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From: Mel Walker <mwalker@novell.com>
Subject: Cannon Fodder Security Forces
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6F1C4724B011E08@mwalker.npd.provo.novell.com>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 2 Oct 92 16:18:42 GMT
Organization: Committee to Elect Dan Quayle Lord of the Cosmos
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:18:47 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.182048.9002@nevada.edu> WildCard !!,
wildcard@nevada.edu writes:
>Security = A different redshirt every episode
Just one redshirt? How about:
(1) to get killed
(1-3) to bounce around the corridors
(1) to answer the communication about the intruder alert from the Captain
(2) to follow Worf as he runs toward the emergency

You could even have more to be killed, if you want. I'm not picky. :-)

--Mel Walker
From: cap36406@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Carlos A. Pero)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Realm of Fear : Space Worms???
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:19:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvpH8p.Boq
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

910252m@ace.acadiau.ca (DWAYNE ALLAN MACKINNON) writes:

>Netters,
>    Didn't someone say that a person's perceptions are incredibly distorted 
>in the matter stream?? I think it might have been Riker.....
>    That could possibly explain why the crewmembers looked like "space 
>worms".
>   As for the Troi "tapping thing", I am of the opinion that she in effect 
>gave Barclay a placebo.

>DMK

>Acadia University, N.S., Canada



Didn't Geordi say something about inside the matter stream, everything
is distorted, and that a single MICROBE could be enlargened to the size
that Barclay has seen? Therefore, the worms.


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From: bicker@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Subject: Re: Will we have to pay to see Star Trek?
Reply-To: Brian.C.Kohn@att.com (The Resource, Poet-Magician of Quality)
Organization: The Internet
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:37:46 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.sf.tv

In article <1992Sep28.174631.14102@gvl.unisys.com> rossi@gvlf9-q.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi) writes:
>In article <3750@ra.nrl.navy.mil> harris3@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Kevin Harris) writes:
>>In article <90272@netnews.upenn.edu>, chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin) writes:
>>> Will we all have to pay to watch Star Trek in the future???
>>My cable system carries the Sci-Fi channel on Basic Cable...meaning it is included with
>>the basic channels, and so you don't have to pay extra for it.  I dunno about other cable
>>systems out there.
>But you have to *pay* for "Basic Cable" don't you?????
>I get the general idea that "Basic Cable" now runs about $250/year.

By that logic I already have to pay for Star Trek, as I don't get clear
reception on either the NYC or Philadelphia station that carries Trek
off my antenna.

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From: phurley@tamu.edu (Philip W. Hurley)
Subject: Re: Computer on Enterprise
Organization: Computer Technology Group, TAEX
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 05:01:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep23.073412.9804@bsu-ucs.uucp> 00rdharringt@bsu-ucs.uucp (
Rob Harrington) writes:

>And another thing, if all you have to do is say "Computer" what happens
>when the word "Computer" comes up in casual conversation?

This lends credance to the idea that the computer is watching everything. 
The computer can infer from the tone of one's voice whether it is being 
addressed but also by observing body language. There are already user 
interfaces (much cruder than the mighty E computer) under development that 
will recognize and respond to gestures.

Therefore, when Picard is in the turbolift talking to Troi and says, "Hold," 
the computer recognizes by tone and gesture that Picard means for the 
computer to pause the turbolift. When he later says, "Resume," the computer 
responds by starting the turbolift again. Notice that this not only requires 
the computer to interpret that a command has been given but also what the 
command should be applied to.

And it can be booted from back ups in three seconds, too!! <sigh> (Remember 
when the E computer and Data both got a virus?)
From: IA80024@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Nicholas C. Hester)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: You didn't get my message, did you?
Date: 6 Oct 92 01:22:38 GMT
 <uplink.718316334@cwis>
Organization: University of Maine System

In article <uplink.718316334@cwis>, uplink@cwis.unomaha.edu (John M. Scheibeler)
says:
>
>>Why?  This IS ras.current, they belong here.  And TAII (and by default
>>TAI) is a current topic.
>
>BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF SPOILERS, GOD DAMN IT!  AND ONLY MY OPINION COUNTS!!!!

Get used to disappointment.
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From: jal41820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Smiley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Oh my *GOD* .... is it.... *CONTINUITY*?!?!?!?! (Spoilers)
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:53:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvCsGn.Auv
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

If Stephen can come out of the attic to post, so can I.  :)

afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) writes:
:)Here's one for those who haven't seen Time's Arrow II ...

:)Ok, here's another one for those who haven't seen Booby Trap ...

