2002-06-13 Han,
Out of curiosity, was this the old Star Trek with James T. Kirk as Captain, or the newer ones with Jean-Luc Piccard? Quite frankly, I don't see any error in a planet of a Star Trek series having a temperature of -291�C. In Star Trek fiction, a lot of rules of physics are broken. I've seen episodes where they even went backwards in time, which we all know is impossible. And what about "warp" speed; travelling faster than light? Another impossibility. Again, there is the transporter. I highly doubt that such a device will ever exist. Just think of the paradoxes that will result if such a device ever did exist. Can you think of more impossibilities? So, in the realm of Star Trek, if Planet Fantasyland has a temperature of -291�C, it has to be true. As for this medium, what some people won't do to get attention. I'm surprised a radio station would give such a loony tune the time, unless they were all looking for a good laugh. Just out of curiosity, how long does it take thought waves to travel from earth out into space? Do they travel at the speed of light? Do they pass through wormholes, and thus arrive sooner, or are they instant? How does it work? I haven't received any messages either. I just figured everyone ran out of things to discuss, got bored and as a result, nothing is posted. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-06-13 01:43 Subject: [USMA:20393] Yesterday's Startrek on BBC 2 > A mistake was made in yesterday's Startrek on BBC 2. The ship was orbiting > around a planet. The temperature was -291 degrees Celsius. That would have > been a breakthrough: temperatures below absolute zero. - 18K! > Years ago I was listening to a program on the radio about astrology and > mediums (not that I accept this trash!). And this program furnished once > again a reason to reject it. Someone who was being interviewed claimed that > he was a medium who mediated between Earth to the inhabitants of a planet > ion another galaxy. On this planet the temperature was -900 degrees Celsius! > Yes, indeed! > > BTW: I have not received messages from the server for more than 12 hours. I > wonder, has it crashed? > > Han > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > >
