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Tweak says, "MORE THAN THE FAIRY"

To Boldly Go... (jameskirk) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-16 22:23:00

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[Private to Commander Spock]

Commander Spock

My communicator seems to be malfunctioning. Can you read this?

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	jameskirk 2013-06-17 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Spock. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Yes, Captain? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 03:09 am UTC (link)
	It looks like Earth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 03:19 am UTC (link)
	Yes, there are many visual similarities. However, I can think of no logical explanation for how we might have arrived on earth from the Kandari sector near-instantaneously. And were we on earth, we should be able to tune into a federation frequency. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 03:23 am UTC (link)
	So then where are we? And why does my keyboard have keys. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrspock
2013-06-17 03:42 am UTC (link)

I [...] do not know. This may not be federation space.

They were based on the typewriter keyboard patented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1868. The next step in their evolution was the teletype machine, introduced in the 1930s, whcih combined the technology of the typewriter with the telegraph. Early computer keyboards were first adapted from the punch card and teletype technologies. In 1946, the Eniac computer used a punched card reader as its input and output device. In 1948, the Binac computer used an electromechanically controlled typewriter to both input data directly onto magnetic tape (for feeding the computer data) and to print results. The emerging electric typewriter further improved the technological marriage between the typewriter and the computer. Eventually, through VDT technology and electric keyboards, the keyboard's keys could send electronic impulses directly to the computer, but the layout and general design of the keyboard remained roughly the same for many years until the popularization of touch screen technology eventually rendered keyboards with keys obsolete.

So in answer to the question I now realize that you intended to ask me, I believe that our current location may be several centuries behind technologically.

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	jameskirk 2013-06-17 03:53 am UTC (link)
	Did you just look up typewriters or did you just have that fact sitting in your brain, waiting for the time when it would be relevant? I mean, either is fine. So we're on a planet that's like earth, a few centuries behind. Stranded, it looks like, until we can figure out how to reach the Enterprise. And... I mean. Nevermind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I merely recalled information that I had learned at a previous time. That does appear to be the case, yes. Perhaps our signal is being jammed by something in the planet's atmosphere? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Or we've gone back in time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 04:20 am UTC (link)
	Time travel? The only other recent documented incidence of backwards time travel required extremely specific and highly unique conditions, and the odds that those conditions would repeat themselves without our notice or direct intervention are infinitesimal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 04:31 am UTC (link)
	If by "infinitesimal" you mean "what just happened", Spock, I think you might be right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 04:51 am UTC (link)
	"What just happened" cannot be used to measure or express probability. However, I do believe that I see your point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Maybe we should talk to some of the locals, figure out... well, if they're local, or if they were brought here like we were. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Are you at all concerned that talking to the natives might violate the Prime Directive? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 06:15 am UTC (link)
	Am I ever? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Historically, no. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	So let's get this party started. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Without a means of contacting the enterprise, I suppose it may be our only option. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	If the shit hits the fan, Spock, you just tell them you were following orders. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	What fan? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Nevermind, Spock. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Is it something that we should be concerned about? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jameskirk 2013-06-17 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	It's-- it's an expression. Something people say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrspock 2013-06-17 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	Like when the doctor says that he could strangle you? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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