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ArkAngel [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 03:38:31 PM
Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"
 
joshiz [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 03:42:27 PM
I think Voyager finally has enough miles for a free Economy flight on BA.
 
lordaction
2011-12-05 03:53:57 PM
The picture of the gold disc on Voyager was the first naked lady I ever saw when I was kid.
 
Sybarite [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 04:00:39 PM
In short skirts and high collars.
 
netweavr
2011-12-05 04:11:33 PM
ArkAngel: Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"

*WOOSH*
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 05:53:13 PM
netweavr: ArkAngel: Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"

*WOOSH*

Not necessarily.

Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.
 
fusillade762
2011-12-05 06:45:54 PM
"Voyager is showing that what is outside is pushing back."

Uh oh, I've read enough Lovecraft to know that can't be good.
 
PonceAlyosha
2011-12-05 06:45:59 PM
FirstNationalBastard: netweavr: ArkAngel: Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"

*WOOSH*

Not necessarily.

Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.

I thought it was the other way around, that V-ger was an incomplete borg probe or something.

/never saw any star trek,
//just reads to much WMG
 
Spanky_McFarksalot
2011-12-05 06:46:01 PM
"The cosmic purgatory is not full of souls wandering in angst. At least, Voyager 1 doesn't have any instrument to register these"

the writer needs a new job, that was just terrible.
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2011-12-05 06:46:05 PM
KIRK UNIT
 
DarthBrooks [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 06:46:50 PM
FirstNationalBastard:

Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.

I believe Squire Trelaine was a Q.

I believe Commodore Decker's planet killer was originally built to fight the Borg.

And I believe the final episode of "Enterprise" was not canon.

/so there.
 
Shadow Blasko [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 06:48:13 PM
Sorry Subby.

V'GER was Voyager 6...


/Nerd
 
pudding7 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 06:49:28 PM
lordaction: The picture of the gold disc on Voyager was the first naked lady I ever saw when I was kid.

ha! Me too. I remember some book in my elementary school library had it. I thought it was scandalous.
 
texdent [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 06:49:40 PM
DarthBrooks: I believe Squire Trelaine was a Q.

He was a Q according to some Star Trek book I can't remember the name of.
 
fusillade762
2011-12-05 06:51:40 PM
pudding7: lordaction: The picture of the gold disc on Voyager was the first naked lady I ever saw when I was kid.

ha! Me too. I remember some book in my elementary school library had it. I thought it was scandalous.

You guys clearly didn't have a subscription to National Geographic.
 
droosan
2011-12-05 06:52:10 PM
FirstNationalBastard: netweavr: ArkAngel: Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"

*WOOSH*

Not necessarily.

Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.


My pet theory had long been that the fusion of Decker with V'ger was the 'creation moment' of the Borg .. thus explaining why they hadn't been encountered prior to the 'Next Gen' times.

Then First Contact came along, and shot that theory to hell. -_-
 
stuhayes2010
2011-12-05 06:53:07 PM
Voyager's website. Neat.

Ah, Voyager, they hey day of NASA.
 
RyogAkari
2011-12-05 06:53:53 PM
Texdent - Q Squared


/goes back to alphabetically organizing his Star Trek CCG cards
 
DarnoKonrad
2011-12-05 06:54:14 PM
FirstNationalBastard: Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.

And some parts of Christendom believe Mary was born without original sin.

/we could use a borg collective, put people's unused cycles toward something useful.
 
Kibbler
2011-12-05 06:54:57 PM
I bet the left turn signal has been on the whole 11 billion miles
 
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo
2011-12-05 06:55:00 PM
The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.
 
docbenspock
2011-12-05 06:56:59 PM
pudding7: lordaction: The picture of the gold disc on Voyager was the first naked lady I ever saw when I was kid.

ha! Me too. I remember some book in my elementary school library had it. I thought it was scandalous.

i hate to break it to you guys but the first naked lady you ever saw was your mom.

