Ec> unreliable prototype out on the border where the Federation's most
Ec> dangerous potential enemies can get an eyeful of it? So that they'll
Ec> assume the project was a failure, of course.
It also serves as a bit of a warning. "See what this thing is capable
of, and its just a prototype". Deterrance is a valid part of diplomacy.
Jack Butler
... "I thought that love would last forever. I was wrong." -- Auden
--- FMail 0.98a
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Msg : 101 of 158
From : Chris Baugh 1:105/290.5 .åō 22 .ūí 95 17:49
To : ROBERT LIDGREN
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (21 Jun 95) ROBERT LIDGREN wrote to MARK JONES...
RL> What I'd like to see is stories about a future world where
RL> there is LESS of the underclass (say, those who make less than
RL> 10.00 an hour) and an EXPANSION of jobs which takes skills and
RL> are more rewarding.
You're in luck, Robert, someone made a TV series just for you. One
of the premises is that, in the future, food, shelter and the other
necessities of life will be equally available to all through
convenient technology, so that mankind can explore the cosmos while
ever improving in bravery, diplomacy and the arts. If you're lucky,
you might even be able to catch a rerun of this series. It was
called Star Trek.
--- PPoint 1.92
* Origin: "Bother," said Pooh (1:105/290.5)
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Msg : 102 of 158
From : Chris Baugh 1:105/290.5 .åō 22 .ūí 95 18:13
To : Mark Jones
Subj : replicated people?
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (17 Jun 95) Mark Jones wrote to Jeff Hancock...
MJ> They have had such problems. That's when they use the
MJ> "transporter trace" to retrieve the poor sap. Which is partly
MJ> why I find the "we can't replicate people" rule completely
MJ> bogus. Ah well.
Mark, the transporter/replicator system CAN replicate people.
After the Sanctuary riots, things actually got much, much worse.
A small group of very wealthy individuals funded the original
replicator research projects, acidentally inventing the transporter
in the process. When WWIII massively depopulated the Earth, this
group (those rich enough to get through anything) used replicator
technology to provide a large population of "their kind of people."
Before doing so, they modified the energy to matter conversion
process so that the energy stream was filtered, to remove two
attributes from anybody transported: first, the ability to reason
that the technology could replicate people (passing through a
Starfleet transporter simply "rewires" that portion of the brain
necessary for that operation); and second, the desire to act as an
individual when liberty might conflict with the continued existence
of a large number of mediocre people suitable for the beauracratic
class. These modifications were designed into the basic circuitry
for the transporter system, and the circuit was later modified to
become the "bio-filter." Before the repopulation project began, all
mentions, records, and plans of transporter technology that would
not perform this mental filtering were destroyed. This explains
that blandly homogoenous attributes of Starfleet officers, and of
all Federation people who have ever been sent through a
Federation transporter.
During the Repopulation, history was rewritten - with forged
evidence and planted false memories - that the Sanctuary
Riots shocked the public at large into voting for a new Golden Age.
Picture the Earth remade in the image of the City Club of Portland,
New York's Upper East Side summer-at-the-Hamptons class, Swiss
bankers, and the CFR. Pretty close to the Federation government,
eh?
Other people routinely use the transporter as an immortality machine
and a handy means of cloning. However, as Starfleet personnel are
biologically incapable of understanding those concepts, their minds
interpret evidence of those activities as something else. Sometimes
the concepts that are invented to explain these transporter
activites are ludicrous, but Federation personnel are as oblivious
to the logical inconsistencies in these stories as a color-blind
person is to the inappropriateness of their green and brown painting
of a sunset.
--- PPoint 1.92
* Origin: "Bother," said Pooh (1:105/290.5)
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Msg : 103 of 158
From : Paul Worley 1:2601/515 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 01:21
To : Bruce Baugh
Subj : Roger Zelazny, 1937-1995
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
20 Jun 95 08:22, Bruce Baugh wrote to John Kahane:
BB> It's been interesting to see the response of the sf community,
BB> writers and readers, to Zelazny's death. _Nobody_ who ever met
BB> him seems to have a bad word for him. He is universally praised
BB> as courteous, gracious, patient, and altogether gentlemanly.
In two weeks I'll be heading down to Atlanta for NASFiC. I'm sure there will be
quite a buzz going around about the loss. I'll post a message about what I hear
when I get back.
Paul
--- GoldED 2.42.G0614
* Origin: USS Wolf - Wheatland, PA (1:2601/515)
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Msg : 104 of 158
From : David Little 1:106/7287 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 05:58
To : Jack Butler
Subj : Star Wars
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-=>} Jack Butler belched these words of wisdom! {<=-
DL> Sherman, set the wayback machine for 1977.
