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 6/5/2013 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.
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