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Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotron ca> wrote:
> That's also the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
> Which simply means Han (or Lando!) took a short cut since parsecs are
> units of distances, not time.
PARallax arcSEConds. According to which planetary orbit? (Or are all planetary
orbits the same diameter because they are all in the habitable zone of a 5800 K
main sequence star?)
Along the same geocentric theme, Worf once welcomed a Klingon crew to the 24th
century. What would "24th century" mean to a Klingon? Or does the universal
translator take care of that?
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"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> Along the same geocentric theme, Worf once welcomed a Klingon crew to the 24th
> century. What would "24th century" mean to a Klingon? Or does the universal
> translator take care of that?
A klingon who was raised by humans, on earth, and spent most of his life amongst
humans... a better question would be what would "24th century" mean to any
federation citizen, given that they use a different calendar :)
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> > Along the same geocentric theme, Worf once welcomed a Klingon crew to the 24th
> > century. What would "24th century" mean to a Klingon? Or does the universal
> > translator take care of that?
>
> A klingon who was raised by humans, on earth, and spent most of his life amongst
> humans... a better question would be what would "24th century" mean to any
> federation citizen, given that they use a different calendar :)
Yes, but he was speaking to Klingons who weren't even members of a San
Francisco-based federation. Don't they have multicultural sensitivity training
at Starfleet?
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On 09/07/2012 2:37 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Yes, but he was speaking to Klingons who weren't even members of a San
> Francisco-based federation. Don't they have multicultural sensitivity training
> at Starfleet?
There's Klingons on the starboard bow...
Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, men.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
--
Regards
Stephen
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Cousin Ricky <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
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> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > "Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> > > Along the same geocentric theme, Worf once welcomed a Klingon crew to the 24th
> > > century. What would "24th century" mean to a Klingon? Or does the universal
> > > translator take care of that?
> >
> > A klingon who was raised by humans, on earth, and spent most of his life amongst
> > humans... a better question would be what would "24th century" mean to any
> > federation citizen, given that they use a different calendar :)
> Yes, but he was speaking to Klingons who weren't even members of a San
> Francisco-based federation. Don't they have multicultural sensitivity training
> at Starfleet?
I see no difference to, for example, Japanese and Chinese using and
understanding the western calendar, even though historically they have
had their own (and still have; eg. dates printed on money do not follow
the western calendar but their traditional ones).
--
- Warp
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"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > "Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> > > Along the same geocentric theme, Worf once welcomed a Klingon crew to the 24th
> > > century. What would "24th century" mean to a Klingon? Or does the universal
> > > translator take care of that?
> >
> > A klingon who was raised by humans, on earth, and spent most of his life amongst
> > humans... a better question would be what would "24th century" mean to any
> > federation citizen, given that they use a different calendar :)
>
> Yes, but he was speaking to Klingons who weren't even members of a San
> Francisco-based federation. Don't they have multicultural sensitivity training
> at Starfleet?
Definitely not in Kirk's time! To be fair, it's difficult to see how worf would
make this mistake - he was always depicted as embracing his klingon heritage
with gusto to make up for his human upbringing.
Maybe the "24th century" line was supposed to have been universally translated
for the audience?
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On 6/25/2012 3:14 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 24/06/2012 10:44 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 24/06/2012 10:35 PM, John VanSickle wrote:
>>> The science howlers are too numerous to list here.
>>
>> That is Hollywood for you. ;-)
>> And SF movies in general.
>
> Pick, oh I don't know, ANY FILM involving space ships. Immediately we
> have a raft of question:
>
> - Why are these ships so damned loud in the high vacuum of outer space?
Which reminds me. Have the guys from Mythbusters ever detonated
something in a vacuum chamber, with a microphone at the other end, to
see if the mic picks up any sound? It would be the only meaningful
earth-bound test of whether explosions make noise in space.
Regards,
John
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From: John VanSickle
Subject: Re: Another Consequence of Military Service
Date: 12 Jul 2012 00:14:36
Message: <4ffe4f2c@news.povray.org>
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On 6/24/2012 4:44 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/06/2012 10:35 PM, John VanSickle wrote:
>> The science howlers are too numerous to list here.
>
> That is Hollywood for you. ;-)
> And SF movies in general.
Time for me to post a link to my SF cliches page. I've had this up for
over a dozen years:
http://evilsnack.byethost22.com/cliche.htm
Regards,
John
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Another Consequence of Military Service
Date: 19 Jul 2012 19:14:16
Message: <500894c8@news.povray.org>
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On 7/8/2012 21:33, Stephen wrote:
> Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTOxcWR1y6E
Adam Jensen, Man of Peace.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
"Don't panic. There's beans and filters
in the cabinet."
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On 20/07/2012 12:14 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 7/8/2012 21:33, Stephen wrote:
>> Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTOxcWR1y6E
>
> Adam Jensen, Man of Peace.
>
Woosh!
--
Regards
Stephen
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