jon louis mann wrote: > Maru is part of a Japanese ship's name, as in 'Kobayashi Maru.' > On-List, it's used as part of a post signature title, and usually > relates to the content of the post, with humor, silliness or even > seriousness "value-added." > > Debbi Helpful Not Meddlesome Maru ;) > > thanks debbie, i vaguely recall something about a test given to cadet > at the federation academy and you could pass unless you cheated? > wikepedia says it is attached to a ship's name so it will return to > port 'full circle'.
On the Federation Academy thing, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru It wasn't a matter of cheating or not, the test was to see how you did in a "no-win" situation. Kirk reprogrammed the simulator. Dang, I need to watch that movie again.... Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
