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Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <grammar><word-usage><adjectives><nouns>
Title: What is the word for your nationality if you are from Singapore?
Question: Which of these is grammatically correct in response to  "What is your nationality?" ;  “Singapore”  or  “Singaporean” ?

Answers:
sents: text: According to the wikipedia page for Singapore , the proper demonym in this case is "Singaporean".
text: Admittedly, you see plenty of patterns emerge for demonyms but there is no guaranteed rule, which means you simply must check if you're unsure.
text: Just know that the proper term for what you're looking for is "demonym."
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/65434/Neil
score: 15
sents: text: Singaporean is a nationality.
text: Singapore is a country.
text: It wouldn't be grammatically incorrect to answer "Singapore", but it wouldn't fit the question as well as "Singaporean".
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/37000/Especially Lime
score: 4
sents: text: The correct response in the example case would be both technically, "Singaporean" and "Singapore" are both correct but preferably and more understandably, "Singaporean" would be the most common one for use.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/83490/Veraen
score: 2
sents: text: It's both.
text: Both "Singapore" and "Singaporean" are incomplete sentences, that is, they lack a verb.
text: (Incomplete sentences are widely used in English; using them is not an error.)
text: To make them complete, we would add a subject and a verb to know for sure what's coming on there: I am from Singapore.
text: I am Singaporean.
text: Both are perfectly fine responses, and in this case, you are just making them incomplete by throwing away unnecessary information.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/70693/r5ha
score: 1
sents: text: A single word can't be grammatically incorrect.
text: The correct answer to the question though, would be any of the following:
text: My nationality is Singaporean.
text: I am from Singapore.
text: I am Singaporean.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/83498/Based
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Singaporean is a nationality. Singapore is a country. One may say "My nationality is Singaporean" or "I am from Singapore".
Singaporean is the nationality, Singapore is the country. You could answer 'Singapore' to this question, but it would be a short form of "I am from Singapore" rather than "I am Singaporean".
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <a-song-of-ice-and-fire>
Title: Who is the third head of the dragon?
Question: In the series  A Song of Ice and Fire , dragons always occur in groups of three - The three conquering dragons, the three eggs etc.  Somewhere, it's also implied that there should be three dragon-controllers (I forgot where, but this is what I remember).    So if Danaerys is one, Jon the second.   Who is the third head? Has there been any discussions about this somewhere?

Answers:
sents: text: The most common suggestion for the third head is Tyrion.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/23/Mike Scott
score: 8
sents: text: Now that A Dance with Dragons has been released
text: I believe it's worth adding another answer to this question.
text: A Dance with Dragons spoiler
text: It seems more likely now that one of the dragons is Aegon Targaryen.
text: Aegon Targaryen was the second child and only son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell.
text: It is revealed that the baby murdered during the Sack of King's Landing was that of a peasant who Lord Varys put in the cot.
text: Varys then hid baby Aegon.
text: When Robert Baratheon and the realm falsely believed him dead, Varys had agents smuggle him across the narrow sea.
text: Aegon_Targaryen @
text: asoif wiki .
text: Also It now seems possible, although not certain, that Jon Snow isn't one of the three; so the other answers could still be just as accurate.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3088/Memnoch
score: 6
sents: text: While Mike's answer is correct , I want to say that most of the discussions seem to be weak.
text: I believe it much more likely that Daenerys' brother was the third head.
text: After all, nowhere does it say that one of the heads can't die after he/
text: she is born.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/947/apoorv020
score: 1
sents: text: In Book 4, Maester Aemon, dying, says to Sam that he thought he'd be the third.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1611/Theodosia
score: 1
sents: text: Spoiler:
text: It has been discussed.
text: The most popular contenders for the third head are: 1.
text: Tyrion (he has a fascination with dragons, also there is a theory that Tyrion may unknowingly be the son of Aerys and Joanna) 2.
text: Bran (he's a powerful warg and maybe dragons can be warged, also he has a connection with 'flying') 3.
text: Aegon (though there is some speculation that he may not actually be Aegon Targaryen)
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/13175/Lysa
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Suggestions for the third dragon head include Tyrion and Daenerys' brother.
Possible contenders for the third head of the dragon are: Tyrion, Aegon Targaryen and Daenery's brother.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <doctor-who>
Title: What does an adult Adipose look like?
Question: In the episode Partners in Crime we see numerous "baby" adipose:  It's made clear these are infant adipose and are all about 1kilo in weight and are about 6-8inches tall.  But we never see what an adult adipose looks like (at-least in that episode), so what do they look like, how big are they, how much would one weigh?

Answers:
sents: text: Well, it depends on the level of canon you are looking for..
text: and, yes.. I know, with
text: Doctor Who, that's a tricky issue.
text: But, still.. If you are willing to accept one of the comic books , then we have an example of an adult:
text: Nothing is said about it's weight, but it's appearance
text: is basically just a larger version of the baby ones we saw in the episodes.
text: The size is even questionable, since there really isn't anything to compare to to, to get a good idea of the scale.
text: But in appearance, it's very similar to the baby version.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2292/K-H-W
score: 13
sents: text: I don't believe this was every mentioned so far.
text: However something to consider, when the 10th doctor was dying he visited Jack at a bar.
text: There was an adipose creature there; your first reaction would be to think 'oh and adipose baby' -
text: but why would a baby be in a bar?
text: Maybe the adults look exactly the same.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/8409/Julene
score: 6
sents: text: Doctor
text: Who screenwriter Russell T. Davis drew a rough concept art sketch of the ' Shadow Proclamation debating chamber ' for the two-part episode
text: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End .
text: Although it was ultimately filmed differently, to the right you can see an adult Adipose, basically identical to the child Adipose, but roughly twelve feet tall and presumably weighing a metric ton.
text: " The Shadow Proclamation, as Russell imagined it".
text: Illustration by Russell T Davies - From Doctor
text: Who: The Writer's Tale
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/Valorum
score: 4
sents: text: On the wikia page it says that the adult adipose look the same as the children but are twice the size of adult humans
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/13471/Madison
score: 3
sents: text: I personally think they would stay the same.
text: They are made of human fat so to speak, but once they "become" adipose, they wouldn't consume any more of the humans fat so would probably not develop any more.
text: I suppose if they stayed inside the human for longer they could grow and become larger, but it makes sense that they stay the same once no longer a part of that human - unless they were able to "feast" on more human fat which we never really find out
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/13642/Lucy Melling
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Nothing is said about it's weight, but it is basically just a larger version of the baby ones we saw in the episodes.
An adult adipose is a larger version of a baby one; there is no exact information available on its weight.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-wars>
Title: Does anyone actually wear eyeglasses in Star Wars?
Question: Does anyone in The Galaxy Far Far Away wear eyeglasses?  (specifically to correct for bad vision, NOT sunglasses or some special optics designed to enhance you natural senses ala whatever optics Vader's suit or Mandalorian armor provided).  (this arose out of random comment in Chat)  The question is mostly for G-canon, though I'll accept answers from T-/C- canons

Answers:
sents: text: Noa Briqualon from Ewoks: The Battle For Endor . and Saun Dann from the Holiday Special In lower canons, the Wookieepedia entry for spectacles lists a few others, noting that Spectacles were very rare, as advanced surgery and cybernetic implants were more efficient in many ways.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5184/phantom42
score: 25
sents: text: In addition to an abundance of Legends examples, spectacles have made the jump to new Disney canon: Nuvo Vindi, the mad Faust scientist from "Blue Shadow Virus" and "Mystery of a Thousand Moons", episodes of The Clone Wars Although he doesn't wear them all the time (he appears to only use them when looking at something close-up), he does occasionally pull out a pair of pince-nez glasses.
text: Gorga
text: the Hutt, a member of the Hutt Council, wore a monocle Though unclear whether or not they were corrective (rather than for safety or magnification)
text: , the Parwan Doctor Gubacher wore some manner of lenses in "Secret Weapons", an episode of The Clone Wars and his only appearance:
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/31051/Jason Baker
score: 21
sents: text: We also have:
text: Lonn Idd in Star Wars Droids 2:
text: The Ultimate Weapon and C-3PO (as a disguise):
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22917/Often Right
score: 9
sents: text: Noa Briqualon from Ewoks: The Battle for Endor wears glasses :
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/45/DavRob60
score: 7
sents: text: Doctor Pershing Doctor Pershing (
text: The Mandalorian , episodes 1x01 and 1x03) wears tinted eyeglasses:
text: The doctor's reason for wearing these glasses is not yet apparent as of episode 1x03.
text: The glasses do not cover his eyes as laboratory safety goggles would, and they have not been shown to display electronic images.
text: Given that the lenses are not particularly dark and that he wears them indoors in very dimly lit rooms, it's reasonable to suppose that they are not primarily for protection against bright light.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/78630/Gaultheria
score: 5
sents: text: Also the Kel Dor : They also wore goggles to protect their eye fluids from evaporating.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/48417/VerpinZal
score: 2

Summary of the answers:
Noa Briqualon, Nuvo Vindi, Dr Pershing and Saun Dann all wear glasses in Star Wars.
The following wear eyeglasses: Noa Briqualon, Nuevo Vindi, Shaun Dann; and Kel Dor.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <a-song-of-ice-and-fire>
Title: Is the name "Orell" related to the Russian word for "eagle"?
Question: In the  A Song of Ice and Fire , there is a character named Orell, who is a skinchanger in control of an eagle. Орёл (oryol) happens to be the Russian word for "eagle".  Is there any  other evidence that the name Orell derives from Russian or some other Slavic language?

Answers:
sents: text: The word for Eagle in Czech is Orel, in Slovak it is Orol.
text: I think it can be assumed that this did inspire the naming of Orell, even though there are no quotes from GRRM to confirm this (as System Down wrote).
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/539/Zottek
score: 5
sents: text: The name also sounds like oriole, as in the birds .
text: The connection of Orell to birds has a variety of connection points.
text: But, as mentioned, there is no confirmation from GRRM.
text: Without a confirmation from GRRM, it's possible that the name comes from the Orrell surname and the eagle part is a coincidence.
text: This unusual name is of early Medieval English origin, and is a locational surname deriving from either of the places called "Orrell" in Lancashire, one of which is situated in the parish of Wigan, and the other in the parish of Sefton.
text: Both places share the same meaning and derivation, which is from the Old English pre 7th Century word "ora", ore, and "hyll", hill; http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Orrell
text: I think it's best to avoid assumption and admire the synchronicity.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/14950/mawcsco
score: 3
sents: text: GRRM definently gets inspiration from real life words and names.
text: Some wildlings have nordic/norse names, like Tormund or Magnar.
text: I also know that Bran is welsh, meaning raven.
text: I'm sure there are plenty other cases of this that speakers of other languages notice.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/16373/Mathias Ose
score: 3
sents: text: My family name is 'Orrell' originally spelt 'Orell'.
text: The early medieval sheild that they used displayed a double headed eagle.
text: Maybe this is all just a coincidence?
text: They derived their name from Orrell-in-Makerfield in Lancashire of which manor, they were the Lords.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/115813/Terry Orrell
score: 1
sents: text: The shield comes from a stained glass window (now lost) from Wigan parish church which is thought to commemorate the marriage of Margaret, daughter and heir of William de Orell of Newton-in-Makerfield, with Sir Robert Langton of Hindley circa 1340.
text: An earlier seal of a different William de Orell of Haydock (a distant cousin of the first William) circa 1315 showed an image of a double headed eagle.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/119294/Terry Orrell
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
The word for Eagle in Czech is Orel, and in Slovak it is Orol.
Orwell is derived from Orel in Czech and Orol in Slovak.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <story-identification><time-travel>
Title: Sci-fi story about a TV that works across time
Question: I read a story a long time ago, I think in a short story collection.  The main idea was that a TV had been invented that could be set to any place and time in the past, and you could see what happened there and then.  Anybody know what it was?

Answers:
sents: text: Sounds like
text: The Dead Past by Asimov, where there is a very rare device like a television called the Chronoscope that can look at events that in the very distant history.
text: The story goes on to reveal that the chronoscope can in fact: Only view up to a little over one hundred years in the past, but importantly it can view up to the immediate past, essentially the 'living present', making it a device that could destroy privacy for anyone on the planet.
text: As a result, in an attempt to keep this fact secret, and to prevent smaller and cheaper chronoscope's being invented, scientific freedom is rigidly controlled by the government, research outside your field being banned and with the techniques required to develop a Chronoscope being mysteriously unfunded.
text: You can see an adaptation of the story on YouTube .
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3569/iandotkelly
score: 10
sents: text: There's also Damon Knight's "I See You" about an inventor who, as anonymously as possible, creates and distributes a machine which allows people to view anything that happened at any time, completely eliminating crime and also privacy.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4804/James McLeod
score: 5
sents: text: It's not presented so much as a television, but Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch: The redemption of Christopher Columbus" (one of Card's better books even if it is preachy
text: and I completely disagree with its premise) has a device that lets the past be viewed.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17655/thwarted
score: 2
sents: text: E for Effort by T. L. Sherred comes to mind.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/9013/Kreiri
score: 1
sents: text: This is unlikely to be the story you were thinking of as it is a full novel, but The Light of Other Days by Stephen Baxter, based on a synopsis by Arthur C Clarke, deals with the same premise.
text: I remember reading it and thinking it was overly similar to Asimov's The Dead Past , which was suggested above.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/17815/curiousdannii
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
This may be "E for Effort" by T. L. Sherred, or posisbly "The Light of Other Days" by Stephen Baxter.
The story may be E for Effort by T.L. Sherred or the Light of Other Days by Stephen Baxter, though less likely so.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-wars><anakin-skywalker>
Title: Had Anakin Skywalker killed anyone before Dooku?
Question: Was Count Dooku his first kill or had he already slain many a foe?

Answers:
sents: text: Many Tusken raiders died to bring you this information.
text: Enraged by his mother's death, Anakin had slain an entire camp of Tusken raiders, including women, children...possibly even their animals.
text: This went down in Attack of the Clones , prior to his fight with Dooku.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/40294/Praxis
score: 109
sents: text: One time Anakin blew up a droid control ship with people on it in orbit around Naboo.
text: This happened in Star Wars:
text: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , during the Battle of Naboo.
text: This was while he was nine, so his earliest kills on record in my opinion.
text: This ship contained at least 10 non-droids as per this tech guide for Episode One.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/29220/Himarm
score: 106
sents: text: Yes he had (Note: this is a compilation of all answers found thus far plus some more research on my part - consider upvoting the other answers for this question as well)
text: Here's a list: A gorgoodon (a non-sentient creature, but I thought I'd mention it):
text: Jedi Quest: Path to Truth Krayn the slave trader (when he was 13)
text: (Source: Anakin on Wookieepedia )
text: (note: NOT canon)
text: The persons on the ship he destroyed in
text: The Phantom Menace (kudos to Himarm)
text: The Tusken Raiders following the death of his mother in Episode II (kudos to Praxis - although I did know that one myself!)
text: Tal Merrik in the series
text: The Clone Wars (kudos to Null) Genosian Warriors in
text: The Clone Wars (kudos to Nu'Daq) Saato in Star Wars: The New Droid Army (a video game, I know, but just thought I'd add that one in too) Trenox
text: (again Star Wars: The New Droid Army ) Messo
text: (Legends)
text: Denturi (Anakin's Wookieepedia page cites that he had killed this person, but I can't find much more about Denturi other than that) Durge (was killed by being 'force-pushed' into a star - what a way to die!)
text: (kudos to Matemáticos Chibchas)
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22917/Often Right
score: 64
sents: text: Yes
text: As a canon example of Anakin killing a human by lightsaber prior to his execution of Dooku, Anakin killed Tal Merrik .
text: This image is from
text: The Clone Wars S02E13 "Voyage of Temptation" .
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/31936/Null
score: 50
sents: text: Also, in the foundry scene in Attack of the Clones , he sliced up some Geonosian warriors.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/47051/Nu'Daq
score: 17

Summary of the answers:
Prior to Dooku, Anakin had already killed a camp of Tusken Raiders, Tal Merrik, some Geonosian warriors and he also blew up a ship with people on board.
It is known Anakin kills an entire camp of Tusken raiders after his mother’s death and that he murders Tal Merrik before he executes Dooku.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-wars><the-force-awakens><character-identification>
Title: Is this the same droid in two scenes from the Force Awakens?
Question: In this scene, we see...     R2-D2 waving goodbye to Rey and Chewie in the Falcon      But, here, in this next scene we see...    That R2 is there with Chewie in the Island     So, is it a big mistake in the movie??

Answers:
sents: text: According to the novelization, R2-D2 was indeed with Chewbacca aboard the Falcon, so the first scene must have had some OTHER R2 astromech.
text: Each time, Chewbacca would wave.
text: Had he been equipped to do so, R2-D2 would have done likewise. -
text: [From the novelization]
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/DVK-on-Ahch-To
score: 27
sents: text: I could be wrong but I believe the character in the top image is shinier, newer (i.e. different) than the one in the bottom image.
text: During the film, I recall thinking that the character in the top image looked familiar, but couldn't be who you (and I) thought it was.
text: So the next image made sense to me.
text: I had the thought "Oh okay, must have been a different character."
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/23154/gary
score: 17
sents: text: Consider the placement of the individuals in the sending off scene.
text: Front and center are C-3PO and BB-8.
text: Off to the side (and behind another person) is an R2 unit.
text: One would expect, that if that was R2-D2, he would have been standing in close proximity to the two droids in the middle given R2-D2's importance.
text: That this expectation is not met indicates thats not R2-D2.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 8
sents: text: No, they are patently not the same droids.
text: As you can see, the one that leaves the Falcon (pictured to the right below) has a blue top and white legs.
text: Presumably it's R2-D2.
text: The one on the flight apron (pictured to the left) has a grey top and a grey body with a white trim.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/Valorum
score: 7
sents: text: To me the droid looks more like R2-Q2 who was also in the Force Awakens action figure set.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/64293/thomas
score: 5

Summary of the answers:
No these are not the same droid. The droid that leaves on the Falcon appears to be R2-D2 whereas the droid in the other scene has a different appearance and is likely a different unit. The other droid is possibly R2-Q2.
It must have been another droid that looked like R2-D2 - possibly R2-Q2 from The Force Awakens action set.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-trek>
Title: Were seat belts used in Star Trek for the first time in Star Trek Beyond?
Question: At one point in  Star Trek Beyond , everyone fastened their seat belts. At last! Is this the first time in  Star Trek  (TV, movies) that seat belts have been used?  If not, what was the first time?

