tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post6860181016061719107..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Technology in Star Trek, computers, part 1Barry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-42018325998739585502007-08-28T12:56:00.000-04:002007-08-28T12:56:00.000-04:00Don't forget, "I, Mudd," where they confused all t...Don't forget, "I, Mudd," where they confused all the androids with their hilarious antics.<BR/><BR/>To answer your question, no, I'm not sure. They certainly have suddenly saved the day with "one of Seven's Borg algorithms," or as I'm fond of complaining about, "a recursive algorithm." Perhaps that counts.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681883169121834569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-69364825391962130872007-08-28T10:54:00.000-04:002007-08-28T10:54:00.000-04:00Hm, are you sure? I have vague thoughts that ther...Hm, are you sure? I have vague thoughts that there <I>were</I> cases where someone figured out fairly late that the computer — or some computerized aspect of things — could be the solution. I can't think of anything specific just now, though.<BR/><BR/>There were a couple of episodes in the original series, of course, that were solved by confusing the computer, or somehow overloading it (in "Wolf in the Fold", they exorcised the Jack-the-Ripper spirit from the computer by telling it to compute pi exactly; in "The Changeling" and "The Ultimate Computer" they defeated the out-of-control machines by convincing them that they were wrong, and, thus, flawed).Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-60651985201682267382007-08-28T10:38:00.000-04:002007-08-28T10:38:00.000-04:00The computer is a sort of frustrating form of magi...The computer is a sort of frustrating form of magic. Either the spell works, or for reasons we can't understand, the spell doesn't work (obviously for the sake of the plot). We can have dialog about using the magic sometimes, when the magic isn't working by itself. At least nobody ever suddenly remembers that the computer can do something that will solve the current crisis.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681883169121834569noreply@blogger.com