[jwblase]

These have been plaguing me for a few minutes, and now some serious discussion must take place:

1) Which would win: The Defiant, or the White Star?

2) Which would win: The Death Star, or Vorlons?

3) What is the range for Darth Vader's telestrangulation technique?

4) Why is Luke's 2nd lightsaber green?

5) Does Yoda shave? Razor, electric, or lightsaber?

6) What operating system does the Death Star use? (Not IG-88)

7) How would one go swimming in a zero-gravity pool?

8) Why didn't lava melt the Red Lion in Voltron?

9) Did Tranzor-Z's fist ALWAYS come back? What happened if it didn't?

10) Why didn't KITT ever swear profusely?

11) Did Captain Kirk ever get alien VD?

12) Just how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

JB

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[cheerios]

The world may never know...

[jwblase]

snicker, snicker

[nonhuman]

1. I want to say the Defiant, but I don't really know.
2. Remember how easy it was to destroy two death stars?
3. I'd assume that with enough concentration it would be as long as he wanted it to be.
4. Because it has a superior "blade". Remember how the white bladed one didn't cauterize the wound in the cantina, and how Vader's red one did when he cut off Luke's hand? I'd assume that the green one would be in between the other two in terms of quality.
5. Shave what?
6. ProDOS?
7. The same way one would in an earth-standard pool, only with less gravity.
8. It had really good heat dissipation technology.
9. *shrug*
10. He did, they just edited it out of the show.
11. Why do you think the show had to go off the air?
12. Last time I counted, 215.

[jwblase]

Nonhuman! Now THERE'S someone with some know-how!!! Damn, I'm impressed! Unfortunately, you didn't answer the Tranzor-Z question, so you are sentenced to eternity debugging Windows. (Bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah!!!!!)

I understand the lightsaber answer, but the white/blue one was Obi-Wan's. Perhape it wasn't that charged anymore. After all, what is a retired Jedi to fight with in the desert?

As for the Vader question, I'm not too sure. Why didn't he just telestrangle Luke once he knew where he was (on Hoth)? Maybe there's something more there. Hmmmmm....

True, the Vorlons would probably whip the crap out of the Death Star, but I'm not sure a Vorlon fighter could find it's way through the maze of exaust pipes. They'd rather just cut their way through. Hmmmmm...

Anyone else commenting?

JB

P.S. It's good to know other people are just as nuts.

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[Arty50]

As for question #1, I'll take the Sun Crusher.

[MikeM32]

1.) Since I don't know what the white star or the defiant is I'll just guess "the Defiant".

2.) Not even knowing what the "Vorlons" are I'd say the Death Star.

3.) From one Star Destroyer to another when travelling as a "fleet".

4.) He preferred the color? Supposedly he built it himself.

5.) Why would an 800 year old Jedi Master "need" to shave? It's surprising iuf he could grow hair at all.

6.) The "Evil" Empire only used "Windows".

7.) Yes

8.) No

9.) Who is Tranzor-Z? And what's the deal with his "fist"?

10.) Because "Knight Rider" was a TV show.

11.) Most likely, and "Bones" had to cure it somehow before the "next episode".

12.) The Owl said "three".

I certainly hope this helps you figure out the meaning of life.

Mike

[jwblase]

Dear Mike,

While your take on SF is interesting, your knowledge of old cartoons is, pardon my french, pathetic. You should be strung up by your entrails and be forced to watch old Care Bears and Jem cartoons.

If you did notice, Yoda does have some remnants of hair on his head, so maybe he also needs to shave.

I didn't know you could answer open ended questions with a yes/no answer.

You're fired.

JB

[cheerios]

Ok Ok...

1) no clue

2) no clue

3) line of sight is pretty standard for various telepathic abilities, although Obi Wan had to be right up in front of the guards outside the cantina...

4) Cuz it matches his eyes?

5) Of course not, can't you see the hair?? If he shaved it'd be gone!!

