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I saw it mentioned in the back of that novel he had come back, hence why I am hunting for the pre-novel in a sense.

Alright, Andy see's that at Best Buy Star Trek Online is $30. Now I am already playing WoW, and I am just wondering if for ONE Month (I am trying before committing) it's worth $30? How good is this game?

Just as a note TKar, you can pay every 3 & 6 months also.

So a shoot'em up? Not a discovery game.

This is just a fun informal poll. I think I got the big names, if you vote other, please tell us who is must read for you?

A.C Crispin I liked the Zar books. My favorite trek novel, NOT by Peter David is Vulcan Academy Murders.

<<This is something I caught on Yahoo News>> Nimoy ready for retirement Posted By KEVIN WILLIAMSON Posted 1 day ago Just when he thinks he's out, they beam him back in. How else to describe Leonard Nimoy's enduring, at times conflicted relationship withStar Trek,the franchise that has defined his career for more than four decades -- regardless of how many times he swore it off or believed it was finished? "Countless times, I thought it was done," he admits on the phone from Los Angeles. But this time, says the 79-year-old actor-director-photographer, there are no more possibilities. Spock, his pointy-eared alter-ego, will live long and prosper. But it will be without Nimoy. "I want to get off the stage. Also, I don't think it would be fair to Zachary Quinto," he says, referring to the actor who portrayed a youthful Spock in last summer's smashStar Trekrelaunch. "He's a terrific actor, he looks the part, and it's time to give him some space. And I'm very flattered the character will continue." In other words, don't expect to see Nimoy in the nextTreksequel, scheduled for 2012. And don't expect to see him anywhere else, either. Having just shot what will be his final appearance as enigmatic genius Dr. William Bell in TV'sFringe,he says he's retiring from acting altogether. "I've been doing this professionally for 60 years," he says with a laugh. "I love the idea of going out on a positive note. I've had a great, great time." After all, his involvement withFringewas never intended to be permanent. Rather, he'd only agreed to appear in a few episodes as a favour to J.J. Abrams, who producesFringeand, of course, directedStar Trek. "I was away from acting for 12 years, so I guess I was seducable," Nimoy says. "But since J.J. Abrams revived theStar Trekfranchise, I felt I owed him something. And I'm glad I did it because he promised me a good story, and it was." Also in question is how many more science-fiction conventions he has in his future. He'll be at this weekend's Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo which "could be the last go-round for that too," he says, noting he only has a few more public appearances planned. Not that he doesn't enjoy them. He describes each one as "a love fest. I'm so grateful to the fans. I call these kind of experiences a victory lap ... It's like having a family meeting -- a family reunion." That goodwill mirrors how his own emotions aboutTrekhave mellowed. Famously, his 1975 autobiography was entitledI Am Not Spock.By 1995, when he published his second autobiography, the title had been modified toI Am Spock. He explains he made peace with the iconic series during the 1980s and particularly withStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home,which he directed. "I felt likeStar Trek IVwas my personal statement onStar Trek." Now, typecasting be damned, he feels no regrets about donning the ears that made him famous. "SinceStar Trekbegan in 1966, I've never had to worry about where the next job was." Rather, with his acting and filmmaking career behind him, he wants to concentrate on photography, citing an exhibition he has coming up in Massachusetts. He acknowledges he was met with skepticism initially about this latest creative venture, "but I've built credibility now in the art world." And among the general population, too. He recalls an incident in which he and Tom Hanks were approached by a young man who wanted his picture taken with Hanks. When Hanks asked who would take the photo, the man turned to the now former Mr. Spock. "He said, 'Mr. Nimoy, you're a wonderful photographer. Would you take our picture?' "

