I wonder if this could pose a threat to the farming economy in Montana.

The 23rd century is still the future.

That episode was specific in saying it was a holoprojector that kept the observation post hidden from view. Presumably the difference is standard sensors can detect holograms but cloaking technology is not so easy to spot. That makes cloaking strategically effective against other advanced space navies while mere…

No. A WRITER is someone whose job it is to tell stories, which means understanding plot AND characters of all types, minor and major. If a writer cannot write a character of the opposite gender or a different race effectively, by getting into their head and understanding how they think and feel and how they’d react in…

If Star Trek were real, we could live in the middle of Federation territory and never know it. We wouldn’t be able to intercept their communications, we’d never see their ships, and they wouldn’t contact us or allow us to know they’re there until they consider us ready.

Wrong. Subjectively, you’re fully awake and aware through the entire process. For you, the world around you seems to disassemble and reassemble itself into a new location. So there is no philosophical conundrum at all, you’re moved intact from your perspective and that’s that.

And it’s not a matter of “you can’t debate…

Wrong. Not only is it possible, work is being done now to tackle it.

In computing that is called parallel processing, there’s nothing theoretically I know of that prevents it from being applied to organic brains and human consciousness through things like brain-machine interface and implanted co-processors and the like.

This. Exactly this. Your consciousness is, near as anyone can tell, a process running on organic hardware. You add additional hardware to share the load you end up with parallel processing. You can then swap components in and out while maintaining the process —which as you pointed out occurs all the time in nature…

It would be similar to the way teleportation is done in Star Trek. Indeed, one of the dirty little secrets of this sci-fi show is that the person being teleported is actually killed each time it happens, replaced by an exact duplicate who’s none the wiser.

Depends on the plastic, actually. And on the aluminum, as well, when comparing the two. There are polycarbonate and ABS plastics that are virtually indestructible by normal everyday forces, just absolutely tough as nails and also excellent at shock absorption to protect delicate internals. My Samsung Galaxy Sport?…

I enjoyed this series when I watched it a few years ago. One of the things that sticks out to me still is an amusing part where they interview the voice actresses and one of them mentions how she had a challenge memorizing all the technical terms like “heel to toe shift” and “put it in second gear”. If that’s…

ALIENS is a classic on every level and is one of the most awesome things ever put to celluloid. The original Terminator is in a similar category. The fanbase for both remain huge even to this day, and the reviews and general consensus on both are beyond reproach. You’re entitled to your opinion, of course, but I doubt…

Sully was an enemy asset with deep knowledge of the enemy’s tactics, capabilities, and weaknesses as well as advance knowledge of their next strategic move. Any force would love to have such an asset, and the Na’vi were smart enough to recognize his value in helping them win their conflict with the humans. After that,…

Because I disagree with a company’s policy doctrine, make a critique of it, and feel legal action should be taken to curtail it (though I’m not in a position to take such action myself) that means I’m “whining”? Huh. And here I thought it was called posting discussion feedback in a comments section on the topic at…

Perhaps they meant that Pike was about the same age at the time as Kirk in the present day?

“The show has done no work to explain why the Hand has to be Asian, other than “because ninjas are cool.””

Because I wasn’t dumb enough to buy a locked down, inferior product I was not harmed by this policy and thus I don’t have standing to sue. However, I agree with you that someone should do so.

“Don’t buy their products” is not enough of an remedy when consumer rights under the law are being violated.

No, Apple has a right to control what they host in their own software store but NOT what a user can and cannot install and run on their own machine they bought and paid for. The law is clear on this, and it’s frankly amazing Apple has gotten away with it as long as they have.