Post Race!

[Niya]

Let me make it simple, any Star Trek made before 2009 is real Star Trek which is every one of those you mentioned.

[Niya]

If you're into young teen melodrama like Dawson's Creek or Vampire Diaries then all Star Trek made from 2009 to the present is for you but that is not real Star Trek.

[Niya]

Though to be fair I did enjoy the second movie made in 2013, mostly because Benedict Cumberbatch gave such a compelling performance as Khan. It was perhaps the closest I have seen modern Star Trek come to being true to form. It still had a lot of melodramatic nonsense like Uhura and Spock's little lover's spat which was done very poorly for something in the Star Trek universe.

[dilettante]

I can appreciate "J.J. Trek" films as their own thing, a sort of kaleidoscopic look at the original series spun out in a different way. There is a lot that bothered me about their altered take on it all but also a lot to enjoy. I view them as something between "Galaxy Quest" and actual "Star Trek."

[Niya]

I can appreciate "J.J. Trek" films as their own thing, a sort of kaleidoscopic look at the original series spun out in a different way. There is a lot that bothered me about their altered take on it all but also a lot to enjoy. I view them as something between "Galaxy Quest" and actual "Star Trek."

Yea this is pretty much my take on the films. They are not that bad but certainly not what I'd call true Star Trek.

I think I said this in the "Stuff to watch" thread that the only modern show I've seen that captures the true essence of classic Star Trek to near perfection is The Orville. That show has all the magic of pre-2009 Star Trek.

[Niya]

One of the brilliant things about classic Star Trek shows is that it often challenged the viewers to think about the things we take for granted in new and interesting ways. Everyday things like love, hate ,conflict, family, religion, duty, responsibility and morality. Modern writers lack the sophistication to produce works that tackle these topics in interesting ways. The writers for The Orville are the sole exception.

[dilettante]

I see Dave Cullen is backtracking a little now on "Picard" S3. Waffling pretty hard actually. So as I said I'll probably watch it if made available this side of the paywall, at least the first few episodes.

I guess we still have the Picardroid but "er, they were stuck with it, just live with that now." Cullen does more tap dancing than that as well: weird Worf behavior ("ignore that"), swearing ("not as much"), angry women ("not quite as angry now"), etc.

Poor Dave. He doesn't enjoy being caught with his hand in the till.

[Bonker Gudd]

The Orville's are holy.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Are there any Orvilles that aren't kind of weird?

[dilettante]

Are there any Orvilles that aren't kind of weird?

Maybe not, though some are more drug-fueled nightmares than others:

[szlamany]

Are there any Orvilles that aren't kind of weird?

Yup, you got it right...

[szlamany]

Oops, while enhancing some code related to these functions, I found i_set_sum to be a bit undone! Now I have to figure out what I was thinking this function was going to do, all those months ago when I left this code!

[edit] And I found a bug in i_set_columns - never setting blnUse back to false in that loop - wow! I need code-review-Fridays here, but I've got no coders working for me right now, lol! [/edit]

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[Shaggy Hiker]

That's a bit serious for the Post Race.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I was thinking of the Orvilles that I have heard of. There's Wright, Redenbacher...and that's about it.

[TysonLPrice]

This is a shame...too bad. This was such nice site for so long. Maybe Chit Chat needs shut down? But...I guess the other forums are susceptible to this kind of mischief. Sigh

[Shaggy Hiker]

Are you objecting to the Orvilles? The other forums aren't susceptible to Orvilles.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Do people want to bet on the Super Bowl? I'll be willing to place a bet by sometime this evening. By then, I expect to have made up my mind as to who will win.

[Shaggy Hiker]

At this time, I'm willing to bet that it won't be Dallas, or Cleveland, but that's about it.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Also, have people heard that Philadelphia is greasing their lamp posts? I hadn't heard about that until this year, but apparently it's a real thing.

Seems like it might be self defeating. After all, doesn't that just make it a challenge?

[szlamany]

Fans in Philadelphia seem to go wild regardless of win or loss, day or night. I've heard of the lamp post trick before. Us frustrated Giants fans simply do not understand this behavior...

[Shaggy Hiker]

I think it might have to do with the lamp posts. I saw a picture of it, and it looks like they have some fancy light posts down there. A simple metal pole is difficult to climb, greased or not, but those ornate cast poles looks like they have more grip on them.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It turned out to be a good game, though.

[wes4dbt]

Yeah, good game. That Hurts fumble was costly. KC's offense in the second half was terrific. Nice mix if run and pass. Mahomes got rid of the ball quick and made a couple plays with his legs.

That last penalty was a killer.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It was nice to see the CB come out and say that it really was holding. He owned up to it.

I thought the overturned fumble, earlier, wasn't a great call, and there was a missed PI early on, but overall I thought the refs did a good job.

What was pretty nice was that there were essentially no injuries. Mahomes re-injured his ankle...but it clearly didn't matter much. I don't remember a single time stoppage due to injury in the entire game. Contrast that with the NFC Championship where the 49ers had a couple members of the custodial staff playing by the second half...

[wes4dbt]

Pacheco took a big hit and was down for a little while. Didn't keep him out long.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, that was a hard hit. I never expected him to be out for very long, though, and he wasn't. I think he just got the wind knocked out of him.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Did they stop play for that? I can't remember.

[homer13j]

Remember, kids... your gas stove is harmful and needs to be banned, but a giant cloud of burning vinyl chloride is perfectly safe.

[Shaggy Hiker]

The solution to pollution is dilution.

That's not a flippant statement. For most every form of pollution, we don't really have any other solution. Some things can be cleaned up over time through biological degradation. For other types of pollution, all we do is scrape up everything contaminated and truck it somewhere with either fewer people, or those with less political clout. For still others, we cap it in place and tell people not to touch the water or any dirt. In both cases, there's a form of dilution at play to reach any ultimate goal.

It does sound like they might have measured incorrectly. I say "might have", because this is becoming so distorted that it's hard to say what is fact and what is fiction anymore. They should have measured upwind, at the site, and downwind. They might even have done that. The reporting seems to depend on which position was taken. I'm mostly hearing anecdotes on the news, which isn't all that helpful.

I'm not even sure who "they" are, in this case. I thought I heard it was the EPA, which seems possible, but a bit odd. Idaho has it's own, for things like this, and they seem to do a pretty responsible job. I have no idea what Ohio has.

[dday9]

Chaw boy, it’s Mardi Gras here! I’m at the Lockport parade, me.

[Shaggy Hiker]

What's the temperature?

It's relatively nice, up here, but that means that it's above freezing, not that it is nice enough for anybody to want to be parading.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It's much worse when the trumpet players freeze to their instruments.

[dday9]

On Saturday it was hovering around the 50's which was a little chilly, but yesterday it was in the upper 60's and felt amazing. It looks like we have a high/low today of 78/67 which will be another beautiful day.

[dday9]

I love Lundi Gras almost as much as I love Mardi Gras.

[Shaggy Hiker]

We might make it to 50 degrees today, but it might snow tomorrow.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Not really complaining. We started off with a good winter. It hasn't been totally dry since then, but it hasn't been all that wet, either. We need more snow before the winter is out, and a wet spring would be mostly good. Mostly, because I'm intending to go for a six week bike trip, so a sodden spring might make for some damp riding.

[homer13j]

On Saturday it was hovering around the 50's which was a little chilly

50s in February here is cause for celebration.

Oh, and happy Paczki day.

[szlamany]

Oh, and happy Paczki day.

I love the pronunciation of that word: Pączki

“pohnch-kee”

[FunkyDexter]

Never heard of it but any day you celebrate by eating Donuts is alright by me. I think I'll celebrate it right now.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I thought those were just jelly filled doughnuts. Having learned this new thing, I will promptly forget it.