I see a few things that killed Voyager before and after it launched. Now the core idea of Voyager was good, the idea of a starship out there in the middle of nowhere, Star Fleet command way too far to butt in. It sounds like how Star Trek was originally, heck they even had a Vulcan on the bridge. However, the wheels fell off the wagon shortly thereafter. Merchandising: The Next Generation, and D.S.9 had action figures, posters, video games, the works. Voyager didn’t have ANY of this; the show had two video games, which were first person shooters. Peter David: There are few authors out there who carry the weight that Peter David does, and Peter made it clear to the fandom, that he would NEVER write a Voyager novel. This hurt the franchise; it’s like a star player refusing to play in a city because he hates that city. In fact that only time that I can recall Peter writing ANYTHING to do with Voyager, he killed off Admiral Janeway (YES) (Just to give people the name of the novel. Star Trek: The Next Generation, Before Dishonor) Captain Janeway: In a way, this character had problems before the FANS saw ANYTHING. Since original Geneviève Bujold was suppose to play the role, but backed out after realizing how much she hated the day to day demands of shooting an ongoing series. (Thanks A9 for the info, I just remember the two actor problem, and one being from Québec) In a way Captain Janeway was a character of two actors, which did hurt her. The other problem was after several years of Captain Sisko’s more hands on approach to problems, people weren’t interested in Picard 2.0, who himmed, and hawed, and then took action. They wanted a bit more action, and allot less emotional debating. On a side note First Contact came out about a year after Voyager took off, so people forgot how Picard was, and remembered how he became in that film. Harry Kim: Let’s see, he plays the role of the rookie perfectly. Wait, he’s an Ensign for seven years, and commands the Graveyard shift? This is as buyable as the idea of a fountain of youth being on Ferenginar. The kid is human, I could buy Tovuk working two shifts, but Harry, give me a break, or give him a promotion. Nelix: I could buy the idea of a cook/guide for a few seasons, but for 7 years, and after how long since they passed a point where he didn’t know anything? Why didn’t they rotate him out, or give him something more serious to do on the ship. I mean he became a walking joke that lost the punch line. How he left the ship at the end, come on do I smell the cheapness in it?:-P Kes: I don’t have a problem with her attitude and such. However, who was the person who cooked up a character who could die of old age, while the show was still in production? I mean she could go from 20-something to dying of old age during the series run.:-P Tovuk: Already covered. Here are the GENERAL problems with Voyager -Kes warned them about the Year of Hell, gave them every scrap of information she had on it, and they make NO REFERENCE to it, or appeared to try and change things because of that information. -How many episodes were pure fluff? Where you got the idea that there was nothing solid in it, but pure emotional trash. I mean was Roddenberry the only one who knew how to give show solid material, and include emotions? - How many episodes were based on, or centered around the Holodeck? I mean with The Next Generation it’s buyable, since they were in Federation space, but Voyager was entirely unknown space, the Holodeck saw WAY too much use! -Battle damage recovery (already covered) -Supplies, it seemed after a while Voyager had more and more supplies, so less finding, but no reason why. I mean heck, the Enterprise needed certain procedures in Space Dock, but Voyage doesn’t? HOW! -The Borg went from his invincible enemy, to one that little Voyager could take on. Where before it took an android, and a command crew to the flag ship of the fleet to turn an X-Borg back to normal, while now a half normal crew, and half rebel crew can do it? These are all the reasons why Voyager Failed. Nemesis, and Star Trek 11 more or less killed the franchise off for good. If Rick Berman had any respect for the people who paid his bills (I.E us), he’d just admit he screwed up royally, and maybe try to fix things. Instead of making more and more mistakes.

For some reason it seems I'm seeing things posted in what I assume is Hawaiian time. How do I change the time of posting to the time zone I am in?

Viva the Canadien victory, and the trouble it caused.;-) We had a nation that took a day off the next day, and flight delays (Yes, people wanted to watch the game over board a plane).

Alright, anyone who is a fan of Star Trek, the original series, knows if you wear a red shirt, you must die. Now someone has done an interview with a guy who watched every original episode, and predicted the chance of you biting the dust if you wear a red shirt if certain events happen. Want to know more about the Red Shirt death phenom? Then download episode #25 of the Stuph file You can find the Stuph file at peteranthonyholder.com/podcast-0025.htm Edit: To give none imbeded link.

