Star Trek - did you know?

If aliens existed, and Trump knew about it, there is no way he could have kept it a secret. He wouldn't care about causing a panic, all he would think about is the attention he would get for letting the news out.
 
Janus58 said:
If aliens existed, and Trump knew about it, there is no way he could have kept it a secret. He wouldn't care about causing a panic, all he would think about is the attention he would get for letting the news out.
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Unless of course the aliens were badass and threatened him to keep his pie hole shut. Which is likely, or if he is himself an alien ... also likely?
 
ToR original said:
Unless of course the aliens were badass and threatened him to keep his pie hole shut.
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He couldn't even keep his pie hole shut in front of Russian government agents when discussing the US military; he's blabbed about several US military secrets in the course of his bragging. There is no way he would keep anything secret that he could brag about.
 
billvon said:
He couldn't even keep his pie hole shut in front of Russian government agents when discussing the US military; he's blabbed about several US military secrets in the course of his bragging. There is no way he would keep anything secret that he could brag about.
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He has never leaked his 'tax details' ... believe me when I say what 'they leak' is entirely intentional.
 
billvon said:
There is no way he would keep anything secret that he could brag about.
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Interesting

Would aliens news take
  • attention FROM Trump
  • to the aliens or
  • put news on Trump and
  • what was he going to do about them?
  • blaim them for COVID-19 or
  • ask if they have a cure?
  • can I sign a exec order for these aliens to vote late?
:)
 
Michael 345 said:
Interesting

Would aliens news take
  • attention FROM Trump
  • to the aliens or
  • put news on Trump and
  • what was he going to do about them?
  • blaim them for COVID-19 or
  • ask if they have a cure?
  • can I sign a exec order for these aliens to vote late?
:)
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I don't know BUT I shall be looking at political 'allegiances' now with one eyebrow raised while I contemplate the potential 'alien influence'.
 
ToR original said:
Given everything transpiring now, what do you think about the predictive nature of Star Trek. Elon Musk wants to turn us into Borg.
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Star Trek was good fun when I was growing up in the 1960s but its science was always pretty shonky: all that "pure energy" shit and those "photon torpedoes" that you could actually see moving.

Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was much better at predicting technology. :biggrin: I swear whoever designed those mobile departure lounges at Jeddah airport must have been brought up on Thunderbirds. My colleague and I used to call them "thunderbuses". The urge to do an impression of a Thunderbirds puppet when sitting in them was hard to resist. At one stage of my life I developed the idea of a "Gerry Anderson Prize", to be awarded for the most gratuitous use of technology. The Jeddah thunderbuses were one of the first recipients.
 
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exchemist said:
Star Trek was good fun when I was growing up in the 1960s but its science was always pretty shonky: all that "pure energy" shit and those "photon torpedoes" that you could actually see moving.

Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was much better at predicting technology. :biggrin: I swear whoever designed those mobile departure lounges at Jeddah airport must have been brought up on Thunderbirds. My colleague and I used to call them "thunderbuses". The urge to do an impression of a Thunderbirds puppet when sitting in them was hard to resist. At one stage of my life I developed the idea of a "Gerry Anderson Prize", to be awarded for the most gratuitous use of technology. The Jeddah thunderbuses were one of the first recipients.
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To be fair, the "photon" torpedoes, weren't made of photons. They were physical torpedoes which contained antimatter held in a magnetic bubble. Detonation was triggered by turning off the bubble. The "photon" designation was referring to the high energy photons produced by detonation. The original concept was that they also had a small warp drive, and were really only meant for use when ships were under warp drive and radiation weapons like phasers would be ineffective. Of course, as what usually happens with these type of things in TV shows, this was more or less thrown to the wayside. As for being able to see them, yeah, that was a gaff. But again, as happens so often with TV and movies, accuracy is abandoned for cool visuals.
 
exchemist said:
I swear whoever designed those mobile departure lounges at Jeddah airport must have been brought up on Thunderbirds. My colleague and I used to call them "thunderbuses".
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Well now I can't move on with my life without catching a glimpse of one of these thunder buses. :confused:


Ah. One of these.
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DaveC426913 said:
Well now I can't move on with my life without catching a glimpse of one of these thunder buses. :confused:


Ah. One of these.
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Yes! Though the Jeddah ones were a lot more impressive, with double wheels at each corner, a bank of TV screens for the driver to see the corners and behind him, a scissor jack mechanism and, as shown here, a sort of retractable foreskin to connect to the aircraft or the terminal building as required. Much Thunderbirdy hissing of hydraulics etc as they moved off.

Should really have played the soundtrack from Thunderbirds as it went into action (the section from 2:06 to 2:35, which accompanied technology going well, i.e, before it all goes pear-shaped.)

 
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Janus58 said:
To be fair, the "photon" torpedoes, weren't made of photons. They were physical torpedoes which contained antimatter held in a magnetic bubble. As for being able to see them, yeah, that was a gaff. But again, as happens so often with TV and movies, accuracy is abandoned for cool visuals.
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Yeah, I mean a name is descriptive, not prescriptive.

Expecting something called a 'photon torpedo' to literally be a simple ball of photons, makes about as much sense as expecting a 'cobalt bomb' to be a rock made of cobalt. Bit more to it than that.

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exchemist said:
Yes! Though the Jeddah ones were a lot more impressive, with double wheels at each corner, a bank of TV screens for the driver to see the corners and behind him, a scissor jack mechanism and, as shown here, a sort of retractable foreskin to connect to the aircraft or the terminal building as required. Much Thunderbirdy hissing of hydraulics etc as they moved off.

Should really have played the soundtrack from Thunderbirds as it went into action (the section from 2:06 to 2:35, which accompanied technology going well, i.e, before it all goes pear-shaped.)

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1960s Star trek was great.

However ...

 
exchemist said:
Star Trek was good fun when I was growing up in the 1960s but its science was always pretty shonky: all that "pure energy" shit and those "photon torpedoes" that you could actually see moving.

Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was much better at predicting technology. :biggrin:
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Bear in mind when the series were set: Thunderbirds was c.2065, and Star Trek 2265 - so c.100 and c.300 years from when they created. It's always easier to predict shorter times ahead.

They both suffered from computers the size of cabinets, where reprogramming was by moving wires around. But Trek did certainly go well past "science" and into "fantasy". Loved them both, though. Still watch them every now and then. :) Both have a certain charm that I enjoy.
 
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