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Oh well. I guess that is one of Murphy's Laws.

hmmm, you want to get some insite from people with experience. Ok, I have been married for more than 20 years. I took my time before I decided to marry. That is important. Many people get married before they are ready. I did not want to make the same mistake. When I found my wife, we took our time. We also lived together for a while before we got married.

I feel it is an important decision. You better know the person pretty well. Love is something that should get stronger the longer you live with somebody. Of course there will be problems but they should get resolved quickly. I am not going to make judgements of people because they cannot make a relationship work. I am just saying that people just do not undestand the responsibility before they make the decision to marry. It is sad that so many marriages do not last.

That is all I have to say. If you are not ready to share do not get married.

Since VBG got the software upgrade, we are now seeing the spiders from the search engines.

In this pic it is blue. It should be blue because blue is science. Medical is part of science.

It was just a test.

Yes, below is a picture of our cat Freddy

Poor Riker is having a real hard time keeping awake. :biggrin:

B) B)

What a wacky poem.

Here are some pics

The show actually lasted three seasons. I did not realize it lasted that long.

That show did not last long but I thought it was a riot. It was on in the early 80's so a lot of people probably have not seen it. VBG, you know that the guy could not land. He usually just crashed. B)

There was a guy at work, back then, who looked like John Denver. He got tired of people telling him that. So he got a permanent that made his hair curly. Then people said he looked like The Greated American Hero. B)

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I saw the article in TV Guide. POOOOOOOO Stargate. The show is not as good as it once was either. It was far better back when it was on Showtime.

I find Smallville boring. I may have to watch Enterprise on another TV but I would rather watch Enterprise than Smallville. The guy who plays Clark Kent looks like a wimp.

I had the same question. Also, what about the arms and the eyes?

I just saw the two episodes last night and tonight. I really enjoyed them. Seven is in her regeneration cycle and she has a dream that she is in a forest. The rest of the plot is in the Spoiler. I was wondering how others felt about this episode

Unimatrix Zero, Part I

http://www.startrek.com/library/voy_episod...tail_111631.asp

Seven of Nine awakens from a "nap" in an uneasy state. She Dreamed of a beautiful forest with trees and flowers. In this place people knew her as Annika and she was almost human. Seven is not used to "dreaming" so she is unsettled by the experience.

Paris, thinking he is being reprimanded by the crew for being late, is surprised by being awarded an Officer's Pip. He is then reinstated to Lieutenant by Captain Janeway.

Seven retires again to her alcove wearing the cortical monitor the Doctor gave her and closes her eyes. She finds herself back in the beautiful forest. She tells herself that this is "not real" when suddenly a voice is heard assuring her that it is. It is the voice of Axum, someone she has seen before in this environment. He calls this place Unimatrix Zero.

Axum explains to Seven that Unimatrix Zero is a place where the Drones go during regeneration so they can exist as individuals. The Collective knows about this place but cannot find it. The Drones who visit Unimatrix Zero have the recessive mutation that the Borg Queen is trying to find and destroy.

Axum informs Seven that she used to visit Unimatrix Zero before she escaped the Collective. She too has the recessive mutation that only one in a million Drones has. Axum tells her that the Collective has found a way to detect them, so it is only a matter of time before they find enough of the Drones to isolate the interlink frequency and demolish Unimatrix Zero.

Axum begs Seven for her help, even though she is no longer a part of the Collective. Seven is their only hope because unlike her, after the Drones complete their regeneration they have no memory of Unimatrix Zero.

When Seven awakens she informs the crew of what she encountered. The Doctor confirms that she was not just having a dream, she never reached REM, therefore what she is telling the crew is real. Seven asks the Voyager crew for their help to save Unimatrix Zero.

Meanwhile, the Borg Queen is coming closer and closer to finding Unimatrix Zero. She has continued to dismantle other Drones in order to observe their parts and find a way into Unimatrix Zero.

Janeway feels that the crew should help, because it is a new aspect of the Collective and a potential weakness. They begin coming up with a plan to help the Drones.

Tuvok suggest a Vulcan technique known as the "Bridging of Minds," Janeway agrees. Janeway, Seven, and Tuvok will be hooked up to monitors. Tuvok will oversee their thoughts and Janeway will go with Seven back to Unimatrix Zero.

Upon their arrival they find Drones, sent by the Borg Queen, trying to destroy Unimatrix Zero. A battle ensues and Janeway defeats the last of the Drones. The Borg Queen has seen the fight through the eyes of a regenerating Drone and does not like what she sees. Janeway assures Axum that they will help defeat the infiltration of the Borg Queen's Drones into Unimatrix Zero.