After being burned by Legacy and a few other Trek titles, it's hard to sell me on yet another one.

I am trying to download Java, and it's jamming on the download installation files, anyone else hit this problem?

Dear god, the last "New" Trek movie was bad, so I am dreading the sequal.

You know, I wanted to like this film. After what's happend with Trek recently I wanted to sit back, and enjoy Star Trek again. I am sorry, the writters & casting screwwed up big time. In a one liner, "This is Star Trek for adrenaline junkies" want to see my problems, read but I am not holding back. Personal Problems Uhura & Spoke: I know this is an alternative time line, but I doubt the Kelvin being destroyed would've affected him being betrothed to T'Pring. I mean for him to be so emtional with her, after Vulcan bough the farm along with his wife to be, whats with it?!?!? Bones: Two flaws with Bones. In the first shot we see him, he has gray in his 5 o'clock shadow implying age, and for the rest of the movie he seems as young as the rest of the crew. Great head, but his body looks like he's a body builder. Bones from TOS doesn't look like a body builder. Chekov: Nice accent, but the hair?!? He went from having brown straight hair, to red curely locks. TOS had it so the Enterprise was his first posting. Anyone care to explain how suddenly him and Kirk became close in age? Kirk: I didn't expect the James T. Kirk we knew, but common the KM win. He was all but screaming to the everyone he cheated before the nerf hit the fan. Too many times when the stakes were more, Kirk played it serious until things happend, and he didn't do it in the old KM. Otherwise Kirk was fine. Mind you he seemed shorter. Ship Problems The Bridge: I expected some redesigning, but that mess? Who puts a white board on the bridge! How about the transparant aluiminm surrounding 3/4ths of bridge? The bridge on the top isn't the best idea, but before it had stuff all around it, and took a while to break it open. Now some snipper from another ship could take out the brains of a ship. The Kelvin's destruction: I know the auto pilot was down, but to hit a ship the size of the Romulan "mining" ship do you really need autopilot? Why didn't George Kirk not just turn on the engines and get the heck off that ship? The Narada: I have several problems with the ship. Its a mining ship, it looks more like a Warship. Considering how many weapons its packing, it should never be considered a mining ship! The intior design, doesn't look remotely anything like a real ship. In space every bit of space is valudable, so to have those huge gaps betweens levels makes no sense. Mind you how a Mining ship survives two-three battles in 2 days with with 40+ ships, and two planatary defense grids is beyond me:-P The idea that Vulcan and Earth lack any kind of planet to space defense system is not realistic. Engineering: Two big problems, what could the Enterprise possibly be cooling with WATER. Second problem, when did Star Fleet install multiple Warp-Cores?! I mean in thoery Enterprise happend, where they show ONE Warpcore. How many ships have more than ONE engine? I've read up on navel tech, and not ONE of them has more than ONE ENGINE, which is what the Warp Core is. Yet, we saw 4, 1,2 3, 4 OF THEM BLOW UP! I'll be back to rant later about more flaws in this film. I say next time hire Peter David to write it, the man knows what he's doing and doesn't need this alternate time line deal to do a good action filled story.

I want to change the e-mail address linked to this account. How do I do that?

Wolf, not to knock your discovery but back in '95 while having some cosmetic sugery done due to body developing scars all the time they used a laser to close up the work done.

