Happy Birthday Star Trek

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45 years today, Star Trek premiered and spawned 5 series, 11 movies. Some of the actors have gone on to guest or star in other series.
And space flight isn't nearly as common as we thought it would be back then.
 
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Yeah, but we do have cell phones (mine even looks a bit like their communicator thingies), medical scanners (which are not at all dissimilar to the stuff they showed on TV), and talking computers. Heck, we even have kick ass lasers. And we didn't blow ourselves up in a nuclear holocaust, another potent fear back then. Ain't all bad.
 
steingar said:
Yeah, but we do have cell phones (mine even looks a bit like their communicator thingies), medical scanners (which are not at all dissimilar to the stuff they showed on TV), and talking computers. Heck, we even have kick ass lasers. And we didn't blow ourselves up in a nuclear holocaust, another potent fear back then. Ain't all bad.
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And we still use E6-Bs (just like Spock).
 
You kidding? I'm putting one in the glove compartment of my truck. Gives me a 10 second answer to that "Can we get there in time if we go 5 or 10 MPH faster?" question.

Other than, you know, just saying "No, we can't".
 
DaleB said:
You kidding? I'm putting one in the glove compartment of my truck. Gives me a 10 second answer to that "Can we get there in time if we go 5 or 10 MPH faster?" question.

Other than, you know, just saying "No, we can't".
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My Garmin GPS in my car does that and I can also do the math in my head. I really do not want to be futsing with a circular slide rule while driving.
 
All of the GPS systems we have (one Garmin, two factory) appear to calculate ETA based on posted speed limits, not the current speed. And I wouldn't use it while driving... I know the answer, it's "No". If you're more than a couple of minutes late, you're going to be late. But it will keep the passenger occupied for a while.
 
DaleB said:
All of the GPS systems we have (one Garmin, two factory) appear to calculate ETA based on posted speed limits, not the current speed. And I wouldn't use it while driving... I know the answer, it's "No". If you're more than a couple of minutes late, you're going to be late. But it will keep the passenger occupied for a while.
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My GPS seems to update that ETA time based on the average speed of the vehicle. I have seen it adjust as I get to go faster or sit longer at a red light. Not sure of what Garmin you have but I would imagine that all of them work the same.

For the initial estimation I agree the calculation is based on speed limits on the route in the database. But like I said that updates.

As for pulling over that seems like a huge waste of time. By the time you pull out the E6B and figure it out you could have actually made some significant headway. I can calculate ETAs in my head far faster. Seems like a big waste of time to have such a unit in the car. But if you are having fun, so be it. I am just saying that there are better and easier ways to do the calculation.
 
Who said anything about pulling over? My passenger can pull out the E6B and do the calculation. That way 1.) I don't have to try to convince said passenger that going 5 MPH faster won't get us to the end of an 80 mile trip 20 minutes earlier; 2.) it keeps said passenger occupied for a while, and 3.) it gives said passenger a sense of having some say in whether we speed up or not.
I already know the answer before the question is asked, but just telling them doesn't always seem to be adequate.
 
DaleB said:
Who said anything about pulling over? My passenger can pull out the E6B and do the calculation. That way 1.) I don't have to try to convince said passenger that going 5 MPH faster won't get us to the end of an 80 mile trip 20 minutes earlier; 2.) it keeps said passenger occupied for a while, and 3.) it gives said passenger a sense of having some say in whether we speed up or not.
I already know the answer before the question is asked, but just telling them doesn't always seem to be adequate.
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Your original post on this topic

DaleB said:
You kidding? I'm putting one in the glove compartment of my truck. Gives me a 10 second answer to that "Can we get there in time if we go 5 or 10 MPH faster?" question.

Other than, you know, just saying "No, we can't".
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It clearly states you are using the E6B and it will take only 10 seconds to get the answer. Now you are saying that it is the pax that is using the E6B and it will take them a while to get the answer.

Are you just making stuff up as we go along? Sounds like it.
 
Yes, I am. Do you have a problem with that? What do you care how, when or if I ever use the thing?

If I want to know exactly how much time difference there is at different speeds, I can find out -- either at some point when I'm not driving, or at my discretion at some point when I can, safely, partially divert my eyes from the road for a few seconds. No need to either pull off the road, or spend any significant amount of time fiddling with it.