Janeway and Seven begin working on a plan to help Axum and the others. The crew is trying to find a way to deploy a highly experimental "nanovirus" designed to target all the Drones with the recessive mutation and reprogram their memory centers. That way, when they leave their alcoves they will retain their memories. Janeway tells Seven to go back and reassure Axum that they are working on a plan and will be there as soon as they can.

Seven arrives at Unimatrix Zero and things have gotten worse, however the Klingons have banded together and are fighting off the Borg Queen's Drones. Axum confesses to Seven that they were involved before she escaped the Borg. They had promised not to leave one another, but as things got worse Axum insisted that she leave him behind and save herself. Although Seven feels familiar with Axum and Unimatrix Zero, she still does not remember what he is talking about.

Back on Voyager, Janeway is preparing to transform herself into a Drone in order to implement the nanovirus, Chakotay does not think it is a good idea. While they are arguing, the power beings to flicker and the command center becomes dark and foggy. The Borg Queen appears on the screen and threatens Janeway and her crew by informing them that she knows they have been in contact with Starfleet. The Queen informs Janeway that if she becomes involved with helping Unimatrix Zero, Voyager will have a difficult time making it home. Janeway does not back down, frustrated, the Borg Queen disappears and the crew knows they are going to have a fight on their hands

Unimatrix Zero, Part II

http://www.startrek.com/library/voy_episod...tail_112328.asp

Unimatrix Zero is a secluded place within the Borg collective where drones can be themselves while they regenerate, but only certain Borg have the ability to visit. The Borg Queen considers Unimatrix Zero a threat because she does not want her Borg to ever have traces of individuality, but Captain Janeway thinks it could give the Federation allies within the Collective. Janeway, Tuvok and B'Elanna Torres put Borg implants in their bodies and infiltrate the Borg Cube to try and free the select few that are able to go to Unimatrix Zero, giving them the ability to maintain their individuality outside of Unimatrix Zero. The away team has been injected with a neural suppressant to keep their Borg implants from really connecting them to the Collective.

While the away team is on the Borg Cube, Seven of Nine goes to Unimatrix Zero herself to tell the Borg within what the team is doing. Seven had been able to go there when she was part of the Collective and she still maintains that ability. In the past, she had a romantic relationship there with her fellow Borg, Axum, and when she meets him there again, she notices those feelings returning.

While the away team is headed for the Central Plexus of the Borg Cube, Tuvok notices that his neural suppressant is wearing off and the Borg Queen begins communicating with him telepathically. The Queen finally convinces Tuvok to stop Janeway and Torres as they download a virus to free the select group of drones. They manage to get the virus into the system, but Tuvok prevents them from leaving. More Borg drones appear and capture Captain Janeway, but Torres is able to get away. Tuvok restrains Janeway and puts her in contact with the queen.

The Borg Queen makes Janeway watch on a viewscreen as she blows up a different Borg Cube, destroying the thousands of lives on board, because she lost contact with three of the drones due to Janeway's virus. The Queen uses the virus Janeway used to free the drones and alters it to actually kill the drones. She tells Janeway that unless the captain tells the free drones to rejoin the collective, she will go to Unimatrix Zero and kill all of the drones inside. Janeway is put into contact with Chakotay on Voyager to tell him the free drones have to go back to the collective, but instead of telling him that directly, she secretly tells him to destroy Unimatrix Zero. Without Unimatrix Zero, the Queen will not be able to find all of the free drones, and if she destroys all of the Borg vessels they are on, she will destroy her entire fleet.

After Seven tells everybody in Unimatrix Zero of the plan, they all agree that it is the best way to handle the situation and they offer to help get the away team back to the U.S.S. Voyager. While Voyager is preparing to attack the Borg Cube, a smaller Borg Sphere appears through a transwarp conduit and hails them. Korok, a Klingon that has been assimilated into the Collective, has taken over the Sphere and offers to help them destroy the Cube. Chakotay accepts his offer and both ships begin attacking the Cube. Just as the Borg Cube explodes, Harry Kim manages to beam Janeway, Tuvok and Torres back to Voyager where they can be relieved of their Borg implants.

Seven, meanwhile, has gone back to Unimatrix Zero one last time to say goodbye to Axum. Axum and Seven are the only people left as Unimatrix Zero falls apart around them. Axum tells Seven that he is on a Borg Cube in a totally different part of the galaxy and though it seem like they will never see each other again, he will find her. They both leave Unimatrix Zero as it completely fritzes out of existence.

Noonien Soong, Brent is his best role as the old Doctor.

I am probably a new face to you. I did not post much but lately I have been posting up a storm. I am basically living one day at time. I try to stop by here at least once a day.

Thats all for now. My life really is not that interesting. People may start falling asleep reading.

