I'm working my way through a Deep Space 9 box set. It might be a pale imitation of Babylon 5, but Star Trek was something I couldn't get enough of when I was younger. Now I'm not so fond of the utopian visions and hero-cheese chaotic good characters of TOS and TNG, but part of the magic of Star Trek is just how wrong and quickly obsolete the visions of technology is.
(I think I need to modify the quote module with s/wrote/said/g)
Tosk wrote:
Show me where the weapons are stored
Computer wrote:
Habit ring, level 5, section 3, access restricted to security clearance 7 and above]Now if I was involved, it would be something more like
Computer (to Tosk) wrote:Access restricted, this request has been logged
Computer (to relevant person) wrote:Warning, first contact species is attempting to access restricted information on....Or perhaps I'm missing the point, and the episode is hinting at in the utopian future of the federation, this kind of behaviour is so rare that no-one designs system to cope with it in a sane manner.
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