we're in 3D.

Steven.K.Manfred
From: chris.burgess@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Burgess) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: RE: BABEL
Date: 20 Jan 93 16:54:00 GMT
Reply-To: chris.burgess@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Burgess) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Outland BBS  UUPCB  403-475-9588

ko_mike@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Michael Y Ko) writes:

-> I was just wondering, if the Episode entitled "Babel" named that
-> because of the babel fish in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?

I doubt it. More like it has some reference to the TOS episode, Journey
to Babel.

Chris Burgess
chris.burgess@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:01:56 EST
From: Thomas Herbert <TWH101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Time's Arrow II Quest.

Please forgive me if this was talked about before, but when I was watching
my tape of Time's Arrow II today, I noticed something odd.  At the end of the
episode, when Picard's trapped back in San Fransico, Riker decides that
stopping the aliens from making any futher "encursions" to the earth's past is
more important than trying to save Picard.  He orders Worf to prepare photons
and that Worf should inform him "when they are ready."  Shouldn't this
preparation take about 2 seconds?  Was this merely a writer's ploy  to allow
the script to progress and allow data to be revived, Clemens to go back, etc??
I can't think of any other reason...... If anyone has any ideas, please tell me

--tommy
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From: rloper@mksol.dseg.ti.com (robert l loper)
Subject: Re: WORST EPISODE
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:07:38 GMT

STNG episodes that really make me want to switch channels:

_Shades of Gray_
_The Naked Now_ (But it has some good scenes)
_Encounter at Farpoint_ (Thank the stars that the show has come past that kind of thing)
_The Bonding_
_The Loss_
(The one with Worf's kid and the Soliton Wave)
(The one with Worf's kid and Lwaxana Troi)


STNG Episodes I will go out of my way to watch (Even though I have them on tape)
_Where No One has Gone Before_
_Q Who_
_Deja Q_
_Time Squared_
_Yesterday's Enterprise_
_The Best of Both Worlds Pt I_
_The Inner Light_
_Relics_
_True Q_
_The Defector_


STNG Episodes that I like that most other RASers don't:

_The Royale_ (just don't take it seriously)
_Qpid_ (ditto)

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From: jfrench@cs.utexas.edu (Jason French)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Who plays Tarshara Yar?
Date: 23 Jan 1993 13:06:50 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelady.cs.utexas.edu

Beth Troussaint played ISHARA Yar.  It would be pretty confusing if her name
was Tashara when her sister was named Tasha, but I could she how you could
make this mistake.  Beth Troussaint does resemble Linda Hamilton from the
T.V. show Beauty and the Beast and the movie Terminator II.  I don't know
if Beth Troussaint has been in anything execpt this guest starring in Star
Trek:  The Next Generation.

Jason French
jfrench@cs.utexas.edu

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From: jlevine@apollo.HP.COM (Jennifer E. Levine)
Subject: Re: real tough life on DS9
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:22:31 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

In article <ERIC.93Jan21153700@acis11.tamu.edu>, eric@acis11.tamu.edu (Eric L. Nelson) writes:
|> What happened to the concept that life was going to be so much harder
|> on DS9 than on the Enterprise? This last show had (what looked like)
|> fresh cut flowers on the table where the Dr. met the cardasian plus
|> the rest of the station seems to be fully functional and nice and
|> clean? So much for the Drs. so called frontier!!


<Spoilers Ho> For Babel





































I hope this is enough lines. 

If there is one thing that is made perfectly clear in 
Babel. Things are not nice and functional and working...


--Jennifer
jlevine@apollo.hp.com
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From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: DSN's comet: goofy or what?
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:22:55 GMT
Reply-To: geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Organization: Amos Tuck School
Disclaimer: I don't represent Dartmouth and Dartmouth doesn't represent me.

In <1jnn6bINNiao@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> srivastk@egr.msu.edu (Aseem Ku Srivastava) writes:

>Personally, I quite like the comet..... (IMHO, of course)

It leaves me with an urge to shout, "Rocks innnnn spaaaace!" but I like it
too.

followups to .misc, no spoilers here.

-Geoff
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From: aa396@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill Henley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: KIRA looks familar!
Date: 23 Jan 1993 01:53:43 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


I checked the TNG COMPANION and Nana Visitor (Kira) is not
listed as a guest cast member in "Hero Worship"; there is an
"Ensign Felton" character played by Sheila Franklin.  I think if
Visitor had appeared in any TNG episode, the fact would have
been pointed out in DS9 publicity.

-- 
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& Fantasy SIG (aa396)
From: jgj@ssd.csd.harris.com (Jeff Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Aliens in Space Rangers and Star Trek
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:39:22 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: I would rather be windsurfing.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com


I think I've figured out why you all seem to hate Space Rangers so
much: Jealousy of the fact that the aliens on Space Rangers seem more
alien than any of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant aliens on the good
ship Enterprise.


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