I understand how you feel about the speed. Every so often, I get stuck using dial-up. But at least, you can come here, even if it is not the speed you wish. Just think, this is not a permanent situation. There will be a time when you can have your broadband back.

Netzero has a dsl speed service which is $15.00 a month. I do not know much about it but it is a lot cheeper than AOL dial-up.

I am glad to see you are back. Yeah, take advantage of freebies when you can. You can always start a new account with AOL when the present one runs out. A person needs a place to help their mental health. I feel for yah and if you keep plugging away and dont give up, things will work themselves out. I have gone thru some similar problems myself, the only way to get thru it is friends. Thiis is kinda of a cyberspace place where people with a certain interest hang out.

By the way, I know Star Trek can keep people from snapping. I went to the Smithsonian when they had setup a great Star Trek exhibit. While there, I heard a very inspirational story. During the Vietnam War, some US POWs were keeping themselves from anapping by enacting Star Trek stories. They said that was what kept them alive. So you never know, this place may be just what you need.

Sorry, if I got too serious.

This is my favorite of the Star Trek movies so far. It had some great action and a good story line. Resistance is Futile, that was everywhere at work when the movie came out. Both Picard and Data were in struggle to fight off assimilation. Picard was fighting his memories of being Locutus and Data was fighting the temptations the Borg Queen was presenting him. Data still had not mastered the emotion chip. Of course Cocheran was pretty cool played by Cromwell.

Which member of the DS9 Crew would you most like to go to dinner?

 

Myself I would be torn between Sisko and either of the Dax's, but for different reasons of course.  

Judzia Dax. She was beautiful and knew how to have a great time. She also enjoyed Klingon Resturants. I think I would have a great time with her. It would be neat to hear about the memories of the previous Dax's too.

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I am not interested in a flight back to the moon. It was an acomplishment but it was done already. I would like to see them go further. Maybe venture to other planets.

I can understand that, Mars would be the next step. The question is though what is the best way to get to Mars? To launch from Earth orbit or to launch from Lunar orbit?

Another reason to go back to the moon would be to establish a long term base of operations. Why have a long term base of operations? Well, if we plan on going to Mars the people that go there won't be going for just 1 day or even 1 week. The trip out there (with current technology) will take 6 months to a year and then another 6 months to a year back. So missions to Mars will likely stay for weeks or even months at a time. Living on a planet with no breathable atmosphere is something that needs to be perfected and the best place to do that (other then in a special lab here on Earth) would be someplace close enough to home just in case something bad happens but far enough away to have the realities of the situation in place.

If we can establish a base on the moon and perfect the realities of living in that kind of hostile environment then we will be ready to do it on Mars.

That's one argument for going back to the moon anyway. Then there's the argument about mining. There were many different minerals found on the moon that would be valuable on Earth. The problem is transporting them back to Earth in an inexpensive way to make it worth the effort.

Another argument for going back to the moon is to put a scientific lab on the back side of the moon. Something like Hubbell, I'm sure everyone has seen the amazing photos that Hubbell has taken. That's from Earth Orbit, where there is still interference from Earth's atmosphere and the lights from earth and the sun. Put a Hubbell on the back side of the moon in total darkness and the photos it would take would be 1,000 times more amazing then Hubbell.

I myself would personally want to go just out of sheer history, not to be "historical" but rather to visit the first 6 landing sites. To photograph them and study what 30 plus years has done to the things left behind. What happened to the things left behind after so many years of going from 250 degrees to -250 degrees every lunar day?

To me Mars is interesting but the moon fascinates me, at least 6 spots on the moon do anyway.

Of the things left behind in the 1960's and 1970's were there any bacteria that may have survived? For instance, before the LM would lift off from the moon it had to be as light as possible. So the backpacks were tossed out, the boots and trash like half eaten food. The "waste extraction" packs that were inside their space suits were tossed out. All these things were left on the moon. What has 30+ years done to them?

Anyway, think of it this way. If Columbus had come to the "New World" and stayed for 3 days then left and no one ever returned where would we be now? I think it's disgraceful that we don't already have a colony of sorts on the moon.

You brought up some good points. In fact, before we actually went to the moon, we had to have flights which were the length of the trip to the moon to get an idea how people would handle the trip.

The Russians have had people in their Space Station Mir for as long as a year. They have some vital information on the effects of long term exposure to 0 gravity. I am not sure we need to test this on the moon with the building of our own Space Station. Possibly many of the tests that you are suggesting can be done on the Space Station.

As for dealing with the atmosphere of Mars, I do not know if there is really a way to prepare for that. I am not sure we even want to land on the planet until we get more information about it. From the info we got from the probes, the planet looks pretty harsh.