DL> If you CAN remember, there were several times rumors abounded
DL> about Star Trek making a comeback. They tried, fell apart.
JB> I remember all the hoopla about "Trek Phase II", and I was as
JB> skeptical then as I am now.
Some of use still are...[DoLittle points to his aunt who is disgusted
with the latest DS9 episode...]
DL> Will he back down? NO!! It would be a PR nightmare for
DL> LucasFilm if he did that. The reputation of the afforementioned
DL> companies would go down the tubes. Why would he lie about something
DL> like this when it would cost him everything?
JB> I disagree. Lucas could very easily simply shut up about future
JB> Star Wars films and the hullabaloo would die out. Quietly, slowly, but
JB> it would die. And no one would ever say a thing.
There are several hundred thousand fans who would...not to mention the
merchandising arm!!
JB> Why should they? Its been 20 years (nearly, anyway) since the
JB> original film. There is an entire generation of science fiction fans
JB> to whom Star Wars was *not* a "sudden phenomenon". Give you a good
JB> example of what I mean: I played Star Wars for my nephew Bradley (who
JB> is 15 and hadn't seen any of the Star Wars films). His reaction:
JB> "Pretty neat, but the effects could have been better..."
JB> *These* kids are soon going to be the primary market target for
JB> science fiction. They have no earthly idea of what Star Wars is, or
JB> meant to *us* in terms of being science fiction fans.
You're nephew is an exception. There are several kids around here in
the 15-under crowd that are becoming the new generation of Star Wars fans.
That, and the fans who saw it the first time will see them again, just to
relive those days of yesteryear! My oldest son, who is now 5, can't get enough
of it, and I found my youngest, who is 3, playing out the 3 lightsaber battles
the other day. I have, of course, several other movies that they can watch
and sometimes they do. But, they almost always want to watch Star Wars. Wife
has even threatened to cut the tapes if they watch it again.
At any rate, I still find it improbable that there will be no new
films.
-=The DoLittle 8-)=-
... What a piece of junk...
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
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Msg : 105 of 158
From : Dan Kachoogian 1:107/953 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 08:01
To : Wayne Crow
Subj : Re: CONGO
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
*** Quoting Wayne Crow to Keith Stokes ***
WC> I saw the previews of "Congo". I thought it was pretty cool. I
WC> think
WC> I'll go see it next week. Hope I ain't wasting my money.
I would wait until it's on the late movie on network TV if I were you.
-Dan
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Msg : 106 of 158
From : Timothy Malone 1:343/1 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 21:11
To : Allison Urschel
Subj : X-FILES
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
I think that the X-Files is a great show.I can't wait to see how the last
episode ends.It is probably my favorite show.My name is Timothy Malone please
write.
--- FLAME v1.1
* Origin: BECS Central <> (1:343/1)
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Msg : 107 of 158
From : Steve Martin 1:271/285 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 21:12
To : James Walton
Subj : Star Wars
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Big Brother caught James Walton & Jim Cushing crimespeaking about Star
Wars.
JW> I wasn't speaking about the economic impact. The numbers no longer
JW> have a meaning these days, by the way, since movie prices are so
JW> inflated. I meant the cultural and social impacts Star Wars had
Agreed. Seems every summer there are two or three records set on
receipts. They should report ticket sales instead.
For that matter, Star Wars is probably very high on the list of *repeat*
ticket sales. Something I haven't heard of much lately.
... Veni Vidi Visa: I came, I saw, I did a little shopping.
--- Blue Wave/QBBS v2.12
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Msg : 108 of 158
From : Rumble 1:163/436 .˙ō 23 .ūí 95 22:14
To : John Kahane
Subj : Star Trek
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
I know that the Klingons will be a huge problem. But they really should not be.
Look at all those new a super powerful ships build after wolf 359. The Intrepid
class, the Nebula class and the Defiant! It could take on a small fleet of
Klingons ships and with Sisko at the helm it would most likely win.
--- Maximus 2.02
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Msg : 109 of 158
From : Nicolai Shapero 1:102/524 .ķá 24 .ūí 95 06:34
To : Frank Eva
Subj : Cancellations
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Actually, Sliders starts up again tomorrow (Sunday, 25 June 1995) at 7 pm...or
so our local FOX station has been advertising...
I don't expect it to be new episodes, but I'll have a tape ready just in case...
