05-08-2003, 05:00 PM
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William Shatner on Tech TV's The ScreenSavers Tonight
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/
Yeah, I know. This is so off topic it isn't funny, but hey, this is Captain Kirk for Pete's sake! William Shatner will be on The ScreenSavers tonight talking about his career and how he uses technology.
Shown above is a scene that unfortunately is on the cutting room floor at Paramount. It was when Kirk rushed to reconfigure an EPS conduit or some other technobabble device and needed his iPAQ 9700 to help him complete his mission. Sadly, as we all now know, the Enterprise B didn't survive. Probably because EUU2 hadn't been applied.
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05-08-2003, 05:08 PM
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Intellectual
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Looks like two centuries have passed and Microsoft is still at 320x240 resolution....... 8O
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05-08-2003, 05:10 PM
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About time you post more Star Trek news here! 
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05-08-2003, 05:12 PM
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Ugh, Enterprise B did survive. Kirk, did not! Well... 0X
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05-08-2003, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rtrueman
<nerd>
Ugh, Enterprise B did survive. Kirk, did not! Well... 0X
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oh yeah.  ops:
'C got whacked. And D. And A now that I think about it. B is the one that should've been whacked.
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05-08-2003, 05:26 PM
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Thank you for that lost photo. Get a chuckle out of that one.
Is there any interest on how William Shatner uses technology? May be there is. I don't know. I am a "TNG and beyond" trekkie. :robot:
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05-08-2003, 05:27 PM
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Swami
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Geeks!
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Originally Posted by mar2k
Looks like two centuries have passed and Microsoft is still at 320x240 resolution....... 8O
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First, Star Trek took place in the 24th century, so it's more like three or four centuries (as the original Pocket PCs came out in the late 20th century).
Second, how do you know what the resolution is? The screen aspect ratio looks the same, but unless you can see the pixels, you have no idea what the resolution is. :lol:
Steve
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05-08-2003, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by drop
Is there any interest on how William Shatner uses technology? May be there is. I don't know.
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I doubt that there is except insofar as his diminishing hearing. However, the picture that Foo posted shows some rather innovative uses for an iPAQ. Looks like he is using it to control the EPS power going to the warp engine manifold via the dilithium crystals. Although the interface is "quaint" to quote Commander Scott from ST IV: TVH.
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I am a "TNG and beyond" trekkie. :robot:
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The original series is one of the best IMHO. TNG simply put a new spin and faces on already great ST stories and added a few new villians. How many times did Picard spend punching out the bad guys and winning the hearts/minds/etc of every female encountered.  TOS is the wild-west of ST. "Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated" into liking the entire Trek films/TV-episodes...."Your life as you have known it...is now over". :robot:
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05-08-2003, 05:40 PM
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Shatner must be trying to upstage Wil Wheaton. Let it go already Cpt Kirk. Go back to singing stupid songs for Priceline. :devilboy:
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05-08-2003, 05:40 PM
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The Enterprise D was the ugliest design I've ever seen. The most elegant starship design still is, IMO, the Excelsior. Very graceful and sleek.
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