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

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."
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