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MikeJF posted:Well, power when processing a certain specific class of mathematical problems that quantum computers are currently meant to solve for. For equations outside that class, quantum computing ability provides no benefit today THE FUTURE
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If the computer can reduce already polynomial time problems to a lower time complexity order then it's something else entirely, not a QC. Quantum computers definitionally reduce an area of super-polynomial problem space to polynomial time, though we haven't yet established the full bounds of that expanded space.
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Jan 7, 2020 19:02
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Geordi's holonovel collection amounts to one pornoquad.
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Jan 7, 2020 19:22
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Huh apparently Enterpise established that the origin of the Vulcan Love Slave holonovels mentioned in DS9 is from the Ferengi adapting a cover story used by T'pol when the Ferengi boarded EnterpiENTERPRISE THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES YOU
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MikeJF posted:If the computer can reduce already polynomial time problems to a lower time complexity order then it's something else entirely, not a QC. Quantum computers definitionally reduce an area of super-polynomial problem space to polynomial time, though we haven't yet established the full bounds of that expanded space. I appreciate your knowledge of actual quantum computing but in 2-300 years things might be a bit different
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:I get that what you have works for you, but it's not like having DVDs or BDs is only feasible for the house-privileged who can accommodate bookcases and shelves full of big clunky cases and boxes. They make these arcane artifacts that are essentially a three ring binder you can pack hundreds of discs into. And if you're willing to say "gently caress the police" you could rip discs onto a hard drive and then toss the discs; you can pack a metric shitload of media onto a 4TB external hard drive that is entirely USB powered and takes up roughly the same volume as a pack of smokes. e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAUKRLELGvc Minidust fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jan 7, 2020 |
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Jan 7, 2020 20:08
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Lol @ the dude whose favorite episode is "Code of Honor."
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:That's still pretty dang impressive considering he's (probably) packing all of that (and the thinky bits too) in his head. So... why? Why build a robot of human proportions and put all the thinky computer-y bits in the head? Wouldn't it make sense to distribute them for redundancy and safety? Or like for latency keep his locomotion processors near his core? Does Data keep a complete backup in his rear end?
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Jows posted:So... why? Why build a robot of human proportions and put all the thinky computer-y bits in the head? Wouldn't it make sense to distribute them for redundancy and safety? Or like for latency keep his locomotion processors near his core? Does Data keep a complete backup in his rear end? The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > Star Trek: Does Data keep a complete backup in his rear end?
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Jan 7, 2020 21:00
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Data: personality is stored in the balls
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Minidust posted:just lol at not having a dedicated bookshelf for the original and best 170+ VHS Next Gen collection My mom has these and literally the day that All Good Things finally came in the mail we saw an ad for the first season of the original series on DVD
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Jan 7, 2020 21:11
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I vividly remember seeing an ad to pre-order the first season of TNG on DVD, and the concept of owning an entire season of television in one go was mind boggling.
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Jows posted:So... why? Why build a robot of human proportions and put all the thinky computer-y bits in the head? Wouldn't it make sense to distribute them for redundancy and safety? Or like for latency keep his locomotion processors near his core? Does Data keep a complete backup in his rear end? It would make sense to do that. However, there are several episodes of TNG where Data's head comes off and is still fully functional (heh) so, even if there are backups/redundancies, all the thinky bits in the head are obviously enough to run Data's complete personality.
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Yeah, I was too young really to collect any TV shows on VHS, but I remember they tried for awhile in the early 2000s to apply the same pricing models to DVD seasons and releasing things a few episodes at a time and that died really fast.
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, I was too young really to collect any TV shows on VHS, but I remember they tried for awhile in the early 2000s to apply the same pricing models to DVD seasons and releasing things a few episodes at a time and that died really fast. Looking at you DBZ
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I can't remember what show it was for, but I remember ads for that kind of thing from the early 2000s that seemed to be specifically targeted at elderly people - some really old show and obscenely priced DVDs that only had one or two episodes on them, delivered monthly of course. Even back then that seemed really lovely and predatory to me.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:36
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The VHS tapes that had two episodes each were annoying because it seemed they ALWAYS paired a good episode with a crappy one you don't care about, and then they ALWAYS put the good one second so that you had to hunt around with fast forward to find the beginning of it.