/try to get that that thought out of your head for the next couple hours.
 
rorypk
2011-12-05 06:57:40 PM
you're all space nutters, rabble rabble rabble
 
The_Philosopher_King
2011-12-05 06:57:59 PM
images.tvrage.com

RIP Persis. I was sad to hear she died of a heart attack at 49. She seemed pretty fit in that movie.
 
Kibbler
2011-12-05 06:59:55 PM
Redeem this spacecraft for one order of EXTRA BIG-ASS FRIES
 
buckler [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:01:19 PM
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, what with its nuclear power plant, but I'm amazed that Voyager is still working and transmitting data. I think that really rocks. Also, considering the energy levels we receive from its transmissions, I'm surprised we can still read and make sense of them. Well done, NASA.
 
droosan
2011-12-05 07:01:51 PM
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.


Decker mention during ST:TMP's climax (such as it was) that "Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole".

/what do they call black holes in the 23rd century, I wonder
//and if there is one that close to Earth .. yikes
 
StanTheMan
2011-12-05 07:02:39 PM
Voyager 1 reaches "cosmic purgatory"; continues its search for the creator, hot bald chicks

And ironically, Voyager's mission was less long and ponderous than the first Star Trek movie.

The Onion: Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:02:55 PM
lordaction: The picture of the gold disc on Voyager was the first naked lady I ever saw when I was kid.

I was in my bunk with the Pioneer 10 plaque. The naled guy even showed me which hand to use.
 
Captain James T. Smirk
2011-12-05 07:03:10 PM
Though books are not canon, the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy's Borg creation story is the one I go by, mainly because it was awesome.

Also, Q Squared was the novel that confirmed Trelane was a Q and Vendetta was the novel that confirmed that the planet-killer from "The Doomsday Machine" was built to fight the Borg.
 
McGrits
2011-12-05 07:03:20 PM
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.

you mean providing the first ever "close-up" pictures of the outer planets or maybe discovering rings, moons and storms on other planets (or there moons)? how about working so damn well they can provide information in the interstellar/solar system boundry?

The whole voyager programs were no where near a failure.
 
office888
2011-12-05 07:03:44 PM
Plutonium-based radioisotope thermal generators are a wonderful thing!
 
Mannax
2011-12-05 07:05:33 PM
texdent: DarthBrooks: I believe Squire Trelaine was a Q.

He was a Q according to some Star Trek book I can't remember the name of.

The Q Continuum Trilogy. Trelaine was a "child" Q. He and Q went and actually let another "q" in the galaxy that had been banned from the galaxy.

/Good Trilogy.
//Nerd.
 
buckler [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:06:07 PM
droosan: Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.


Decker mention during ST:TMP's climax (such as it was) that "Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole".

/what do they call black holes in the 23rd century, I wonder
//and if there is one that close to Earth .. yikes

Strange...reminds me of a story I read in OMNI magazine many years ago, in which a Voyager probe fell into a black hole, and emerged as multiple copies, each existing in a different alternate universe. In some, the results were benign, but in at least one, aliens discovered the probe, interpreted the information on the Golden Record, and tracked it to its origin to utterly destroy humanity.
 
texdent [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:06:28 PM
droosan: Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.


Decker mention during ST:TMP's climax (such as it was) that "Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole".

/what do they call black holes in the 23rd century, I wonder
//and if there is one that close to Earth .. yikes

Wormholes?
 
Blind_Io
2011-12-05 07:08:06 PM
Shadow Blasko: Sorry Subby.

V'GER was Voyager 6...


/Nerd

Came here to say this; and I'm currently watching ST:TNG (Frame of Mind)

/nerd II?
 
Captain James T. Smirk
2011-12-05 07:08:42 PM
Mannax: texdent: DarthBrooks: I believe Squire Trelaine was a Q.

He was a Q according to some Star Trek book I can't remember the name of.

