OT: Enterprise New thread....

Growltigga · #1 February 22nd, 2002, 03:57 PM

sheesh, and you call my postings irrelevant

Suicide Junkie · #2 February 22nd, 2002, 04:09 PM

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(from slashdot)This isn't transparent aluminum; this is a transparent aluminum oxide. That is just not the same thing as aluminum anymore then water is Hydrogen gas, or table salt is the same thing as Sodium metal or Chlorine gas (both very harmful chemicals, sodium can explode when it comes in contact with water, and Chlorine can kill you in a few breaths, yet we eat salt all the time)

And secondly we have known about aluminum based compounds for a long time, in fact, longer then we have known about Aluminum or even about elements in general. Alum, the compound from which aluminum gets it's name (and which we extract aluminum from) has been known to man for ages and is, in fact, transparent.

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Bottom line is that alumina (Al2O3) and aluminum (Al) are totally different materials, so naturally they have different properties such as hardness, stiffness, transparency, etc. Alumina is what sapphires and rubies are made of. Pure alumina is clear, but the addition of color centers like chromium ions results in the color of gemstone rubies and sapphires. A search for sapphire conformal optics [google.com] will show you that making windows out of sapphire for military applications is nothing new. Just about the only thing that might be new is how they make the sapphire, but the article does not provide any details about that. Yes, sapphire is cool stuff, but it's not some magical new material.

dmm · #3 February 22nd, 2002, 07:52 PM

How dare you imply that Scotty would make a whale tank out of transparent alumina! Alumina (a glass or crystal) is brittle compared to aluminum (a metal), and might shatter when subjected to the stresses of time traveling in a cranky Klingon warbird. Then what would happen to humanity when the whale blubbers to the mysterious probe "Help, I feel like I've been shot with a shard cannon"?

tesco samoa · #4 March 24th, 2002, 08:23 PM

Star Trek Bridge Command From Activison.

The game is great.

For those who are trek fans.

Also the interface is perfect.

Cylapse · #5 March 27th, 2002, 05:43 PM

*laughs* Ahh tonight is the Ferengi ep, I hate their kind *LOL* I wonder how they will pull this off, doesnt sound the most interesting really.

We shall see.

wr8th · #6 March 27th, 2002, 06:32 PM

I liked the piggybacked episode from Last week with an appearance by the Klingons (are they perpetually constipated or what? "Ahh prune juice: a warrior's drink").

When viewing a holographic image of the Klingon Capitol, a Klingon was heard to say: "I can see my home from here!" That's right Stimpy!

Cylapse · #7 March 27th, 2002, 06:47 PM

That one's cool, coz TPol shows a little fooken support *LOL* I like Silent Enemy and Fortunate Son... plus both the Andorian eps rock... they are doing a good job with them.

Sometimes Malcolm and Mayweather seem like they arent cut up for the job. Mayweather has these flashes of what appears to be homosexuality *LMAO* He needs to toughen up a bit, he's a space boomer...

And Reed, well, an insecure tactical officer worries me, but I like the guy... his drunk acting wasnt the best in my opinion, but hey - he's brittish *ducks* *LMAO* I'm only kidden about the Brittish thing, I thought Bashir was the **** on DS9 (the good show...the war show).

They're good actors though, Im not bashing them. Just throwin in my 2... no, 3 cents.