VoxDei

VoxDei , 4 hours ago to allstartrek

I was watching DS9 just now and it occurred to me: apparently in the future they have solved the problem of people having the same name. When talking via communicator you never hear "Sisko to Smith" and two different people try and respond. We've all worked in the place with two Bens or three Steves and there is confusion, but not in Starfleet.

The only logical conclusion is that the Federation assigns everyone a unique forename and surname at birth. Either that or you cannot be admitted to Starfleet if they have someone with your surname already.

@allstartrek #AllStarTrek

VoxDei OP , 3 hours ago

@xris @allstartrek Exactly!

VoxDei OP , 3 hours ago

@freemo @allstartrek
Computer: "Specify, Smith"
Captain: (Sighs) Lieutenant Smith
Computer: "Specify, Lieutenant Smith"
Captain: "Dammit, Lieutenant Steven Smith"
Computer: "There is no Lieutenant Dammit Smith on the crew manifest."

Can you imagine the first week at Starfleet Academy? Or a starship with a disproportionately Welsh crew so there are like ten each called Williams or Jones?

VoxDei OP , 3 hours ago

@freemo @allstartrek I may have been joking. I'm pretty sure the cause is that the writers didn't want to have to deal with the issue. 😂

VoxDei OP , 3 hours ago

@freemo @allstartrek That's true! Maybe they'll do an episode on it like the one that explains why all the aliens are basically humans with things stuck to their faces. 😂

VoxDei OP , 2 hours ago

@Meowthias @allstartrek
"Sir, the Klingons are coming around again!"
"Who do we have left in Engineering?"
"Only Ensign Smith sir!"
"Captain to Smith, reverse the polarity of the thingummy, now!"
Computer: "Commander Smith has been killed"
Captain: "Dammit, Captain to Ens..."
Boom

janbartosik , 5 months ago to bookstodon

† Vernor Vinge (79)

Rest in peace. Loved the Zones of Thought series.

#books #amreading #reading #kindle #literature #bookwyrm #booktoot #book #books #knihy #scifi #sff @bookstodon @scifi @knihy

VoxDei , 5 months ago

@janbartosik @bookstodon @scifi @knihy Vinge was a fantastic author, the Zones of Thought books I loved, but also A Deepness In The Sky is one of my all-time favourites. I hadn't heard he was gone, I am sad. RIP. :-(

eivind , 7 months ago to histodons Norwegian

Today is “laugardagr” (Washing Day) in Scandinavia, “lørdag/lördag” in modern Scandinavian, the day for the weekly bath. A custom that, according to 13th century English chronicler John of Wallingford, together with their luxurious hair and extravagant clothing, set the Dane boys apart from their Anglo-Saxon neighbors and “laid siege to the virtue of the married women and persuaded the daughters, even of the nobles, to be their concubines.” @histodons #History #DapperDanes

VoxDei , 7 months ago

@eivind @histodons The clothing persuaded the women or the washing? Or both? All plausible!