I really liked Coolio at the time and that kinda killed a lot of my respect for him. Apparently, at least the story went at the time, that Coolio thought "Gansta's Paradise" was too "important" to be parodied. And I remember thinking. No Coolio. NO work of art, ever, is too important to be parodied.

To this day among my circle of friends to go-to line when someone makes a bad choice is NOTHING!!! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! STUPID!!! You so STUPID!

To this day among my circle of friends to go-to line when someone makes a bad choice is NOTHING!!! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! STUPID!!! You so STUPID!

@avclub-618fd0370047b25592c8a7db0ff8a9c0:disqus Interesting, but there's an immediate major breakdown in the analogy (I mean, aside from the fact that extrapolating human behavior from mice is dubious at best).  That experiment is a closed system, where overpopulation is a factor. Warp capability shoots that down.

He was less actively ruinous upon American than his son. But he also said he didn't think atheists should be considered citizens or patriot. So yeah, fuck him.

He was less actively ruinous upon American than his son. But he also said he didn't think atheists should be considered citizens or patriot. So yeah, fuck him.

His legal status is probably not something adequately addressed by Bajoran law, given that he started out as not so much a "person" as a science project.  For that matter, since they are governed by a provisional government after generations of occupation, they are probably making a lot of shit up on the fly.

His legal status is probably not something adequately addressed by Bajoran law, given that he started out as not so much a "person" as a science project.  For that matter, since they are governed by a provisional government after generations of occupation, they are probably making a lot of shit up on the fly.

The Klingons and Romulans weren't really direct analogues either.

The Klingons and Romulans weren't really direct analogues either.

In this case it's just there for flavor.  I don't mind that. If that kind of thing bothers you greatly you probably shouldn't be watching sci-fi. It's when the technobabble is used as a deus ex machina solution that it becomes a problem. As long as it's not used as a plot cheat, technobabble can enhance the "flavor"…

In this case it's just there for flavor.  I don't mind that. If that kind of thing bothers you greatly you probably shouldn't be watching sci-fi. It's when the technobabble is used as a deus ex machina solution that it becomes a problem. As long as it's not used as a plot cheat, technobabble can enhance the "flavor"…

Yeah, the mass alteration thing bugs me a hell of a lot more than trying to figure out how his sensory inputs would work.  You can come up with sci-fi jargon to cover, albeit clumsily, for all the other stuff.  The laws of conservation of mass and energy are a bit harder to handwave .

Yeah, the mass alteration thing bugs me a hell of a lot more than trying to figure out how his sensory inputs would work.  You can come up with sci-fi jargon to cover, albeit clumsily, for all the other stuff.  The laws of conservation of mass and energy are a bit harder to handwave .

Yeah, but Asimov was talking about Trantor, a planet which is entirely covered by cityscape, which… if you can pull that off, heat dissipation should be the least of your worries. I love Asimov but I never really bought that. There's a built in planetary system for heat dispersion, it's called weather.

Yeah, but Asimov was talking about Trantor, a planet which is entirely covered by cityscape, which… if you can pull that off, heat dissipation should be the least of your worries. I love Asimov but I never really bought that. There's a built in planetary system for heat dispersion, it's called weather.

EDIT: nesting error on my part. Nevermind.

Always be cautious of the word "always".

Always be cautious of the word "always".

Well, clearly there will always be violence, at least on an individual level.  Even at it's most utopian Trek has never suggested that no one in the Federation ever throws a punch in anger anymore.  We're talking about large scale conflicts here.  And even when you talking about historical wars that were ideologically…