Re: Nation of idiots ?

I've trimmed away a few crossposts...

Straydog wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Russell.Martin@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>Straydog wrote:
....
>>>"Calling Species 8472...Calling Species 8472...Calling Species 8472...can
>>>you make me a better deal?"
>>
>>The Borg have already assimilated that species.
>
> I think you are not up on your star trek history. The 8472 were even worse
> than the Borg and they had "bio-ships" in which something like lightning
> shot out of the front of the ships and they blew the Borg to smitherines
> (I've still got the prime '8472' video tape). They came from 'fluidic
> space' (whatever that was supposed to mean).

I think the person to ask about "fluidic space" is probably Leonard
Mlodinow, author of "Feynman's Rainbow":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/044653045X/103-7000567-6878216?v=glance

Mlodinow earned a PhD in theoretical physics from Berkeley, but gave up
on academia after doing a postdoc at Caltech in order to take a job
screenwriting for STNG. It wouldn't surprise me if he's the person who
deserves: 1) credit for the fairly deep technological plausibility of
the newer ST series, as well as, 2) blame for the series' overuse of
advanced technology as a substitute for plot.

BTW, I'm pretty sure that Species 8472 was introduced in the ST: Voyager
series (Captain Janeway, semi-borg 7-of-9, holographic doctor, etc).

Randy
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