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  4. Posted

    It's in the startrek.com FAQ section, there is no explanation, they made it up foir the show, stardates don't exsist.

    How are stardates calculated and is there a way I can convert today's date into a stardate?

    According to Gene Roddenberry in "The Making of Star Trek," stardates were originally created "simply to keep from tying ourselves down to 2265 ... " and to make clear that Star Trek was set in the future. There wasn't a method used to calculate the date, but the producers of the original show did keep a rough track of stardates and there was some logic as to how they progressed. However, as the shows aired out of order from the production order, the stardates would sometimes go backwards. To address this problem, Roddenberry formulated a clever explanation that used a bit of scientific double talk to make stardates sound more plausible, i.e. they "adjust for shifts in relative time which occur due to the vessel's speed and space warp capability ... "

     

    By the time Star Trek: The Next Generation was produced, another digit was added to the stardates. According to Michael and Denise Okuda's "Star Trek Chronology," Gene Roddenberry added the extra digit to show how long had passed between the Original Series and the new show. The first digit used was a 4 and the second digit designated the show's current season. The last three digits before the decimal point would increase from 000-999 according to where in the season the episode took place.

     

    As stardates don't really correspond to anything in reality, fans have taken it upon themselves to come up with their own version of dating based on the standard calendar. By using the year, month, day approach, the day the first episode of Star Trek aired, September 8, 1966, would appear as 6609.08.

    Stardate FAQ click here

  5. Posted

    so what does the cork do for the bat anyway?

    Basicly you drill a hole in the top of a bat to make it lighter, and fill it in with cork or rubber or something light. Thus it looks like a normal bat bit on the sweet spot, right on the barrel, there is less mass so the bat speed is quicker and you hit the ball harder, and farther.

  6. Posted

    This isn't really a collection but it could be considered one. I like to keep old newspapers from historical events. I have papers from my lifetime going back to the first Moon landing that my parents kept. I have papers from when Elvis died, Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984 and various other big events of the past 34 years. The oldest paper I have is from when the Hindenburg exploded.

    Yeah I do that too, so does everyone in my family. I keep them in a box under my coffee table, at some point i'm gonna frame them and put them on my wall.

  10. Posted

    Sosa ejected after cork is found in shattered bat

     

     

    CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against Tampa Bay right when umpires found cork in his shattered bat.

     

    The Cubs had runners at second and third when Sosa broke his bat with a grounder to second that at first appeared to drive in a run.

     

    But crew chief Tim McClelland gathered with the other three umpires to examine the bat. Cubs manager Dusty Baker came out and the umpires showed the bat to him.

     

    Mark Grudzielanek was sent back to third base, the run was wiped off the board and Sosa was ejected as he stood in the dugout.

    From ESPN

  11. Posted

    I'm:

    colossus-b.jpg

    Name: Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin

    POB: Russia

    Mutant Power: Colossus has the ability to transform his body into an organic steel like substance. While in metal form Colossus has super strength and is really, really hard to damage.

     

    Breif Bio: Colossus left the Ust-Ordynski Collective in Siberia to join Xavier's second group of X-MEN. He spent many years with them until his little sister Illyana became the first victim to the mutant plague known as the legacy virus. When she died, Peter was so disenfranchised with Xavier's way that he joined Magneto's Acolytes.

    After returning to the x-men sometime later, Peter injected himself with an experimental innoculation in an effort to wipe out the legacy virus. His actions ended the threat of the virus once and for all but claimed his life.

     

    Wacky Plotline: During a battle with the uber powerfull, reality altering villian Proteus, [who had a vulnerability to metal] Colossus was forced to make a big decision... He saved the world... by puching his fist through Proteus' chest!

    other characters you could have been:

    angel beast cable chamber captain america colossus cyclops daredevil emma frost gambit havok  hawkeye the hulk the human torch iceman the invisible woman ironman jean grey juggernaut  magneto marrow nightcrawler northstar professor  the punisher  quicksilver reed richards rogue sabretooth the scarlet witch spider-man storm the thing thor wolverine

  14. Posted

    I said Star Trek VI, it was the only I really felt content with, and didn't have a bunch of questions about afterward. Endgame wasn't that great, Nemesis was a great movie but the the "end" wasn't the "end". STVI had an end that made me say well if thats the last one it's okay by me.

     

    700th post

  15. Posted

    Apfelquarkkuchen (German Apple & Cream Cake)

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    Cake:

    1 pk Yeast; Dry,Active

    4tb Sugar

    1/4c Butter or Margarine

    1 egg, large

    1/2 ts Salt

    2c Flour

    1/2c Milk

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    Filling:

    3c Apples, sliced

    1 ts Cinnamon

    2 tb Flour

    1 egg

    1 tb Lemon Juice

    3/4c Sugar

    8oz Cream Cheese

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    CAKE:

    Mix yeast, salt, 4 T sugar, and 3/4 cup flour. Add butter to milk. Heat until very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Gradually add milk to flour mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. Add egg and 1/2 cup flour. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Mix in enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic. Place in greased bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Pat dough into well-greased 10-inch springform pan pressing the dough 1 1/2 inches up the sides of the pan.

    FILLING:

    Toss apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 T of flour. Arrange in rows on top of the dough. Beat together cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg. Spread over apples. Let rise in warm place for 1 hour.Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Best when served warm.

  20. Posted

    While my favourite character has always been Krusty, I chose Skinner out of the ones on the list.

    "Ah, is there nothing so soothing as the school hall in early morn..."

     

    My others ar Sideshow Bob, Comic Book Guy, Homer, Burns, Duf Man, Gil, and the list goes on and on.............

    Is anyone else collecting the figures they started coming out with a couple years ago.

  21. Posted

    Well it's 12am Eastern and I hope all had a safe, fun Holiday. Today, we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo, what did you do today?

    Had the part yesterday,, got up today, watched the parade from the front porch, walked around town, and thats about it.....