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Author Topic: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.  (Read 3512 times)

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Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« on: November 03, 2009, 04:07:08 PM »

What would happen if four people stood facing away from eachother towards the four main compas directions and walked outwards? They never explain.... Stupid Star trek.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 04:25:23 PM »
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 04:29:35 PM »
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 04:31:23 PM »
You need a better firefox.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 04:37:52 PM »

It started working lol. This stuff is comedy gold!

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"What if they take a real rock in with them, walk away from each other (past the physical limits of the Holodeck) and then toss the rock back and forth?"

This one is too easy. The holodeck could treat the rock in just the same way as it would treat a person. When it leaves the hand of the thrower, the Holodeck "wraps" it in its own miniature simulation, and hides it from the two people, who (in their own mini-Holodeck) see only an image of the rock. The rock is then moved (with force beams) from the thrower to the catcher, given the appropriate kinetic energy along the way. From the rock's point of view nothing out of the ordinary happens.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 10:35:14 PM »
If four people facing away from each other walked away from each other along he points of the compass, wouldn't they walk back to each other?

At least, that was my understanding of how the holodeck works. Perhaps, I'm wrong.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 03:04:08 AM »
you have to make up a lot of crap to make the holodeck make sense.

for all its inconsistencies, though, I liked the holodeck on voyager.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 05:09:01 PM »
Quote from: Clear_Runway on November 07, 2009, 03:04:08 AM
for all its inconsistencies, though, I liked the holodeck on voyager.

Of course! They ladies were so realistic and beautiful, the unsuspecting Asian crewmen fell in love.

Edit: Also the captain and a few others, I think.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 01:04:11 AM »
Quote from: Novice on November 07, 2009, 05:09:01 PM
Of course! They ladies were so realistic and beautiful, the unsuspecting Asian crewmen fell in love.

Edit: Also the captain and a few others, I think.

Holodecks are for dealing with the pon farr while stuck in the delta quadrant, clearly.
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2009, 02:08:00 AM »
Dude!
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2009, 09:06:49 AM »
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Re: Holodeck.... Major hole in the concept.
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2009, 04:08:44 PM »
Psh! You never know! ;)
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