6) RH Linux, I couldn't get the damn think online, neither could tech support... no wonder the Death Star got blown up!!

7) very carefully...

8) duh, it's heatproof!

9) no... he just went one handed and played a bit part in "The Fugitive" 'It was the one-armed man!!'

10) I hate Star Trek

11) like I said before...

[SteveTech]

I don't know, but.....

What would happen in a battle between an Enterprise Security team, who always get killed soon after appearing, and a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers, who can't hit the broad side of a planet?

Depends. If it's the Enterprise 1701 (no bloody a b c or d), of course the Stormtroopers will hit a junior-grade ensign, just because it *has* to happen, and then Spock will take tricorder recordings as rocks explode all around him and come up with some wildly elaborate theory explaining why the Stormtroopers actually hit for once. Back on board the enterprise Bones will call Spock a moron, say that all his precious theories won't help poor dead ensign so-and-so, and storm furiously off the bridge. Kirk will smile indulgently and say "but enough with these theories! We need--action!" (hits hand very hard into captain's chair bulkhead' sophisticated computer console etc.), have Spock the pilot stud fly him into the Death Star on an immensely dangerous mission to find, rescue, and, yes, kiss Leia. (It had to happen sometime.) Then Sulu wll go mad, replicate a light-saber, and kill Vader. Or something like that.

If it were the modern Enterprise everybody would shoot anyway, to show off their skyhigh effects budget... ...and nobody would die. ...and a previously unknown race would be involved in a conspiracy involvingg the very fabric of space and time. ...and Picard, looking bald, distinguished and very cool, woud open a channel to the Death Star and benignly offer to talk with Vader about this display of aggression which just maybe possibly might be considered an act of war and a just plain bad thing.

So there!

-Steve

p.s. Found on the Internet along time ago to boldly go when no man, no one has gone before. May the Force live long and prosper.




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[jwblase]

But, the Picard thing begs the question: Can Vader's telestrangulation techniques go through the Enterprise's super-duper, ultra-modified, quantum-bazooka-bubble shields?

I say: yes. Picard's toast, the Enterprise gets toasted from the Death Star.

Besides. The Enterprise couldn't make it through the ventilation shafts needed to destroy the Death Star.

JB

[starfleetX]

c'mon, really... who better to ask?

1) USS Defiant
2) Vorlons, hands down
3) line-of-sight... you gotta see your target, even if over a communications viewer
4) he made some "modifications" to it
5) Nope. Muppets don't grow facial hair.
6) OS/2
7) head-first, very carefully
8) no clue
9) no clue
10) if you were a badass car like that, you wouldn't need to swear!
11) yes, many times (thank McCoy for his miraculous "modern" medicine)
12) One... Two... Three... CRUUUNCH!! Damn, I did it again!

[pathogen]

1) Which would win: The Defiant, or the White Star?

The Defiant would kick their ass. But what about the Defiant vs SDF-1? Or the Yamato vs. the SDF-1?

2) Which would win: The Death Star, or Vorlons?

I hate B5, and those costumes are so Liberace sometimes, so I have to go with the Death Star as underdog.

3) What is the range for Darth Vader's telestrangulation technique?

Visual (as noted in posts above), otherwise he'd have pinched out the rebellion like zits.

4) Why is Luke's 2nd lightsaber green?

He made it himself. (and he has a thing for Jade... Mara, wink wink)

5) Does Yoda shave? Razor, electric, or lightsaber?

Yoda wills himself silky smooth. Do, or do not, there is no try.

6) What operating system does the Death Star use? (Not IG-88)

Black Solaris or Evil Sun Unix... hahaha.

7) How would one go swimming in a zero-gravity pool?

If it was in a contained room, absolutely filled with liquid except for your body volume and a little extra air, probably with a scuba tank.

8) Why didn't lava melt the Red Lion in Voltron?

He's the lion of fire.

9) Did Tranzor-Z's fist ALWAYS come back? What happened if it didn't?

Ask Aphrodite. wink wink.

