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Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:31 pm
by Enterprising
CrypticMirror wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:48 pm
Muzer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:01 pm
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:49 pm
I mean unless every square inch is a city on that island there got to be some ecosystem.
Quite, though most of England and Northern Ireland, and much of Wales, is of course farmland, which (as I'm pretty sure sfdebris points out in one of his reviews — maybe Insurrection or possibly DS9's Paradise?) is very much not a natural ecosystem. It's only Scotland that has a majority of natural ecosystem, because of its large areas of wilderness especially in the highlands.
Grouse moors, which make up the majority of the highlands, are not natural ecosystems. They are, if anything, even more intensively managed than actual farmland. But for historical-political reasons are not recorded as such.
I'm not seeing the link from UK land use to the Voyager episode Renaissance Man?
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:42 pm
by TGLS
Enterprising wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:31 pm
CrypticMirror wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:48 pm
Muzer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:01 pm
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:49 pm
I mean unless every square inch is a city on that island there got to be some ecosystem.
Quite, though most of England and Northern Ireland, and much of Wales, is of course farmland, which (as I'm pretty sure sfdebris points out in one of his reviews — maybe Insurrection or possibly DS9's Paradise?) is very much not a natural ecosystem. It's only Scotland that has a majority of natural ecosystem, because of its large areas of wilderness especially in the highlands.
Grouse moors, which make up the majority of the highlands, are not natural ecosystems. They are, if anything, even more intensively managed than actual farmland. But for historical-political reasons are not recorded as such.
I'm not seeing the link from UK land use to the Voyager episode Renaissance Man?
Well somebody brought up NIMBYism for some reason, and that led to talking about reintroducing wolves into the UK, and thereby led to land use in Britain.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:49 am
by clearspira
Enterprising wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:31 pm
CrypticMirror wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:48 pm
Muzer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:01 pm
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:49 pm
I mean unless every square inch is a city on that island there got to be some ecosystem.
Quite, though most of England and Northern Ireland, and much of Wales, is of course farmland, which (as I'm pretty sure sfdebris points out in one of his reviews — maybe Insurrection or possibly DS9's Paradise?) is very much not a natural ecosystem. It's only Scotland that has a majority of natural ecosystem, because of its large areas of wilderness especially in the highlands.
Grouse moors, which make up the majority of the highlands, are not natural ecosystems. They are, if anything, even more intensively managed than actual farmland. But for historical-political reasons are not recorded as such.
I'm not seeing the link from UK land use to the Voyager episode Renaissance Man?
I will forever maintain that the reason why Chuck's forums are so great is because he allows us to go off-topic for a bit as long as we don't take the piss. There are two reasons why forums are a dying breed: 1) Social media now basically does the same thing and 2) militant, agenda-driven mods.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:41 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
"Is Wario a Libertarian"-the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after12,239 pages of heated debate,
-Wint @dril
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:26 pm
by Wolf359
What was that thing near the ceiling in sickbay that Tuvok shot? The holoemitters? I always thought the holoemitters were those black strips on the walls? I bet the thing he shot wasn’t there for the previous 170-something episodes though!
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 8:50 pm
by Mindworm
Rocketboy1313 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:18 pm
I have an issue with the, "Voyager can survive without a warp core, but needs a captain".
What Janeway should have said is, "WE'RE IN A NAVY! Chakotay would be the Captain. That is how command structure works. What kind of a stupid thing is it to sacrifice immeasurably important resources to save a single person?! IDIOT!"
Also, this gets to be my thousandth comment on the board. What a milestone.
Problem A) it's Janeway, no way she's giving up the cushy chair, even from her cold dead hands, B) it's Chocolate-Day in the no 2 spot. You couldn't see him command a tunnel of love boat, never mind an actual spaceship.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 2:43 am
by Thebestoftherest
Rocketboy1313 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:18 pm
I have an issue with the, "Voyager can survive without a warp core, but needs a captain".
What Janeway should have said is, "WE'RE IN A NAVY! Chakotay would be the Captain. That is how command structure works. What kind of a stupid thing is it to sacrifice immeasurably important resources to save a single person?! IDIOT!"
Also, this gets to be my thousandth comment on the board. What a milestone.
Yes because when a star fleet vessel returns after years captain by a known terrorist that wouldn't cause any problems.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 3:27 am
by TGLS
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 2:43 am
Rocketboy1313 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:18 pm
I have an issue with the, "Voyager can survive without a warp core, but needs a captain".
What Janeway should have said is, "WE'RE IN A NAVY! Chakotay would be the Captain. That is how command structure works. What kind of a stupid thing is it to sacrifice immeasurably important resources to save a single person?! IDIOT!"
Also, this gets to be my thousandth comment on the board. What a milestone.
Yes because when a star fleet vessel returns after years captain by a known terrorist that wouldn't cause any problems.
Well Tuvok would be there to explain things.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 10:43 am
by Enterprising
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 2:43 am
Yes because when a star fleet vessel returns after years captain by a known terrorist that wouldn't cause any problems.
The monthly Starfleet datastream to Voyager says hello.
Re: Voy - Renaissance Man
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 1:34 pm
by Rocketboy1313
Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 2:43 am
Rocketboy1313 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:18 pm
I have an issue with the, "Voyager can survive without a warp core, but needs a captain".
What Janeway should have said is, "WE'RE IN A NAVY! Chakotay would be the Captain. That is how command structure works. What kind of a stupid thing is it to sacrifice immeasurably important resources to save a single person?! IDIOT!"
Also, this gets to be my thousandth comment on the board. What a milestone.
Yes because when a star fleet vessel returns after years captain by a known terrorist that wouldn't cause any problems.
They were in contact with Earth at this point and much of the circumstances of the situation had been explained.
Also, terrorist? At this point I am betting everyone in the Federation has taken a fresh assessment of the Maquis.