for why all aliens speak English on "Star Trek".
The idea is that the universal translator actually translates the speech,
however when seen on a view screen image processors also seamlessly modify
the image to ensure that the lips and speech synch properly.
Now the obvious question is "why does it still happen when I watch a scene
with two people in the same room?" - the answer to that is simple enough:
your television is equipped with the same technology. ;^)
Jim Davis
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From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:21 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: INSULTINGLY STUPID MOVIE PHYSICS
On explosion sounds in space:
"Star Wars apologists say that the ship's computers detect the
explosion and simulate the noise to inform the crew. To us it would be
far more useful to have the computer report that a TIE fighter has
exploded on the port bow rather than sounding a loud boom."
They may be physicists, but they're obviously not Human Interface
experts. The explanation is far fetched, but the principle is actually
great from an HI standpoint. Making something exploding sound like an
explosion would provide an instant understanding of the content of the
event message, and if they use positional sound then even more
metadata would be provided, all in a single sound burst. Brilliant HI
implementation.
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