10) Why didn't KITT ever swear profusely?

Why didn't David Hasselhoff? He never once got a babe laid in that car.

11) Did Captain Kirk ever get alien VD?

All those encounters.... and no children come forward years later? Seems to me someone had the shields up at full strength.

12) Just how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

The owl crunches too soon, so his tally doesn't count. Oh professor owl, you ain't so wise are you... Not next to the savory power of a Tootsie Pop! Next to that you are just a meek little owl!

But then, who doesn't chew those things prematurely? I'll tell you who doesn't: kids with too much of an understading of delayed gratification, and who are therefore dweebs.

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[starfleetX]

But, the Picard thing begs the question: Can Vader's telestrangulation techniques go through the Enterprise's super-duper, ultra-modified, quantum-bazooka-bubble shields?

I say: yes. Picard's toast, the Enterprise gets toasted from the Death Star.

Sure, telekenesis can go through shields, but the glare off ol' Shinetop's forehead would blind Vader before he got a good look at him, thereby giving the Enterprise the upper hand.

[Kestral]

Most of the other questions there, I couldn' t gave a rattata's behind (had to stick in the Pokemon reference but the Definat is one beautiful can of whoop ass.

Ok, so how about the Delta Flyer vs. an X-Wing Fighter? I'm taking the Delta Flyer all the way.

Death Star vs Borg Cube? How do you think Borg Spheres are made?

Borg Drone vs. Star Wars Clone? Welcome to nanoprobe city, population you!

I used to love Voltron as a kid, those 80's anime were the best. Anyone remember Grendizer or Astroboy?

[MikeM32]

jwblase said:

Dear Mike,

Wow we seem to know each other so well we're on a "dear" basis. Thanks for the sentiment. Just don't get all "touchy feely" with me and we'll be okay

While your take on SF is interesting, your knowledge of old cartoons is, pardon my french, pathetic. You should be strung up by your entrails and be forced to watch old Care Bears and Jem cartoons.

I wouldn't wish old Care Bares and Jem toons on my worst enemy Besides I'm not the only one here who doesn't understand every single term your tossing out.

If you did notice, Yoda does have some remnants of hair on his head, so maybe he also needs to shave.

Yes I concede. He doesn't have as much hair in the old trilogy as he does in the prequels however. I was suggesting that he's so old that he's trying to keep whatever he's got left until it falls out by itself.

I didn't know you could answer open ended questions with a yes/no answer.

Actually I did that just to tick you off Besides you did name the thread "Dorky SF questions" so expect dorky answers

You're fired.

That's cool the pay sucked and so did the benefits

Mike

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[nonhuman]

Originally posted by jwblase:
<STRONG>I understand the lightsaber answer, but the white/blue one was Obi-Wan's. Perhape it wasn't that charged anymore. After all, what is a retired Jedi to fight with in the desert?</STRONG>

Actually there were two white/blue one's. One was Obi-wan's and one was Anakin's. Remember: "I have something for you. *zwoosh, out comes white/blue blade of Luke's my-first-lightsaber* It's a 'light-saber', the weapon of a jedi knight. It belonged to your father." (please excuse any inaccuracies in that quote, it's from memory, and it's been a while)

Originally posted by pathogen:
<STRONG>But then, who doesn't chew those things prematurely? I'll tell you who doesn't: kids with too much of an understading of delayed gratification, and who are therefore dweebs.</STRONG>

Hey!

[georgius]

Originally posted by cheerios:
<STRONG>Ok Ok...


10) I hate Star Trek

11) like I said before...</STRONG>

..and you're a PeeCee user, Windows enthusiast, and you endorse over sugary cereals! Can it get worse? Its all blasphemy I teel ya...all blaspehmy...

Play it cool

[jwblase]

originally posted by pathogen

But what about the Defiant vs SDF-1? Or the Yamato vs. the SDF-1

OOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Hmmmmmmmm....

