--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00019 Date: 09/02/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 08:36pm \/To: FREDRIK SLAHEDE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: star trek -=> Quoting Fredrik Slahede to Mitch Obrecht <=- MO> remade as episodes of current Trek series ("Devil's Due" and "The MO> Child" are two examples. FS> The episode names you mention above, are they TNG episodes? Yes, both are. Paul ... Excuse me for butting in - I'm interrupt driven. --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00020 Date: 09/02/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:15pm \/To: PETER SCHULLER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Transwarp?? -=> Quoting Joel Scott Kolodziejczak to Peter Schuller <=- JSK> 5*** Quoting Peter Schuller to Joel Scott Kolodziejczak dated JSK> 08-26-97 *** > > Personally I don't like the TNG scale really. First of all, you can't > calculate the actuall speed from being given a WF above 9, because > apperantly > just drew the scale the last part, so that it'd look > good or > something. I much better system would be to have Warp 10 being, "TOS . . . > There's really no sense in having a "closed-end" scale, since infinite > speed > could be expressed in some other way. And besides, if Warp 10 is > inifinte > speed, than what the heck is Warp 9.999999999999? How many 9:s can you > apply > till you reach infinite speed? Infinite! You can't, with a Warp scale The whole point of the TNG scale was to be closed-end. "" drew it like that because the producers didn't want a repeat of what happened in TOS, where one ep the max speed was Warp 11, the next it was Warp 14... How many 9s can you add to 9.9 before you reach 10? to 99.9 before you reach 100? to 235.9 before you reach 236? Infinite! So what? Paul ... Excuse me for butting in - I'm interrupt driven. --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00021 Date: 09/02/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:14pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Trivia: -=> Quoting Jason Simpson to Ruggs <=- RR> RE: Trivia: RR> BY: Rogier Van eeten to Ruggs on Wed Aug 27 1997 01:16 pm > Goeimorgen Ruggs, > > je schreef aan All: > > R> In what quadrant is the planet Gothos? ("The Squire of RR> Gothos") > R>1: Quadrant 451 > R>2: Quadrant 356 > R>3: Quadrant 904 > R>4: Quadrant 690 > Quadrant? Not sector? > > > RR> That is how it is in the book....Took the whole thing word for RR> word out of RR> it... RR> Ruggs Here we go again... "quadrant" has only been used to mean "a quarter of the galaxy" since the TNG ep "The Price". Before that, in TOS, it apparently meant "an area of space with four sides". See any of those old Trek games if you don't believe me. Paul ... "Have any arms fallen into Xeron hands?" --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00022 Date: 09/02/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:00pm \/To: JASON SIMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: intresting Trivia -=> Quoting Jason Simpson to Peter Schuller <=- JS> better than SW. I mean if SW is so great, why are they only making 3 JS> new episodes. Star Trek will live on forever (Atleast until VIACOM Six. After this three, they'll make three more. _Star Wars_ was always intended to have nine installments, no more, no less. Paul ... Some people find fault like there was a reward offered. --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00023 Date: 09/02/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:14pm \/To: JIM BUNTJER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: birthdays - September -=> Quoting Jim Buntjer to All <=- JB> 9-1-97 JB> This is the list of birthdays of Echosians here on the TREK JB> conference. If you would like to be included or deleted from this list JB> (new member, selling computer, don't want the publicity, etc.) please JB> send me your name and birth date and I will be more than happy to JB> attempt to meet your wishes. Now, without any further useless babble: November Paul Andinach 4 1980 16 Paul ... "Whatever power has taken hold of the TARDIS has taken your pen." --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00024 Date: 09/05/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 10:42am \/To: JIM BUNTJER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Treknames Septembe 01/02 -=> Quoting Jim Buntjer to All <=- JB> The following is a list of Trek character names. It is by no means a JB> complete listing. Hopefully, this list will include