Scientists create cloaking device WASHINGTON - Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before — to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs. In this first successful experiment, researchers from the United States and England were able to cloak a copper cylinder. It's like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky. "We have built an artificial mirage that can hide something from would-be observers in any direction," said cloak designer David Schurig, a research associate in Duke University's electrical and computer engineering department. For their first attempt, the researchers designed a cloak that prevents microwaves from detecting objects. Like light and radar waves, microwaves usually bounce off objects, making them visible to instruments and creating a shadow that can be detected. Cloaking used special materials to deflect radar or light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream. It differs from stealth technology, which does not make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track. The new work points the way for an improved version that could hide people and objects from visible light. Conceptually, the chance of adapting the concept to visible light is good, Schurig said in a telephone interview. But, he added, "From an engineering point of view it is very challenging." The cloaking of a cylinder from microwaves comes just five months after Schurig and colleagues published their theory that it should be possible. Their work is reported in a paper in Friday's issue of the journal Science. "We did this work very quickly ... and that led to a cloak that is not optimal," said co-author David R. Smith, also of Duke. "We know how to make a much better one." The first working cloak was in only two dimensions and did cast a small shadow, Smith said. The next step is to go for three dimensions and to eliminate any shadow. Viewers can see things because objects scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. "The cloak reduces both an object's reflection and its shadow, either of which would enable its detection," Smith said. The cloak is made of metamaterials, which are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. In an ideal situation, the cloak and the item it is hiding would be invisible. An observer would see whatever is beyond them, with no evidence the cloaked item exists. "Since we do not have a perfect cloak at this point, there is some reflection and some shadow, meaning that the background would still be visible just darkened somewhat. ... We now just need to improve the performance of cloaking structures." In a very speculative application, he added, "one could imagine 'cloaking' acoustic waves, so as to shield a region from vibration or seismic activity." Natalia M. Litchinitser, a researcher at the University of Michigan department of electrical engineering and computer science who was not part of the research team, said the ideas raised by the work "represent a first step toward the development of functional materials for a wide spectrum of civil and military applications." Joining Schurig and Smith in the project were researchers at Imperial College in London and SensorMetrix, a materials and technology company in San Diego. The research was supported by the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program and the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

I've inculded a link, long and the short of it is the Wii is getting a Trek game. ;-) Guess now Trek fans join us wii gaming mortals in trying to get this consol. ((Bad Pun, I slay me!)) http://ps2.ign.com/articles/810/810367p1.html

I am going to skip this film. I mean after the bombs known as Nemisis, and Voyager. Now the idea of slapping together a new set of actors to play an old crew. Sorry, its not going to work for me.

I am going to have to raise a glass to the Defaint Class ship, a tough little ship. It was also the first ship I simmed on. Shame no blueprints were avaible until the second year I was on her.

My own over built PC is known simply as the Mark II (Mark I was designed years ago when I finally got the cash to make a new PC, I went with a name I respected)

Huff, you think you are bad, look when I am showing up?;-) For what its worth, 3 new PC games (inculding Legacy), and 1 new mouse. Also a job, lost my old one in October, so to be re-employed is nice:-)

For what its worth when my old 633 was on its last legs, I purchased a Cube for the same reasons. Mind you now with the Wii, doctors might be ordering you to buy one for improved health. Imagine 20 hour marathons where you have to move?

*Opens up THE VAULT* When it comes to trek books, I have my few gold (Still in WoW mod, so bear with me) on when I think about it. 1) Peter David, Micheal Jan Friedmen, and Diane Carey are on the ball. The first two, I have yet to find a bad trek book by the first two. I have Peter David's last 2 NF books in Hard cover, and pre-ordered so I has them before they hit the market. Micheal, he did this great X-Men/TNG book, and despite TNG moving on from that point its great seeing how he lines up different X-Men with different TNG characters. Diane, I feel sometimes goes too emtional, or off track as writer. Mind you as a specail note she did give me the idea for the Clan Ruian race (TOS #75). 2)I have yet to find a Voyager book I like. I sold off my collection of them years ago since they were so boaring. No real sense of being there. Then again this is from the guy who wanted to buy a Voyager model and have it run over with a steam roller, so take that opinion with a pinch of salt. 3) Some of the 'Pre-numbering' Trek books are also good. These go back to the 60s, so a used Bookstore is your best friend there. One of the bigger problems with 'modern' trek books is that Gene can't see them. Since anything from the 60s to early 90s, odds are Gene had a few cents on wiether it went gold or not.