:)OK, so here it is. I'm watching the Sunday night TNG re-runs and up pops 
:)Booby Trap ... I just finished watching the tape of TA II (Sorry, I 
:)*worked* Sat. night... sue me ! :-)) and a line in Booby Trap struck me as 
:)incredibly well threaded to TA II. 

:)Geordie asks Guinan what she looks at first in a man ... she replies "His 
:)head."... Geordi thinks she means his *brain* ... Guinan goes on to explain 
:)that she's attracted to bald men ... Geordi asks why... Guinan says ...
:){Paraphrase Alert}
:)"A long time ago, a bald man was kind to me when I was hurt" or words to 
:)that effect. 

Actually, I think it's pretty darn close.  :)

To be honest, this came across my mind while watching TAII. It was one
of the first things that came to my mind when Guinan came to, in fact.  :)

:)*Was* this continuity or a lucky happenstance for the writers ? You be the 

Well, I think it was happenstance in Booby Trap, but they prolly remembered
it for TAII. Anyway, it was nice to see.  :)
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From: tomcat@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeffrey S. Jo)
Subject: Re: Names of episodes
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 23:34:02 GMT

ACDSPW@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Sally Webster) writes:

>Where do you people find the names of the ST:TNG episodes?  I watch
>carefully every week and almost never see an episode name.

The names of each episode appear on the opening scene following the
show's theme, when all of the guest stars and credits come up.


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From: carley1560@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: federation starships
Date: 4 Oct 92 19:51:17 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In the episode "The Game", the race, whose name slips my mind, that was
attempting to take over starfleet had far less weapontry and skill than the
E-prise, as Data said when he woke everyone up on the bridge with his strobe
light .

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From: bill@isl.Stanford.EDU (Bill Moore)
Subject: Re: PICARD/RIKER in White House?
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 19:38:18 GMT


Saw a bumper sticker the other day:

Picard for President
Make it so



(Would Dan Quayle make a good Enterprise officer?
 "Computer: baked potatoe"
 "I do not understand that...")

Bill
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From: atb@gserv1.dl.ac.uk (A.M.T. Bell,G2,3123,homephone)
Subject: Re: The Enemy Within
Reply-To: atb@gserv1.dl.ac.uk
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 10:50:28 GMT

In article 13263@bnlux1.bnl.gov, schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
> In article <1992Sep28.130715.28138@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> atb@gserv1.dl.ac.uk writes:
> 
> 
> [synopsis of Enemy Within deleted...]
> 
> >help him out. Meanwhile Sulu and some unknown crewmen are stuck down on a planet
> >where the temperature is dropping rapidly to -120 degrees (brr), they can't beam them
> >up until Scotty fixes the transporter to stop production of good/bad duplicates.
> >The bad kirk tries to take over but eventually the good kirk takes the bad kirk to
> >the transporter room (now fixed) and spock beams the two out and beams one kirk
> >back. This kirk is "back to normal" and he makes the decision to beam sulu and co
> >A fairly good episode, one things always puzzled me. If the transporter was broken
> >why didn't they send down a shuttlecraft to pick up Sulu and co? 
> 
> 
> A local station just started showing TOS at 10:00 pm weeknights, and
> apparently the "Trek Trivia Question" is going to be a regular feature
> during the reruns.  I was pleasantly surprised by the complexity of the
> question that they gave last night.  I was expecting something
> relatively simple like "What was Kirk's middle name".  However, last
> night's question was "in the episode The Enemy Within, what do we see
> Sulu's phaser do that we never see a phaser do at any other time?"  I
> have to admit that it completely stumped me.  Let's see if anyone else
> out there knows the answer.  Post or e-mail guesses and I'll tell you if
> you're right (this is assuming that you have nothing better to do with
> your time...).
> 
> 
> Oh, why didn't they send an s-craft to pick up Sulu?
> This episode was one of the very first, and was written before anyone on
> the show's staff had come up with the idea for the shuttlecraft. 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gary L. Schroeder  		|  
> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov         |             Boo. 
> Brookhaven National Laboratory  | 


Glad someone reads my posts!

The answer is Sulu used a phaser to heat up a rock to act as a source of heat.

