23 August 2004
Scotty was Right
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Do you remember the scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home where Scotty is trying to get materials on primitive 20th Century Earth to build a whale tank? I always cringed watching that bit. Not only because there's no way Scotty could so quickly get up to speed on using an antique computer (not even a Mac Plus), but the material he was whipping up the formula for was so absurd: "transparent aluminum". As if.
Well, maybe so.
Researchers have developed a method for combining aluminum oxide with other elements and compounds into a see-through glass. In other words "transparent aluminum". And soon enough after the events of STIV:TVH that Scotty's flippant attitude about meddling with history seems justifiable.
# 2004-08-23 12:42 PM | TrackBackJust goes to show exactly how intuitive and easy-to-use the MacOS interface is. Even circa System 2 ::shudders at the thought::.
Posted by: David at August 24, 2004 01:26 AMThe thing that made that scene so obviously fake is the fact that after he stopped trying to talk into the mouse, Scotty didn't even touch it. He just tapped away at the keyboard. I don't care if you know all the keyboard shortcuts; you simply cannot operate an oldtime Mac (and to a large extent, even the new ones) without using the mouse.
Posted by: God's ex-Boyfriend at August 24, 2004 05:17 PM
