Personally, I can't imagine having Capt. Kirk as my C.O. I think if I were a crew member I'd have arranged a transporter 'accident' on the first trip out.
My favorite is Galaxy Quest. The Thermian octopoid chick was just plain hot. ;) On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > Haha, I needed a laugh before bed Chuck. Around here it is a long running > fantasy that the Starship Enterprise will come by and pick us up. Sci-fi > makes for such great fantasies. > > > On 6/1/2011 11:06 PM, Chuck Bowling wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:39 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If they could actually travel trillions of miles, they'd find slim >> pickin's, imho. We are ravaging ourselves! >> >> I think the Explorers had definite goals besides their curiousity- >> spices, gold, slaves, territory, sea lanes, etc. >> >> You can have my ticket! :-) >> > > Are you saying that given the opportunity to travel the galaxy without > restriction you'd pass? > > Wow. I wouldn't even hesitate. My speedo and blowup doll would be packed > before I finished accepting. > > >> On May 31, 5:57 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Pat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On May 19, 6:41 am, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > I think that with nanotechnology we will be able to synthesize >> pretty >> > > much >> > > > anything we want from raw materials in the future. Assuming that any >> > > alien >> > > > race capable of traveling the trillions of miles to get here would >> have >> > > at >> > > > least the same level of technology my guess is that they wouldn't >> need >> > > > anything we'd have to offer. >> > >> > > Perhaps they would want the two things we can spare the least: >> > > ourselves as their 'food' and the REST of our planet's natural >> > > resources. After all, food and resources is exactly why WE'D be >> > > touring the galaxy. >> > >> > When I refer to resources I'm thinking about the 92 raw elements that >> > naturally occur in nature. Given those and advanced nano-assembly >> techniques >> > I think that literally anything can be replicated. >> > >> > Assuming that's the case, I'd think that an advanced alien civilization >> > would find better ways of feeding itself than to travel trillions upon >> > trillions of miles to ravage the Earth. >> > >> > As to why we'd be touring the galaxy, I think human curiosity would be a >> > major factor.- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > >
