Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2006 9:01 P.M.
Beam Me Up Scotty! There's no Intelligent Life down here! Hey everyone. (tap, tap, tap) Is this thing on? (tap, tap, tap) someone turn the lights up, I can�t see anybody. Oh, ok. There you are. I knew I heard someone in here. First of all, I am a Trekkie. I am proud of that. I have been a Trekkie since 1966. Ahhh, the memories. Back in the days when Tribbles were fat and William Shatner wasn�t. Back then, people (blasphemers) thought Star Trek was all Sci-Fi and nothing about the show could EVER really happen. Ha, I say to them, Ha!! Who�s laughing now? Telecommunication devices, (cough, cough cellphones)Computers where people could talk to other people and see them at the same time?(cough, cough, webcam) laser beams (cough, cough, surgery procedures) and transporters (cough, cough, never mind that one) are common day items now. In fact, some of the things that were impossibilities back then are now obsolete in our modern world. If my mother was alive now, she would be amazed at the technology. Well, she would be amazed for about the 20 minutes it would take her to get to Foxwood�s and that would probably stall her curiosity for a while. She wouldn't leave till she won. I remember transistor radios when they only had AM and you had to keep turning them sideways and backwards and all kinds of angles to get the reception right. And they were big! Then came boom boxes held on the shoulders of the cool guys that were usually 40 pounds heavier than the guys carrying them. Now they music is held in a handheld device smaller than a pack of cigarettes. Wow. How about music storage? We never heard of an 8-track in the early 60�s and now, nobody even owns one. CD�s are the next thing to go. Yup. Trust me on this. Within 10 years, you�ll be using them as coasters. DVD�s too. You will just have a memory stick with a chip that will hold all your music and all your movies. (Yes, I know. They already have them for music and data, but in the future, it will hold 3 to 5 movies. You will just plug it into the jack on the TV and watch your stored movies. When you want more, you will download to the stick from your computer or run to blockbuster and plug into their mainframe to download the new releases. Yup. That�s the way it will be, March 21st 2016. Another thing I see happening (ok, I see things. Leave me alone.) My son came up with this when he was 12. 23 years ago. You will download a program and insert it into another machine in the corner of a large room. When activated, it will produce a life sized hologram of your favorite band. AC/DC, Rolling Stones, whatever. Though I think another 10 years for Mick Jagger is pushing it. Hell, the LAST 10 he has been. Who knows. Maybe cryogenics will soon the norm too. Freeze yourself during PMS or Menopause and thaw yourself out later. Ok, maybe we will skip that one.
What got me started on this totally silly entry was chailife with this little quiz. It just goes to show you. Once you start me up, there�s no stopping me.
Your results:
You are Uhura
| Uhura |
| 70% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 60% |
| Chekov |
| 55% |
| Will Riker |
| 55% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 50% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 50% |
| Geordi LaForge |
| 50% |
| Worf |
| 50% |
| Spock |
| 42% |
| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 40% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 40% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 35% |
| Data |
| 27% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 15% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 10% |
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You are a good communicator with a
pleasant soft-spoken voice.
Also a talented singer.
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Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character am I?" quiz...
Wow. I didn�t know I was black. Ya learn something new every day.
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