Answers:
sents: text: Seat belts feature in a number of Star Trek properties that significantly pre-date
text: Star Trek Beyond .
text: They were seen in a deleted scene from Star Trek:
text: Nemesis In Star Trek Into Darkness
text: Shuttlecraft also have them in various episodes of TNG
text: The Animated Series (TAS: "Once Upon a Planet")
text: during a gravity loss scenario .
text: You can also see that Archer's chair (which looks very suspiciously like Picard's unused prop from Nemesis) has been retro-fitted with slots for shoulder straps in Enterprise, albeit we don't see their use.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/Valorum
score: 45
sents: text: That all depends on your definition of " Seatbelts ".
text: The first bridge seat restraint system was seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
text: On the Captain's chair, the seat arms folded down over the lap during emergencies.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4241/SteveED
score: 34
sents: text: In addition to the other fine answers, seat belts were used the first time humans achieved warp
text: ( Star Trek:
text: First Contact ):
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 14
sents: text: In ST3: The Search for Spock , the crew of the Excelsior use some kind of seat restraint just before they go to trans-warp.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/69680/Ensign Trekkie
score: 9
sents: text: #No
text: There were seat belts used in the TNG era as well as in the new, alternate timeline.
text: The alternate timeline version of the Enterprise has seat belts that sort of craw or unroll onto your body.
text: There is a scene where someone is knocked out, put into a chair, and then a button is pushed to activate seat belts/safety restraints to avoid injury.
text: One of the TNG feature films included a scene in which Cpt.
text: Picard (and others) are strapped in use some sort of heavy duty seat belts.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54827/RedCaio
score: 4

Summary of the answers:
The answer to this question depends on the definition of "seatbelts". The first restraint system might have been used in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Furthermore, there were seatbelts or at least seatbelt-like restraints used in TNG and Enterprise 
Views vary - it may be that Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the first time seat belts were used but they may also have been used ever since humans developed warp and both in the TNG era and the new timeline.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-trek><star-trek-voyager>
Title: Who was the dead Voyager crew member discovered by the two Voth archaeologists?
Question: In the first act of  Voyager  episode  "Distant Origin" , we see two Voth archaeologists recover the human skeletal remains of a Voyager crew member in a cave on an M-class planet.   Strangely, the remains were never identified in the episode. Are they any clues in prior episodes how a Voyager crew member died on this planet? And why his corpse was not retrieved?

Answers:
sents: text: Although the character isn't named in the episode, The Star Trek Voyager Companion (billed as the "official companion to Star Trek: Voyager" ) identifies the remains as belonging to Ensign Hogan , the maquis crewman who was killed in a cave in VOY: Basics You can see the similarity in the caves in the shots below.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/Valorum
score: 36
sents: text: The remains were those of Maquis crewman Hogan , a recurring character in the second and third seasons, who died in the third season premier ( "Basics, Part 2" ).
text: The Kazon had stranded Voyager's crew on a primitive planet, and Hogan fell prey to a large animal while investigating a cave.
text: Due to the danger posed by the animal, Hogan's crewmates were unable to retrieve his remains.
text: Source: Hogan
text: (actor Simon Billig )
text: | Memory Alpha
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/78630/Gaultheria
score: 20
sents: text: That unfortunate crewman was killed by an critter while exploring the surroundings, when the Kazon left the crew of the Voyager on a deserted planet to die.
text: It happened in the first episode of season three.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/35967/Dennis Christian
score: 3
sents: text: I agree that the remains were supposed to be Hogan, but the only issue I see is that Hogan's uniform was retrieved in Basics part 2 and used by Chakotay to make a water filtration system, including his rank insignia.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/85316/Matthew Davis
score: 1
sents: text: In basics part 2 an unnamed character in a blue uniform was pulled off a rock and part eaten by the same creature, before they blocked the cave up so the creature would slowly starve to death.. perhaps it could have been his remains?
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/85347/Lydia
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
The character in question isn't named in the episode but is named in the Star Trek Voyager Companion as Ensign Hogan. Hogan feel prey to a large animal while investigating a cave and due to the threat posed by the animal, his crew mates were unable to retrieve his remains.
The skeleton was most probably the remains of Ensign Hogan who fell prey to a large creature when exploring the cave.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-trek><aliens>
Title: Are there any sentient plant species in Star Trek?
Question: There are a variety of different species in  Star Trek , from all walks of life. Humanoids, insectoids, silicon-based life-forms, the works. However, I can't seem to think of any sentient plant species from across all the  Star Trek  shows/films. Are there any that exist, throughout all of the canon? Examples from the animated series will also be included, in all its weirdness.

Answers:
sents: text: Phylosians from 'The Infinite Vulcan' ST: TAS S01E07 (1973)
text: It might not fit exactly, but apparently in early drafts of 'This Side of Paradise' the Omicron spores from Omicron Ceti II were a communal intelligence.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/89699/wcullen
score: 27
sents: text: Since the animated series counts, there are the Phylosians :
text: They kidnap Spock and make a 25-foot tall clone of him.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/67836/toothpanda
score: 14
sents: text: In the TNG episode Shades of Grey , Riker is attacked by a vine that demonstrates a basic level of sentience.
text: It attacks living things, but not Data, and writhes when they cut off its thorn.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/62709/Machavity
score: 13
sents: text: Since there seems to be no animal life on the planet Pahvo from Discovery season 1 episode 8, the sentient Pahvans presumably originated as plant life of some kind.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/23/Mike Scott
score: 11
sents: text: in DS9 Julian mentions that Ensign Vilix'pran is "budding" with twins.
text: Vilix'pran
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/87970/Mark
score: 4
sents: text: The plants in This SIde of Paradise seem to have some intelligence - they turn to shoot spores into people who aren't already space-hippie-zombies.
text: They also seem to have some sort of control over people who get sprayed - they want to protect the plants and expand the plants' control over other people.
text: I'm not sure if this fits your definition of Sentience.
text: [Farmyard] KIRK:
text: Spock, is that you?
text: [Pasture] SPOCK:
text: Yes, Captain.
text: What did you want?
text: KIRK
text: [OC]:
text: Where are you?
text: SPOCK:
text: I don't believe I want to tell you.
text: [Farmyard] KIRK:
text: Spock, I don't know what you think you're doing, but this is an order.
text: Report back to me at the settlement in ten minutes.
text: We're evacuating all colonists to Starbase Twenty Seven.
text: [Pasture]
text: SPOCK:
text: No, I don't think so.
text: [Farmyard] KIRK:
text: You don't think so, what?
text: [Pasture]
text: SPOCK:
text: I don't think so, sir.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/30947/Hannover Fist
score: 3

Summary of the answers:
There are some examples of sentient plant life in Star Trek, including the Phylosians from "The Infinte Vulcan" and a vine creature in "Shades of Grey".
There are some sentient plant life forms, including the phylosians, a sentient vine and the pahvans.
Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-trek><aliens>
Title: Do gray aliens exist in Star Trek?
Question: Do gray aliens as reported in alien abduction accounts exist in Star Trek? If so, has it been mentioned in Star Trek canon that these are the same aliens that  people have reportedly encountered ?

Answers:
sents: text: The closet visually would probably be Barash
text: An alien who abducted / held Riker in TNG:
text: S4:8 episode " Future Imperfect "
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/55637/NKCampbell
score: 31
sents: text: Possibly, but we don't see them in the show.
text: The only mention of any race of alien that "abducts" humans is in the Voyager Episode "The 37s", where we learn that a race in the Delta Quadrant, the Briori, frequently kidnapped humans to be kept as slaves.
text: However, the human's revolted and drove the Briori off long ago, and we never get a chance to see what one might look like.
text: Possibly related to the question is the Deep Space 9 episode, "Little Green Men", where we learn that Quark, Rom, and Nog get sucked back in time and are inadvertently, responsible for the Roswell incident.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/87886/jared.nesbit
score: 20
sents: text: I know this alien was a ruse, but there must be some veracity to it, since Kirk and crew accept it so readily.
text: It doesn't seem reasonable that Balok would have chosen a completely fantasy disguise to try and fool rational adults, I would assume these dudes exist in-universe.
text: (He is an avatar used by a character Balok in the episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", and also appears in the end credit sequence of every episode)
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/121790/rld
score: 13
sents: text: Interdimensional aliens that abduct crew members from the Enterprise do exist.
text: They are seen in the episode "Schisms".
text: It is not established that these are in fact the same grey aliens reported in earth's history, but their behavior of abduction, experimentation, and return are similar.
text: Schisms (Episode)
text: However, they do not physically resemble descriptions of greys.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/80378/Nate White
score: 10
sents: text: We know that the aliens recovered from the crash at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 were ferengi ; as this is one of the roots of the grey alien myth (along with Betty and Barney Hill), I'm inclined to say that grey aliens are generally other species that have been (deliberately?) misidentified.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/114269/Ross Thompson
score: 3

Summary of the answers:
It's possible that gray aliens exist in Star Trek, but they are not seen in the show. The closest visual example in Star Trek would be Barash.
There are a couple of possible contenders - the alien that abducts Riker in TNG: Future Perfect and a race called the Briori who abduct and enslave humans, tho we never get to see them.
Forum: lifehacks.stackexchange.com
Tags: <food><temperature>
Title: How can I keep pizza warm on the trip home?
Question: Many of you know that problem, after work you go and get some "Pizza to go" from the Italian restaurant. When you arrive at home it is not really warm anymore no matter whether you put it in a bag or not. Does anyone know a lifehack which could help me keeping it warmer?