most of the JB> main/reoccurring characters. I welcome a help in compiling this list JB> (names, spellings, etc.). There's no "o" in "recurring". JB> TOS JB> Captain Spock Leonard Nimoy Captain? Spock's last known rank was Ambassador. JB> Captain Montgomery Scott James Doohan Captain? Trelane's father, Sargon, the M-5 computer, and the Melkotian warning buoy were all voiced by James Doohan. JB> Commander Leonard H. McCoy DeForest Kelley If you're going by best-known rank, he's Doctor McCoy. If you're going by most recent, he's Admiral McCoy, rtd. JB> Commander Pavel Andreivich Chekov Walter Koenig "Andreievich", with another "e". JB> Commander Christine Chapel, Number One, Majel Barrett JB> Enterprise Computer Zefram Cochrane's Companion and Gary Seven's Beta 5 computer were voiced by Majel Barrett. JB> Trelene, Koloth William Campbell "Trelane", with an "a". JB> Kahn Noonien Singh Ricardo Montalban "Khan". JB> TNG JB> Commander William T. Riker, W. Thomas Riker Jonathan Frakes Last we heard, Thomas Riker was a Lieutenant. JB> Lt. Commander Data, Lore, Noonien Soong Brent Spiner Irrelevent speculation - I wonder if the wrathful Khan was the great-great-...-great uncle of Data's creator. JB> Commander Beverly Crusher Cheryl "Gates" JB> McFadden Not *Doctor* Crusher? JB> Commander Katherine Pulaski Diana Muldaur Not *Doctor* Pulaski? JB> Q John de Lancie "DeLancie". JB> Professor James Moriarty Daniel Davis Just as an aside, Moriarty's claim that he's not as bad as generally believed actually has some foundation. JB> Lwaxanna Troi, Starfleet Computers Majel Barrett JB> (Roddenberry) "Lwaxana", with one "n". JB> K'Ehleyr Suzie Plakson Suzie Plakson also played Dr Selar. JB> Tomalok Andreas Katsulas "Tomalak", with an "a". JB> DSN JB> Lieutenant Julian Bashir (with an "i"){grin} Alexander Siddig JB> (Siddig El Fadil) Not *Doctor* Bashir? JB> Kai Opaka Camille Saviola JB> Molly O'Brien Hannah Hatae "Hanna", with only one "H" and no "h". JB> Continued in the next message... Ditto... --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00025 Date: 09/05/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 11:38am \/To: JIM BUNTJER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Treknames Septembe 02/02 -=> Quoting Jim Buntjer to All <=- JB> Continued from the previous message... Ditto... JB> The Movies JB> Commander Wil Decker Stephen Collins Willard Decker. Captain Willard Decker, in fact, because he was Captain of the Enterprise before Kirk came back on board. JB> Federation President Kirtwood Smith "Kurtwood", with a "u". And "Federation Council President", with a "Council". The Federation Council President in ST4:TVH was played by Robert Ellenstein. ... "The future told, the past explained, the present ... apologised for." --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00026 Date: 09/05/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 11:37am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Borg Regular on Voyager Got my first look at the new Borg regular on _Voyager_ today. First impression: *That* is a *Borg*????!!!!! Second impression has locked itself in its room and refuses to come out until it's been given more information. Paul ... "We're free." "Are we?" "Yes." "What shall we do?" "Dunno." --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00027 Date: 09/05/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:41pm \/To: JACK RUTTAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Borg Thoughts -=> Quoting Jack Ruttan to Victoria Mackey <=- JR> That would be a Borta. How about Borg tribbles? Bibbles? Boibbles? Tribborg? He-who-is-wondering-how-he-missed-this-conversation-when- he-was-the-one-who-started-it, aka Paul ... * <- Tribble # <- Tribble After Borg Assimilation --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 108 STAR TREK Ref: EDM00028 Date: 09/05/97 From: PAUL ANDINACH Time: 09:22pm \/To: ALAN PRESLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Best Trek Series Poll -=> Quoting Alan Presley to All <=- AP> Best Trek Series Poll: AP> If you have not voted, do so. If you have, don't! Rate each series AP> in order from the best to worst. Example: 1.TOS 2.TNG 3.DSN 4.VOY - AP> TOS being the best, VOY being the worst. 1. TNG 2. DS9 3. TOS 4. VOY However, take into consideration that I've seen one epsiode of TOS and none of VOY. Paul ... "It's always innocent bystanders who suffer." - The Master --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 [NR] * Origin: The Perth PC Users Group BBS - 08-9497-7772 (3:690/650)