The Q Continuum Trilogy. Trelaine was a "child" Q. He and Q went and actually let another "q" in the galaxy that had been banned from the galaxy.

/Good Trilogy.
//Nerd.

Trelane wasn't in the Q Continuum Trilogy. Q let 0 into the universe on his own.
 
elev8meL8r
2011-12-05 07:09:37 PM
images.tvrage.com

I need my Cheetos and Mountain Dew and K-Fed's divorce papers, y'all
 
AnotherOldFart
2011-12-05 07:13:12 PM
Voyager 1 and 2 are now in the 'Heliosheath' - the outermost layer of the heliosphere where the solar wind is slowed by the pressure of interstellar gas.

I have had interstellar gas..... It's not pretty
 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:14:25 PM
Shadow Blasko: Sorry Subby.

V'GER was Voyager 6...


/Nerd

Came for this. Thx.

/not nerd.
 
twat_waffle
2011-12-05 07:17:49 PM
The_Philosopher_King: [images.tvrage.com image 202x250]

RIP Persis. I was sad to hear she died of a heart attack at 49. She seemed pretty fit in that movie.

I knew a girl who was named Ilea in high school. Apparently she wanted me.

/was too socially awkward to do anything about it
//she was hot, too
///csb
 
kimwim
2011-12-05 07:19:00 PM
Kibbler: I bet the left turn signal has been on the whole 11 billion miles

And this is why fark needs upvoting.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:19:31 PM
Where NOMAD has gone before.
 
TheDirtyNacho
2011-12-05 07:20:06 PM
droosan: FirstNationalBastard: netweavr: ArkAngel: Headline should read "hot Borg chicks"

*WOOSH*

Not necessarily.

Some parts of Trek fandom believe that V-Ger created the Borg during its journey through the universe.


My pet theory had long been that the fusion of Decker with V'ger was the 'creation moment' of the Borg .. thus explaining why they hadn't been encountered prior to the 'Next Gen' times.

Then First Contact came along, and shot that theory to hell. -_-


Or rather, V'Ger (as opposed to Voyager) was created by the Borg. Roddenberry himself made that connection. Apparently the probe encountered a wormhole and ended up near the Borg homeworld, or a world that they had assimilated.

/knows too much of this
 
Bit'O'Gristle
2011-12-05 07:21:09 PM
i was imagining..if you were sitting on it right now..out in space..looking back at Sol, how would that feel? Lonely? excited? or just cold and a big feeling of "oh shiat"
 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:21:14 PM
texdent: droosan: Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: The whole voyager idea kind of fails when you consider the distance between stars. 400 years from now voyager will still basically be right next to earth, cosmically speaking. Any alien picking up voyager would only be doing it on their way here, it would be as though it were in our front yard when they came over.


Decker mention during ST:TMP's climax (such as it was) that "Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole".

/what do they call black holes in the 23rd century, I wonder
//and if there is one that close to Earth .. yikes

Wormholes?

I don't know, but let's stop and analyze Deckers line here...

"Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole".

Why the hell would anyone say something like that? I mean, WTF?

"Well hey guys, it's been fun, but it's getting late, so I think I'll head out on the highway in what they used to call a horseless carriage"

*grinds teeth*
 
Madbassist1 [TotalFark]
2011-12-05 07:23:18 PM
Mugato: Where NOMAD has gone before.

That is why I have you favorited. Well done, sir.
 
Balchinian
2011-12-05 07:23:20 PM
FirstNationalBastard:

Some parts of Trek fandom believe...

You should have just stopped right there. There is nothing that could come after that phrase which could possibly be taken seriously anyway.

i.imgur.com
 
JasonOfOrillia
2011-12-05 07:23:57 PM
lh4.googleusercontent.com

Pertinent question.
 
techbuzz
2011-12-05 07:24:48 PM
I found this interesting (new window) - the current positions and other interesting data of the five spacecraft which are leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories.
 
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