If my passenger wants to know, he or she can bloody well figure it out for his or her self, and it will likely take them longer. They'll have a fairly precise answer to their question.

Neither of these conflict in any way with anything I said earlier. You seem to be either making some deeply flawed assumptions about things I have not said, or just trying to invent scenarios where you're right and I'm wrong. Good luck with that. If I want to toss an E6B, calculator, pliers, tire pressure gauge, tuning fork, sun dial, soldering iron, condoms, .45 automatic, alarm clock, compass or a box of flippin' pipe cleaners in the glove box, I'll do so and use or not use them as I see fit.
 
DaleB said:
Yes, I am. Do you have a problem with that? What do you care how, when or if I ever use the thing?
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Well it is hard to have a conversation with someone who just keeps making stuff up.

But if you want to use an E6B in your car have fun. Try not to do any overhead breaks when you go to park. I was just pointing out that the information can be gotten faster and easier using another method. You were the one that started weaving and crossing lanes with who, when and how long it would take to get that info.
 
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I know exactly nobody who isn't already a pilot who can use a circular slide rule. If pax in the car want to know when we'll get there, the answer is always "when we get there".

I wouldn't take my eyes off my flying to futz with one either. I'll do my due diligence on the ground to make certain I don't need one while airborne.
 
So... How many others here think that Picard was a better captain than Kirk?
 
Kirk's solution to potential conflicts seemed far too often to involve blowing something up. Picard was more of a diplomat, but not afraid to bring weapons to bear if the situation required it.

Janeway, though, was far more visually appealing than either -- my own humble opinion.
 
DaleB said:
Kirk's solution to potential conflicts seemed far too often to involve blowing something up. Picard was more of a diplomat, but not afraid to bring weapons to bear if the situation required it.

Janeway, though, was far more visually appealing than either -- my own humble opinion.
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Janeway way fine, but according to me, Counselor Troi was much, much more of a hottie.
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
There are no women with small breasts in the 24th century.

I learned that from watching Star Trek
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That's not true at all. They have just invented newer and even better underwire technologies.
I'd imagine, in a similar manner, that after 300 years of Viagra development and refinement that there is no man alive in the Star Trek universe with a flaccid winkie.
 
I saw Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Janeway, on an episode of Warehouse 13 the other night. She seems to have lost a bit of horizontal control in the meantime.
 
steingar said:
I saw Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Janeway, on an episode of Warehouse 13 the other night. She seems to have lost a bit of horizontal control in the meantime.
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Roger that.
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TangoWhiskey said:
Watch The Captains, a 2011 documentary Shatner did... very well done.

Netflix has it:

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Captains/70207217?trkid=2361637

I watched it on live streaming through Hulu or Amazon Prime on my Roku.

EDIT: It was on EpixHD on the Roku: http://www.epixhd.com/the-captains/#play
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I'll check that out. I love documentaries.
Speaking of documentaries about the Trek: Have you seen Trekkies? Those people are absolutely bat guano crazy. It's very amusing.
 
Jeanie said:
Who is 7 of 9?
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The more I write about Star Trek, the dorkier I feel. But anyway: She was an ex-Borg lady who joined Starfleet. She was in Star Trek: Voyager.
Played by Jeri Ryan.
 
And for fun trivia... Why were people ever called "bat guano crazy" and what was the guano used for. Next, what prize was given to the person who made the guano unnecessary? ;)

Extra credit: Explain "mad as a hatter". ;)
 
Telemakhos said:
That's not true at all. They have just invented newer and even better underwire technologies.
I'd imagine, in a similar manner, that after 300 years of Viagra development and refinement that there is no man alive in the Star Trek universe with a flaccid winkie.
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In Kirk's time, they cured baldness.

In Picard's time, they cured vanity....

Ron Wanttaja
 
denverpilot said:
And for fun trivia... Why were people ever called "bat guano crazy" and what was the guano used for. Next, what prize was given to the person who made the guano unnecessary? ;)

Extra credit: Explain "mad as a hatter". ;)
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Easy, easy. First, the extra credit: Mercury poisoning from treating the felt used in hats cause hatters to suffer neurological damage.
Next: Guano was a widely mined and utilized fertilizer. As far as the term, most people think it refers to the erratic flight patterns of bats... they fly like newly-minted VFR pilots.
 
I should remember 7 of 9 as I'm sure I saw that movie. I'm gonna look it up

Ok just looked it up, now I get it
 
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