LOL @ Lisa
I knew it! Star Trek is real!
by drwtsn32 29 Replies latest jw friends
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shotgun
Hmmmm..transparent alumina..ma ne ma ne me...ma na ma na.
Klingons are real too!
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mk
hi i'm a new dude,
the reason you saw something similar from star trek is coz the stuff they lke showing in science fiction movies is what they plann on developing in the near future, so dude don't be shocked
ps major star treck ( next generation) fan.
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Big Tex
Fascinating.
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Preston
Myauntfanny,
are you going to sit there and tell me that Spock wasn't where it's at!
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seattleniceguy
Nice find, Doc! Materials research is actually way more sexy than it sounds.
SNG
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Sirona
Welcome mk
What do the starship enterprise and toilet roll have in common? They both wipe out Klingons.
Sirona
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Farkel
I spent a week in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands consulting for the Virgin Islands Alumina Company. Alumina comes from bauxite ore and there is a great quanity of bauxite in the Carribean and almost none in the United States. I saw the huge ships unload their bauxite on conveyer belts.
What surprised me the most though is that alumina is a light yellowish POWDER! The process of making aluminum from alumina is amazing. They had vats that were four stories high that were involved in the separation of the element from the ore, and huge ovens that put out an unbelievable amount of heat.
I had always assumed that aluminum was found in nuggets, like gold. But no. It is a powder.
: Hehe I saw a show a while ago that was dealing with star trek objects from the original series that we have now. One of them was the communicators they had now with the modern flip top phones. I cant remember what the rest of that stuff was but there was quite a list it was amusing.
Don't forget the disks that Spock used to insert into the computer. No such thing existed in the mid-1960's and today floppy disks are nearly obsolute!
I had the fortune to visit the US Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC about ten years ago. They had a special exhibit devoted to the old Star Trek TV series. Hanging from the ceiling were the models of the Enterprise from both the original series and the Next Generation series. The original model of the Enterprise (complete with blinking lights) cost about $25,000. The Next Generation model cost about $150,000.
The uniforms used by the cast, including Kirk were on display. There was a big pile of "tribbles" as well as communicators, and weapons. The phasers were nothing more than pieces of carved wood painted with silver paint! They looked very crude and tacky up close.
What was left of the original bridge of the Enterprise was also on display.
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rocketman
I always had faith that Star Trek is real. Thanks for confirming it drwstn!
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truthseeker1
I'm just waiting on transporter beams...Just think of the problems that would solve....
No more fights for oil rights. The US can get out of the Mid East because they will have no more interests there. The air would clean up because of less cars for transportation....