From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: David{at}block.net
Subject: Re: STAR TREK THE WRATH OF KHAN: was What Did You Watch?
2013-06-01(Saturday)

On 6/6/2013 1:16 PM, Wiseguy wrote:
> David Johnston  wrote in news:koqdop$hrh$2{at}dont-
> email.me:
>
>> On 6/5/2013 11:35 PM, Wiseguy wrote:
>>> David Johnston  wrote in
>>> news:konjlt$u78$1{at}dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 6/5/2013 12:41 AM, Halmyre wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 4, 5:06 pm, anim8rFSK  wrote:
>>>>>> In article ,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     "Danie...{at}teranews.com"
 wrote:
>>>>>>> Lewis wrote:
>>>>>>>> In message 
>>>>>>>>       Arthur Lipscomb
 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/2/2013 10:03 PM, ToolPackinMama wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/2/2013 10:31 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Most of the other characters
were from TOS or just a random
>>>>>>>>>>> alien.  This guy stands out
because TOS had no cyborgs like
>>>>>>>>>>> that on the Enterprise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> TOS did have an android on the
Enterprise in one episode.  He
>>>>>>>>>> wore a Starfleet uniform and everything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/imudd.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not entirely the same thing.  Androids
were clearly established
>>>>>>>>> in TOS, which made Data's claims of
uniqueness a little odd.
> The
>>>>>>>>> character in the movie is humanoid
with cybernetic implants
> which
>>>>>>>>> apparently (according to online
sources) have a direct neural
>>>>>>>>> interface with the Enterprise.  He's
more Borg than Starfleet
> and
>>>>>>>>> more advance than anything Starfleet
should have had during TOS
>>>>>>>>> (or even TNG).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Different History. Different developments.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lewis, I was going to give a similar response
to Arthur, up
> thread,
>>>>>>> along the lines of "Different Timeline,
so who knows what is
>>>>>>> possible!!", but as this is only a shout
time (months/years??)
>>>>>>> after the re-boot, is it really likely that
there would be a Borg
>>>>>>> in Starfleet??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The history of the universe and basic physics were already
>>>>>> completely different in the first movie when Nero
first appeared.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the laws of physics are...erm, unchangeable...
>>>>
>>>> I dunno about that.  The way warp drive works changed between TOS
> and
>>>> TNG.  And that wasn't even supposed to be a parallel universe.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> They took place several decades apart.  Can't there be any
> advancements
>>> in what is a FICTIONAL universe?
>>>
>>
>> I don't consider changing how speed is measured to a asymptotic scale
> to
>> be an advancement.
>>
>
> You wrote: "The way warp drive works" not "changing how speed is
> measured to a asymptotic scale."
>

Yes, the speed of warp drive.
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