OK Gary, what have I won :-)


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From: w5y092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Todd Leroux)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: TAII: Trouble with the ending
Date: 3 Oct 1992 18:12:49 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: world
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In article <Susan_Schnitger.06r2@amicol.UUCP> Susan_Schnitger@amicol.UUCP (Susan Schnitger) writes:
>The second point that bothers me is the lack of concern Riker and 
>the others showed for the possibility of changing the past by 
>stopping the predation.  
>...
>By destroying the base they could be preventing a future 
>mistake in the past.  
>...  
>The point is, the two pasts are DIFFERENT, and should lead to 
>different futures, in ways subtle or critical.  Which one led 
>to the future that Riker was "currently" occupying?  How could he 
>know?  Why wasn't that something to even consider?

I don't believe there was any possibility for Riker to change the past
through his current actions.  The past is already set, based on the action
hie is about to take.  In other words, although Riker has yet to decide
what he will do, Mother Nature already knows.  If he destroys the aliens,
then his "reality" will already have accounted for that.  If he doesn't
destroy the aliens, then, well, his reality will have already accouned
for that, too.  The past is the past, and is unchangeable whether you
interact with it from the future or not.  I don't think that having a
discontinuous temporal existence neccesarily implies also having the
ability to alter the future.

-Steve the temporal philosopher


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From: JC924@uacsc2.albany.edu
Subject: Re: Reason why TNG is downhilling, or is it?
Organization: University at Albany, Albany NY 12222
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 13:28:16 EDT

In article <1992Oct03.002945.9866@eng.umd.edu>
wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose Gonzalez) writes:
 
>In article <67073@cup.portal.com> Peter_A_David@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>Sheesh.  All these posts today, Peter.  Make your deadlines for the millions
>of comics you write and decide to give yourself Friday off, eh? (-:
>
>>I don't know if "personal conflict" would be such a bad thing for STTNG.
>>I've always thought that one of the show's problems is that everyone gets
>>along with each other so well.  As opposed to, say, McCoy vs. Spock.
>>Sure it became cliched after a while...but at least it was SOMEthing.
>>Upping the level of conflict between the characters might go a long way
>>towards giving them some depth.
>
>It's amazing how many TNG fans I meet all over the place.  The unlikeliest
>people love this show.  And every time you ask them why they like it, their
>reasons are always the characters.  It's the *characters* that make the
>show.
>
I agree, it's the characters that make TNG.  Most of the conflict on TNG
are internal conflicts.  Each character has struggled with his or her own
personal deamons while, at the same time, dealing with the external deamons
the Enterprise confronts.  Every one of them has problems or weaknesses and
tries, generally successfully, to live up to the standards expected of them
on the Enterprise.  To me, that is real courage and what impresses me about
the crew of the Enterprise.  My big problem is not the lack of interpersonal
conflict on the Enterprise, it is that everything is so CLEAN!!!!:-)
 
 
 
 
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From: paradis@ERA.COM (Lisa Berkenbilt)
Subject: lists of stuff
Organization: Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:09:02 GMT

This list primarily deals with software engineering... specifically,
UI and signal processing:

You know you have been watching too much Star Trek:TNG when...

10. You start referring to data to plot as "he".
9.  You are ready to run your code and say "Engage!"
8.  Someone suggests a design change and you say "Make it so!"
7.  When you need to alert the team of the change, you say
	"send the following message in all known languages and
	 frequencies" 
6.  You see someone in the hall, you refer to that person as
	being "In visual range"
5.  When going to demonstrate a display, you say "On screen!"
4.  When injecting a signal into a program, you way "Open all hailing
	frequencies" 
3.  You need to use someone's keyboard, you say "May I have the conn?"
	or: when you let someone else use your keyboard, you say "Take
	the conn"
2.  Someone you're looking forward enters the room, you say "Sensors
	locked!"
1.  Your supervisor walks in and you say "Shields up!"

It was a *rough* week at work....

--Lisa
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From: mwgertz+@cs.cmu.edu (Matthew Gertz)
Subject: Re: promos for: time's ar
Organization: Dept. of ECE, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:58:06 GMT

"Time's Arrow II" (no real spoilers):

kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori) writes:
>
>Anything worth an hour per week of my time is worth taking seriously (and 
>"analyzing it to death" is a large part of the fun). "Enjoying an episode"
>for me, doesn't mean watching a bunch of actors run around on the screen,
>engaging in lame comedy, and reenacting what Roger called "an Academy
>exercise to get Data back from the past." I expect something a little
>more challenging and colorful.

Then you're more optimistic than I am.  I *wanted* something a little more 
challenging and colorful, but I did not *expect* it... quite the
contrary. 8^) 8^)

>Kanamori's Episode Ratings: (last episode rated: "Time's Arrow Part II")
>  "I keep telling you, there *is* no plot." -- Guinan.