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Tarantino Trek looking good so far
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yeah but somebody clearly had an ear fetish on DS9 because pagh and oomox appearing accidentally in the same series is a bit much
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Vorta ears are mad hosed up
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Why are there no vulcans in DS9? They're never present, and barely ever mentioned. Was there some reason they deliberately avoided them?
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Why are there no vulcans in DS9? They're never present, and barely ever mentioned. Was there some reason they deliberately avoided them? Sisko was bit by a Vulcan once and now they’re banned from the station.
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There’s a couple but they’re, iirc, all assholes without exception
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They show up in DS9 more than TNG A few offhand: Baseball Vulcan and his crew Serial Killer Vulcan Extradition Trial Judge Vulcan Maquis Quark-fuckin Vulcan Mirror Tuvok ^^^^ The Trial Vulcan is fair an even handed, and the Maquis one, while a Maquis, is completely willing to listen to reason and realize the Maquis is dumb. Mirror Tuvok is just Tuvok
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The baseball Vulcans were lit.
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MikeJF posted:Huh apparently Enterpise established that the origin of the Vulcan Love Slave holonovels mentioned in DS9 is from the Ferengi adapting a cover story used by T'pol when the Ferengi boarded EnterpiENTERPRISE THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES YOU There are so many worldbuilding questions this opens up. If these holonovels are still selling by DS9, this is vintage 250 year old smut, or even an entire genre has grown out of one little initial story. How much has Ferengi smut changed over time, and has porn pushed them in their exploration of the galaxy? Did the growth of the sex slave smut genre influence the oppression of women in Ferengi society? A whole lot can happen in 250 years.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if in the background there was some desire to avoid any kind of  comparisons but also I can see that since emotions would run a bit higher than TNG there wouldn’t really a good place for a recurring Vulcan-typical stoic presence.
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SlothfulCobra posted:There are so many worldbuilding questions this opens up. If these holonovels are still selling by DS9, this is vintage 250 year old smut, or even an entire genre has grown out of one little initial story. How much has Ferengi smut changed over time, and has porn pushed them in their exploration of the galaxy? People are still reading Madame Bovary and Lady Chatterly and occasionally making movies based on them
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SlothfulCobra posted:There are so many worldbuilding questions this opens up. If these holonovels are still selling by DS9, this is vintage 250 year old smut, or even an entire genre has grown out of one little initial story. How much has Ferengi smut changed over time, and has porn pushed them in their exploration of the galaxy? It's vanishingly rare but pop-culture things do sometimes persist for centuries in the real world. Robinson Crusoe was published just over 300 years ago, and his name, the entire "castaway story" genre, and even some specific story elements (e.g. his man Friday) are still present in the popular consciousness to this day.
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Powered Descent posted:It's vanishingly rare but pop-culture things do sometimes persist for centuries in the real world. Robinson Crusoe was published just over 300 years ago, and his name, the entire "castaway story" genre, and even some specific story elements (e.g. his man Friday) are still present in the popular consciousness to this day. Don Quioxte, the Canterberry Tales, Shakespeare's works, Huck Finn, the Scarlett Letter, there is all sorts of stuff that has lasted hundreds of years off hand. Probably helps there were ways to store the stories.
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The only correct way to watch TNG is on pirated Chinatown VCDs — with artwork from different tv shows or movies and text copied from the first AltaVista search hit
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Sisko's captain on his Wolf359 ship was Martok as a Vulcan. Maybe he just really didn't like being his first officer.
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baseball Vulcans don't make any sense, but I think that was the point
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FuturePastNow posted:baseball Vulcans don't make any sense, but I think that was the point It was a personal grudge because their captain was a colossal prick The rest of them were just following orders
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FuturePastNow posted:baseball Vulcans don't make any sense, but I think that was the point Vulcans probably love all the statistics and weird rules of baseball.
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Mooseontheloose posted:Vulcans probably love all the statistics and weird rules of baseball. Right. Vulcans are all into the sabermetrics.
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ruddiger posted:The baseball Vulcans were lit. DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!
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Mooseontheloose posted:Vulcans probably love all the statistics and weird rules of baseball. Just wait til they find out about cricket.
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