On 6/2/2011 3:12 PM, Chuck Bowling wrote:
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.
Next Generation all the way, Picard would be cool to work with.
My favorite is Galaxy Quest. The Thermian octopoid chick was just
plain hot. ;)
I think she's in some CSI type show now, trivia isn't my game. The
Stargate storyline is pretty cool but nothing compares to the Foundation
Trilogy IMO (Isaac Asimov).
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ash <[email protected]
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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]
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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
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wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Pat
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>
> > On May 19, 6:41 am, Chuck Bowling
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> > 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
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