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After watching the new Star Trek movie I went to a squib bar and picked a fight. After having my nose broken I wasn't invited to the academy by a respected commander. What did I do wrong?
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You watched Star Trek, Duhhh.
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lol :-D Am I a dork for wanting to see it?
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lol :-D Am I a dork for wanting to see it?
Take a look at my corner of the net at Code Research Center
Not in my book! And I'm female so I get two votes on that. I have tickets to see it in the IMAX theatre in NYC next weekend. Yay! Brief sexual content! Violence! Sci-fi Action!
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You watched Star Trek, Duhhh.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
I used to watch Star Trek as kid and I loved it. Now I can't stop wondering at how stupid the whole concept is. Sci-Fi perse is not stupid, it is rather thought provoking and IMHO it actually contributes to the advancement of technology. Didn't Einstein once say “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” What pisses me off about the sci-fi genre is that we (humans) assume that we will rule the universe, that we will have technology that in one way or another will beat the extraterrestrial technologies and that sort of mambo jambo. According to the law of probability the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence is not only probable but likely. This means that some of these UFO sightings that we hear about are probably real. This would suggest that the ET civilization already have technology that is so advanced that it allows them to travel between solar systems (according to our knowledge, other then us, there is no intelligent life in our solar system). We can't even manage to land a crew on Mars due to the long distance. If our technology continues to develop at the current rate we are still decades away of creating an interplanetary travel system nevermind inter-stellar. Assuming that the alien technologies advance at the same rate then ours we will never catch up to them. Thus we will never beat them at anything.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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I used to watch Star Trek as kid and I loved it. Now I can't stop wondering at how stupid the whole concept is. Sci-Fi perse is not stupid, it is rather thought provoking and IMHO it actually contributes to the advancement of technology. Didn't Einstein once say “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” What pisses me off about the sci-fi genre is that we (humans) assume that we will rule the universe, that we will have technology that in one way or another will beat the extraterrestrial technologies and that sort of mambo jambo. According to the law of probability the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence is not only probable but likely. This means that some of these UFO sightings that we hear about are probably real. This would suggest that the ET civilization already have technology that is so advanced that it allows them to travel between solar systems (according to our knowledge, other then us, there is no intelligent life in our solar system). We can't even manage to land a crew on Mars due to the long distance. If our technology continues to develop at the current rate we are still decades away of creating an interplanetary travel system nevermind inter-stellar. Assuming that the alien technologies advance at the same rate then ours we will never catch up to them. Thus we will never beat them at anything.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
Suspension of disbelief is a powerful concept :-) Having fun watching Star Trek (or Tom & Jerry, or Hannah Montana by the way) doesn't imply that we believe it's going to happen, nor that it's even remotely possible, let alone desirable. I myself believe humans will never manage to escape Earth (which itself may be the only sentient-life-carrying-planet in the local cluster.) I nevertheless enjoyed watching the movie.
-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. http://streambolics.flimbase.com S. L.
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Not in my book! And I'm female so I get two votes on that. I have tickets to see it in the IMAX theatre in NYC next weekend. Yay! Brief sexual content! Violence! Sci-fi Action!
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Not in my book! And I'm female so I get two votes on that. I have tickets to see it in the IMAX theatre in NYC next weekend. Yay! Brief sexual content! Violence! Sci-fi Action!
BunnyFaber wrote:
I'm female so I get two votes on that
Why? Cause you got two boobs? ;P
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I used to watch Star Trek as kid and I loved it. Now I can't stop wondering at how stupid the whole concept is. Sci-Fi perse is not stupid, it is rather thought provoking and IMHO it actually contributes to the advancement of technology. Didn't Einstein once say “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” What pisses me off about the sci-fi genre is that we (humans) assume that we will rule the universe, that we will have technology that in one way or another will beat the extraterrestrial technologies and that sort of mambo jambo. According to the law of probability the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence is not only probable but likely. This means that some of these UFO sightings that we hear about are probably real. This would suggest that the ET civilization already have technology that is so advanced that it allows them to travel between solar systems (according to our knowledge, other then us, there is no intelligent life in our solar system). We can't even manage to land a crew on Mars due to the long distance. If our technology continues to develop at the current rate we are still decades away of creating an interplanetary travel system nevermind inter-stellar. Assuming that the alien technologies advance at the same rate then ours we will never catch up to them. Thus we will never beat them at anything.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
Some civilizations lapse into stagnation, so it's theoretically possible to catch up.
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BunnyFaber wrote:
I'm female so I get two votes on that
Why? Cause you got two boobs? ;P
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BunnyFaber wrote:
I'm female so I get two votes on that
Why? Cause you got two boobs? ;P
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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Cause you got two boobs?
You don't have two?
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Harvey Saayman wrote:
Cause you got two boobs?
You don't have two?
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
Snap!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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It is not just females that have boobs. In fact some non-females are boobs.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
In fact some non-females are boobs.
:laugh:
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Not in my book! And I'm female so I get two votes on that. I have tickets to see it in the IMAX theatre in NYC next weekend. Yay! Brief sexual content! Violence! Sci-fi Action!
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Suspension of disbelief is a powerful concept :-) Having fun watching Star Trek (or Tom & Jerry, or Hannah Montana by the way) doesn't imply that we believe it's going to happen, nor that it's even remotely possible, let alone desirable. I myself believe humans will never manage to escape Earth (which itself may be the only sentient-life-carrying-planet in the local cluster.) I nevertheless enjoyed watching the movie.
-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. http://streambolics.flimbase.com S. L.
I love watching Tom and Jerry, Pinky and the Brain is however my favourite. I agree with you that the movie has great entertainment value. It's just that our 'delusions of grandeur' make the plot a bit long in the tooth as it is always the same; Humans battle the aliens and the humans win. The only reason that I would watch a movie like Star Trek is for the special effects and cinematography. If Hollywood (or any other movie mecca) brings out a Sci-Fi movie with an original and thought provoking plot then I'll be first in line to watch it. -"......doesn't imply that we believe it's going to happen, nor that it's even remotely possible, let alone desirable."- We should ask the people that started and/or belong to organizations such as 'The Klingon Language Institute' or the 'Jedi Church' if they agree with the above statement. 390000 People listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales(according to Weekly World News).:omg: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: May the Farce be with you. :)
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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BunnyFaber wrote:
I'm female so I get two votes on that
Why? Cause you got two boobs? ;P
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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It is not just females that have boobs. In fact some non-females are boobs.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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:wtf: Hey, you make us South African males sound like sexist, male chauvinistic, pigs. But then again, with our sex crime stats you probably are one.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
Hahahaha, i didn't mean it that way. Made me think of a live show of some band(cant remember who) I once saw on dvd... the guy said "I love *insert city name here*, each and every one of you... Girls count twice cause they got two boobs"
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I used to watch Star Trek as kid and I loved it. Now I can't stop wondering at how stupid the whole concept is. Sci-Fi perse is not stupid, it is rather thought provoking and IMHO it actually contributes to the advancement of technology. Didn't Einstein once say “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” What pisses me off about the sci-fi genre is that we (humans) assume that we will rule the universe, that we will have technology that in one way or another will beat the extraterrestrial technologies and that sort of mambo jambo. According to the law of probability the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence is not only probable but likely. This means that some of these UFO sightings that we hear about are probably real. This would suggest that the ET civilization already have technology that is so advanced that it allows them to travel between solar systems (according to our knowledge, other then us, there is no intelligent life in our solar system). We can't even manage to land a crew on Mars due to the long distance. If our technology continues to develop at the current rate we are still decades away of creating an interplanetary travel system nevermind inter-stellar. Assuming that the alien technologies advance at the same rate then ours we will never catch up to them. Thus we will never beat them at anything.
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
In The Early Asimov vol1 Isaac blames the Humans Will Always Have an Advantage to Beat the Older Alien Civilizations meme on Campbell[^], and wrote that his objections to it were a major factor in his decision to write human only stories almost exclusively.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Hahahaha, i didn't mean it that way. Made me think of a live show of some band(cant remember who) I once saw on dvd... the guy said "I love *insert city name here*, each and every one of you... Girls count twice cause they got two boobs"
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
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I love watching Tom and Jerry, Pinky and the Brain is however my favourite. I agree with you that the movie has great entertainment value. It's just that our 'delusions of grandeur' make the plot a bit long in the tooth as it is always the same; Humans battle the aliens and the humans win. The only reason that I would watch a movie like Star Trek is for the special effects and cinematography. If Hollywood (or any other movie mecca) brings out a Sci-Fi movie with an original and thought provoking plot then I'll be first in line to watch it. -"......doesn't imply that we believe it's going to happen, nor that it's even remotely possible, let alone desirable."- We should ask the people that started and/or belong to organizations such as 'The Klingon Language Institute' or the 'Jedi Church' if they agree with the above statement. 390000 People listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales(according to Weekly World News).:omg: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: May the Farce be with you. :)
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp) Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. (Ronald Reagan)
The problem with a movie where the human race loses and is wiped from this side of the universe is that it precludes the possibility of a sequel. I know that Star TWraerks solved this by inventing the prequel, but anyway big studios like big certitudes. BTW, how do you say "may the Force be with you" in Klingon ?
-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. http://streambolics.flimbase.com S. L.