Personally, I'd have to say and SDF-1. While the Defiant is quick and snappy, I think that a squadron of Veritechs would be a little too much for one little ship to handle, even if it is bad-ass. Besides, the shield generator would be far too large for the Defiant to handle. A squadron of Defiants, perhaps, but not just one.

I would also have to say the same for the Yamato vs the SDF-1.

Ask Aphrodite

You naughty little boy! You've been examining her missiles again, haven't you.

Originally by MikeM32

I wouldn't wish old Care Bares and Jem toons on my worst enemy

Alright. I remove my ancient curse of the bad cartoons.

JB

[MikeM32]

Wow jw your science fiction "geek-dom" far outweighs my own

"Indeed you are powerful as the Emperor has foreseen"

Mike

[Mole]

And don't forget the most powerful ship of all the Imperial Hefier:



(you can be expericing this epic battle yourself in Gradius The Missing Missions and Gradius The Directors Cut!)

[smacintush]

1. HUH?

2. HUH?

3. 3.6 meters or 0.00000000000000000000012 parsecs

4. Because Lucas dropped 'cid in the 70's

5. no

6. Unknown, some BSD derivative (man, UNIX IS old?).

7. Trick question. Liquid doesn't "pool" in 0-G.

8. Polycarbonic trillium alloy saved him.

9. Ya lost me.

10. He was in love with Michael and was afraid to scare him away.

11. No. even if they were human-compatible, he wore a multi-phasic forward array.

12. I'm drunk. **** you.

[San Acoustic]

Isn't naming a starship the Yomato like naming a cruise ship the Titanic?

[starfleetX]

Originally posted by pathogen:
<STRONG>All those encounters.... and no children come forward years later? Seems to me someone had the shields up at full strength.</STRONG>

Ah HA! You forget Star Trek II with Kirk's son David. Now, in this case everyone was human, but still...

[chris_h]

Originally posted by jwblase:
<STRONG>
6) What operating system does the Death Star use? (Not IG-88)
</STRONG>

windows.
I knew a guy in highschool that had an enlarged left testicle, we called it the death star. he used windows, as i recall.

-chris

[jwblase]

Quote by MikeM32

Wow jw your science fiction "geek-dom" far outweighs my own

I know. My undergrad thesis was how to effectively use Sci-Fi in a regular high school classroom.


Quote by smacintush:

He was in love with Michael and was afraid to scare him away

All right. I'll buy that one.

JB

[nonhuman]

Originally posted by jwblase:
<STRONG>I know. My undergrad thesis was how to effectively use Sci-Fi in a regular high school classroom.</STRONG>

Was your conclusion to whip out a phaser and vaporize the troublemakers or to transport them to some sort of exitless "penal colony" where they have to either fight for their lives or become someone's b�tch?

[jwblase]

quote from nonhuman:

Was your conclusion to whip out a phaser and vaporize the troublemakers or to transport them to some sort of exitless "penal colony" where they have to either fight for their lives or become someone's b�tch?

OOOOOOhhhhhh... Damn good idea though. I could send them to fight with the cafeteria zombies that make the "cheese" and "salads" that we have to deal with. I think my students would lose though.

JB

[Arty50]

Originally posted by San Acoustic:
<STRONG>Isn't naming a starship the Yomato like naming a cruise ship the Titanic?</STRONG>

You beat me to the punch. What series in the Yamato from anyway?

[finboy]

Originally posted by Kestral:
<STRONG>
Death Star vs Borg Cube? How do you think Borg Spheres are made?

Borg Drone vs. Star Wars Clone? Welcome to nanoprobe city, population you!

</STRONG>

Too funny, K. Prepare to be ...

I wish they could loop the Borg Cube around the Sun and go back in time and destroy Naboo prior to somebody letting a 9-year-old in a starfighter. Wouldn't THAT change some things? Wonder what little Ani would look like all assimilated and junk?

Aboot the Vader thing: I think he has to have 1) some familiarity with the person, and 2) some familiarity with the surroundings to project force telepathically like that.