Heh... I can't believe I missed that one...

-- 
Matt Gertz, mwgertz+@cs.cmu.edu
Dept. of ECE, The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
From: IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (macphil)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Will we have to pay to see Star Trek?
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:01:57 GMT
Organization: IUPUI

In article <Bvnt7E.1K8@news.udel.edu>
roby@chopin.udel.edu (Scott W Roby) writes:
 
>What I want to know is:  If broadcast stations can operate only
>on advertiser revenue and not need customer revenue then why can't
>the same thing be done with cable (excluding the traditional
>commercial-free pay channels - HBO, atc.)?  After all, virtually all the
>channels I currently get on my cable system carry commercials.
 
>Sure it would be extra cost to the advertising budgets of companies,
>but that's what happened when radio and tv first came into use --
>the advertising budget had to be expanded from only print to
>cover the new media as well.
 
So what you are proposing is that you'd receive some subset of cable for
free such that the advertisers pay for it and you essentially receive
cable instead of "wireless" as you do now?
 
>Free (to the consumer) broadcast TV was one of the more marvelous
>business world innovations of the twentieth century and now it looks to be
>going the way of the dinosaurs.  Sigh.
 
I don't think it'll ever go away (entirely).  It's just the things you
might be interested in aren't free anymore.  Look at it this way:
"wireless television" was free essentially because they couldn't figure
a way to charge for it.  Years ago, it was very easy to "hack" your
electricity line coming into the house (has to do /c phase-shifting...
a topic discussed in all first-year electronics courses, as I recall)
and they figured out a way to keep people from doing that.
 
Besides, considering the quality of 90%+ of what's available on cable,
why should one complain?  I grew up in a rural area sans cable and
don't feel as though I missed out (necessarily).
 
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From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: Lynch's Spoiler Review:  "Realm of Fear"
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 04:35:24 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Keywords: TNG, Barclay, transporters

In article <1992Oct5.163754.1363@ncsu.edu>, rhballan@eos.ncsu.edu  writes:
> 
> Forgive me for my ignorance, but, who is Timothy Lynch?
> 
Spoilers


   I think he's related to David Lynch.

   Seriously though, he's one of those r.a.s.c. gods who post a
review each week on the episodes.   First B.A. in astronomy at
Cornell, one of many physics grads at CalTech, as the old
signature says.   My guess is that he's probably atop the heap
of reviewers in that if you asked most people who is the
person most closely associated with this group, they would point
to Lynch.   Or perhaps Atsushi.

    I think more people like his review since he's a little
more positive about Trek than some of the other reviewers
(say, Atsushi, though despite his mostly negative reviews,
they are usually quite informative).  Among the other reviewers
I've seen -- Michael Rawdon, Jason Snell, Roger Tang (he's not
reviwed in a while), one or both of the Jose's, wasn't there
also an Uncle Mikey review?  Also there was the Shabang
spoilerless reviews, which have also disappeared.

    Eventually folks get tired of the reviewing business.
Tim mentioned that he was going to be awfully busy and
was going to post his reviews late as well as not get as
involved in various debates.  Rawdon said a while back that
he was stopping his reviews (if I recall), but he's back.

    Now who am I?  Hmmm, you'll have to read rec.sport.tennis.

-- 
Charles Lin
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From: kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori)
Subject: Re: Suffering Review Burn-out?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:25:55 GMT

In article <rawdon.717625936@cs.wisc.edu> rawdon@colby.cs.wisc.edu writes:
>In <52400009@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> jgm@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (John McBride--in my own private Idaho) writes:
>>Is it just me or did were there an explosion of reviews and reviewers
>>toward the end of last season?  It seemed like a large percentage of
>>the basenotes and replies were talking about the reviews.
>
>It's not your imagination; it seems like there are even more this year.
>
>>							   How about
>>a Review Basenote, and all the reviews and replies go under that Basenote?  That
>>way a rasc reader could just bypass one note instead of 6-10 if he/she
>>does not want to read reviews.
>
>Alternately, a reader could:
>
>1) Get a newsreader like nn which allows you to skip large numbers of articles
>   at little cost in time or energy or thought, and

Or he could try thinking. What a concept.


>2) Put "review" in hir killfile, which should cut out a good proportion of
>   said reviews.

But not yours (or mine, for that matter). Deliberate? :-)



>(As you can see, this is a sore spot with me.  I still regard the r.a.s
>split to be an unmitigated disaster.)

Oh, I don't know. I rather like it (that I only read two out of four
groups might have something to do with it).


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