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Actually the disc section was equipped with its own sublight engines and life support systems as it was designed to be completely detachable from the nacelles (which were better far from the personnel quarters, there is antimatter in there).
Also the ship was armed, but mainly for self-defense as it was an exploration vessel, in fact "its five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life forms and civilizations, to boldly go where noone has ever gone before".
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: mainly for self-defense
Yeah, right...
Yes the "Next Gen" Enterprise could split up - and do pretty much nothing useful afterwards with either half, given that the weapons were on the saucer, but the powers supply for them was on the other bit - but the bridge was still the most exposed bit! One tiny misjudgment by Data in driving out of spacedock and the whole command structure gets decapitated!
And every Starfleet design was the same: Enterprise (all three major versions), Voyager, even the Defiant sticks it up front and vulnerable!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They relied on the hull and the shields, all to avoid the cramped spaces of a warship... it makes even more sense in TNG and Voyager as the duration of the mission increased to the point that the crew was allowed to take families on board. It forces carefulness and skill in maneuvring the ship and avoiding conflict, but i hope they wouldn't send half-orcs to pilot a starship
BTW I found the design of the Enterprise as the most fascinating... until I discovered the Normandy and the Normandy SR2 of Mass Effect. Innovating a starship design after ST is a hard task but in my opinion the guys at Bioware nailed it.
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Ah yes, Voyager, the Microsoft Windows powered space vehicle. BANG...weapons are off line, attempting to restart (<cntl-alt-del> furiously).
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"This Spacecraft Has Performed an Illegal Operation and Will Be Shut Down"
The Blue Screen of Red Shirt.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Here[^] you go. A drawing right from the 1960s. A terran battleship is not so easy to kill.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Lol![^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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"Epic" does not begin to describe the brilliance of that post.
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Forgot about that post. Still, this answer is worth the repost.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Just don't say it three times...
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Crack a Guinness, clear your throat and in your best Dublin brogue recite a couple of pages of Ulysses.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I don't understand. Why do I need to change my shoes?
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Sure, if you must die, die nasty.
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code don't hurt me...
#region(start signature)
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
#endregion
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My browser really doesn't like the layout of that site - neither do I...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Change your browser! It's worth it! Lots of interactive stuff.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I tried to sign up for a guided nightly walk in a nature reserve near where I live.
A friend of mine signed up at a specific time and asked if I come too.
I walk there almost weekly, but sure.
So I went to the website, chose my location and the time I wanted to participate and hit next.
I now need to sign up as a participant, a group or join an existing group.
So I'm thinking I need the group at that specific time, so I tick the group radio button.
Take a look at the groups, not what I'm looking for and decide to sign up as participant anyway (check that radiobutton).
Now I need to create a profile, ughhh... I hate doing that, but fine. I'll create your blasted profile!
All this time it's not really clear what I'm signing up for. My location or time aren't mentioned anywhere.
No confirmation or overview screen whatsoever and a payment later it seems I've joined some group at the other side of the country!
Got to read that in the mail I received after my payment.
Went to my profile page to see if I could change my trip, but I couldn't.
What I could change was my plain text unencrypted password...
I then went to my group page, I joined a group of total strangers, and I could somehow edit their personal info like name and email address.
I'm still like
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A sale is only a sale if it is on good terms, if it was bona fide.
This one does not sound like one.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Got in contact with them and they'd try to put me in the correct walk.
It was booked full though, so if that's not possible (the guide will be the judge of that I guess) I'll ask for my money back.
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Are you sure you haven't signed up for a special Nigerian night walk.
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