[jwblase]

Maybe this is something that's been covered, and I missed, but:

Can Borg assimilate each other? When they assimilate technology, does it instanteously go to all other Borg everywhere?

What if the cubes joined together to make the Giant-Super-Duper-Mega-Cube that would be bigger than anything?

Also: The Borg Ringworld, or the Borg Dyson Sphere. Why not? Lots of space for everyone!!!

JB

[SS3 GokouX]

3) What is the range for Darth Vader's telestrangulation technique?
Well he did strangle an officer who he only saw as a hologram. I don't think you can strangle a hologram... so, I don't think he needs to be able to see them. But I'm sure there must be some sort of range, it can't be that far otherwise why didn't Luke just push the Death star into a black hole or a sun in Jedi? Oh, he'd be killing to many people? He already blew up the first one, and they were gonna blow up the second one anyway! And don't say it's too big, "Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?"

4) Why is Luke's 2nd lightsaber green?
It has to do with the construction of the lightsaber. I don't know the specifics, but somewhere along the line some sort of crystal is needed, and the type of crystal (or something really technical that I couldn't begin to comprehend) determines the color of the blade. ::Gasp!:: A real answer!

5) Does Yoda shave? Razor, electric, or lightsaber?
I'm gonna have to agree with Mike, that he has to keep every hair he's got left. Although maybe in his younger years... his much, much, much younger years...

6) What operating system does the Death Star use? (Not IG-88)
Screw the Death Star, I wanna know what OS all the computers from Phantom Menace used! How come technology was so much better in the past than in the future?

7) How would one go swimming in a zero-gravity pool?
Very, very carefully.

10) Why didn't KITT ever swear profusely?
Uhh... he wasn't programmed to? Did he ever get mad enough to swear anyway?

[MacmanX]

<STRONG>3) What is the range for Darth Vader's telestrangulation technique?</STRONG>

Perhaps it depends on the victims belief that he can be killed. So, if a person with the force believes he can telestrangulate a person and the other person believes he can be telestrangulated by the first person, then he is toast. It has nothing to do with distance. That's why it doesn't work on Jedi knights who believe they can't be telestrangulated by lesser powered Jedi knights. I also believe you have to have some sort of neck for it to work; although, I'm not sure.

Cheers!

[jwblase]

Hmmmmm... Perhaps that's why nothing ever worked on Jabba...

Originally posted by SS3 GokouX:

::Gasp!:: A real answer!

Get out. Get out now. You should know better than to have real answers here.

JB

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[nonhuman]

Originally posted by SS3 GokouX:
<STRONG>Screw the Death Star, I wanna know what OS all the computers from Phantom Menace used! How come technology was so much better in the past than in the future?</STRONG>

Because after the fall of the 1st republic there was no economy, no political stability, and too many people were too concerned with staying alive to maintain their technology so much of it was lost for the empire. (Funny how a little thing like your civilization collapsing can do that) Presumably after the establishment of the 2nd republic when there can be relative peace and prosperity their technology can once again start to rise towards the levels it was once at.

[pathogen]

Originally posted by Arty50:
<STRONG>

You beat me to the punch. What series in the Yamato from anyway?</STRONG>

Starblazers

[finboy]

Originally posted by pathogen:
<STRONG>

Starblazers</STRONG>

Desloc, Desloc, Desloc, Desloc.

At least I think that's what the evil guy's name was. Made Darth Vader look like a beginner. What fabulous cheese whiz that show was.

[dillerX]

If you were traveling at the speed of light and you turned your headlights on....What would happen?

[Kestral]

Re: Yamato

When someone mentioned the Yamato, I assumed they were referreding to the Enterprise (NCC 1701-D) 's sister ship, the USS Yamato, also a Galaxy-class Federation starship. Completely forgot about Starblazers I love my Trek!!

[Kestral]

Originally posted by dillerX:
<STRONG>If you were traveling at the speed of light and you turned your headlights on....What would happen? </STRONG>

Einstein would smack you upside the head!