Answers:
sents: text: Get an old blanket and lay it over the pizza boxes on the seat, covering the sides of the boxes if possible.
text: If the blanket is large enough, fold it first so that you have 2 or 4 layers keeping your pizza hot.
text: I have found this to be more effective than insulated bags, especially when the blanket is doubled up.
text: *
text: (Old blanket so that if there is sauce/grease on the outside, you're not out your favorite blanket)
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/15/Mooseman
score: 14
sents: text: I'm a pizza shop owner.
text: I often sell "half baked" pizzas to customers who want to finish baking it at home.
text: Ten minutes in the oven
text: and you have a wonderful pizza shop flavor and the warm pizza you are craving.
text: Ask your favorite shop to "half bake" your pie for you or come to my shop and I will fix u up;)
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/6967/Pam
score: 12
sents: text: You know the insulated bags used to keep groceries cold on the trip home?
text: They look like this or similar: They also work to keep things warm.
text: If you have one big enough for pizza, put it in the bag preferably in the shop, get as much air out as possible, and put it in your car (which should be warmed up first in winter) on one of the seats, then put a towel/folded blanket over it.
text: Eat as soon as possible after arriving at your destination.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/25/J. Musser
score: 9
sents: text: If your car has a seat warmer (most modern ones do), turn it on and put the pizza (in the box) on the seat.
text: If you really want warm pizza, put a jacket/blanket/something over it.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/49/Kaz Wolfe
score: 4
sents: text: I suggest couple of more hacks to keep the pizza warm on the way home: Hot water bottle - Works if you happen to be travelling from home or somewhere with a kettle to fill it up.
text: Picnic cool box if you have one, as it also keep the warmth inside.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/31728/user31728
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
There are many different ways to keep your pizza warm on the way home. You could cover it using some blankets, use an insulated grocery bag, a hot water bottle or turn on the seat warmers if you have them. Alternatively, you could ask your pizza shop to "half bake" your pizza so that you can finish it off yourself at home in the oven.
Options include wrapping up in an old blanket, taking the pizza half baked and finishing the baking at home, using insulated grocery bags and using the car's seat heater plus a jacket.
Forum: lifehacks.stackexchange.com
Tags: <substitute-tool><stationery>
Title: How can I sharpen pencils without a dedicated sharpener?
Question: There have been times when I was without a sharpener, and a pencil I was using became dull. I tried using my knife, but that seems to break the point. Am I doing it wrong, or is there a better way to get out of the problem? I was using pencils specifically because they're erasable.

Answers:
sents: text: You're doing it wrong.
text: Most artists I know use a pen knife to sharpen pencils.
text: The trick is to only bear down on the wooden part and cut along a shallow angle.
text: To finish the graphite point, use extremely light pressure.
text: How to sharpen a pencil with a knife
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 14
sents: text: I don't carry a knife.
text: I have often been drawing/sketching while in a park or on a city bench near a curbside
text: and I have found the rough pavement and/or concrete on the ground works well in a pinch (on those occasions when I don't have my sharpener with me).
text: You're not going to get a perfect sharp tip, but it will remove the wood enough to get more of the graphite out and available for continued use.
text: Similar, if you are near a brick building, you can use the mortar in the joints between the bricks as it provides a nice channel for the pencil to shimmy through.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/17/Phlume
score: 6
sents: text: I like to use an emory board to sharpen or shape a drawing pencil.
text: I don't expect it would work well for starting from scratch ; ) with a new pencil, but works well otherwise.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/13420/Suzz
score: 4
sents: text: It is actually easier to sharpen a pencil with a box-cutter than a pocket knife (it is sharper, so you need to apply less pressure, which allows you to have more control over what and how you are cutting).
text: Because using a knife for sharpening takes some practice, it may be a good idea to use a box-cutter until you get used to it.
text: Another option is to use a mechanical pencil instead - no need for sharpening.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/24287/user18849
score: 3
sents: text: A rough grit sandpaper works in a pinch, as do nail files and other wood or steel files.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/117/Jon
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
It is generally considered that a knife is a very effective way of sharpening a pencil. Another potentially effective tool could be an emery board or sandpaper.
The options include a pen knife with the blade held at a shallow angle and under light pressure, an emory board, a box cutter or rough sandpaper.
Forum: lifehacks.stackexchange.com
Tags: <personal-care><makeup>
Title: What can be used to remove make-up?
Question: What else can be used (that's not harsh on skin) to remove make-up besides liquid make-up remover?   Make-up such as:   Eyeliner  Mascara  Eye Shadow  Blush  Foundation

Answers:
sents: text: Many types of make-up are oil-based, so just use mineral oil (or even vegetable oil) to remove it.
text: Put the oil on cotton, facial tissue or face towels.
text: (Just be careful to wash a cloth immediately, as oily rags are a fire hazard.)
text: You could use fancy prepared oil-based skin cleansers, but vegetable oil is kinder to the skin.
text: Avoid harsh cleaners.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/2012/DrMoishe Pippik
score: 7
sents: text: Baby Oil works very very well and is very safe to use without questioning its application.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9367/Hector
score: 3
sents: text: I use coconut oil.
text: I am allergic to ingredients that are in most skin creams on the market.
text: Coconut oil is a natural product andis good for the skin.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9419/Mona L.
score: 3
sents: text: Depends how sensitive you are - most eye make up removers are oil based, and they make my eyes swell up.
text: I just use facial wipes, the ones sold for general make up remover, and clean eye make up off with those too, works fine.
text: I always choose Johnson's Dry Skin ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Johnsons-Face-Makeup-Moisturising-Wipes/dp/B00G3JNU8Q ) ones because some of the other makes (L'Oreal, Olay) cause a reaction.
text: Not sure if you can get them where you are, otherwise, Simple facial wipes.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/1738/Bamboo
score: 1
sents: text: I suggest you to use organic products You can use olive oil, vinegar with water, instead of the harsh chemical ones on your skin.
text: You can even make your own makeup remover just refer to the video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bMSKRpiUZWE
text: You can easily find the items on your household.
answer_details: author: lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9428/fushi
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
The answer to this question will depend on how sensitive you are, but since most types of make-up are oil-based, many different oils will work as an effective make-up remover. You could try mineral oil, vegetable oil, coconut oil or even baby oil. Alternatively, you could simply use facial wipes.
The options are to use a mineral oil, vegetable oil, baby oil or coconut oil with cotton, facial tissues or face towels, or to use facial wipes such as Johnson's Dry Skin or organic products.
Forum: woodworking.stackexchange.com
Tags: <technique><power-tools><drilling><drill-bits>
Title: How do I make a drill hole the same depth every time?
Question: My drill press doesn't have a "stop".  How do I make a drill hole the same depth every time?

Answers:
sents: text: Ashler's answer is the simplest and cheapest way to get holes the same depth.
text: But as an extra there are bit collars that can be put on the bits which will enforce exact depth stops.
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/27/bowlturner
score: 44
sents: text: A lot of people drill a hole through a suitable length of wood dowel (or small square cross section) and use that as a stop-collar on the drill.
text: Example
text: You can also just use an external chunk of wood Example One benefit of both these
text: is you don't need an Allen key and can very quickly swap back and forth between two or more different depths (useful for e.g. dowelling)
text: Unlike some pieces of tape or rubber/plastic grommets, they can't be pushed out of position by overenthusiastic pressure.
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/158/RedGrittyBrick
score: 39
sents: text: The simplest means is to place a tab of masking tape on the drill bit at the desired depth.
text: When the spinning tab lowers to the surface of the wood and sweeps away the wood chips, stop.
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/1821/Ashlar
score: 27
sents: text: You can also adjust your drill press table to be at the desired depth when the drill reaches the end of it's stroke.
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/1112/popdan
score: 22
sents: text: Tape is what I would have suggested and continue to use but
text: if you wanted something a little more robust my suggestion would be depth stop collars /nuts
text: Image from AliExpress
text: Easily removed off the bits and adjustable as well
text: which tape would not be as much.
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/128/Matt
score: 18
sents: text: if this is not a big project and you're just trying to get very close sized holes..
text: (maybe you don't want to punch through the other side),
text: i've used electrical tape on the drill bit.
text: just tape above the depth you want to stop.
text: when you hit the tape... stop...
answer_details: author: woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/1929/dave
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
A lot of people drill a hole through a suitable length of wood dowel (or small square cross section) and use that as a stop-collar on the drill.   The simplest means is to place a tab of masking tape on the drill bit at the desired depth.  You can also adjust your drill press table to be at the desired depth when the drill reaches the end of it's stroke.
The simplest means is to place a tab of masking tape on the drill bit at the desired depth. You could drill a hole through a suitable length of wood dowel (or small square cross section) and use that as a stop-collar on the drill. Alternatively, you could also adjust your drill press table to be at the desired depth when the drill reaches the end of it's stroke.