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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

What is this, what is it for, and is it more important than the thing Spock looks into?

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What is this, what is it for, and is it more important than the thing Spock looks into?

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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  • kuneho@lemmy.world
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    I just love how I read every comment with complete seriousness just to realize all you guys are just joking.

    For a second, reading that stuff is being a sensor bar for the Wii, I tried to imagine that on the ship just to realize what I read, but it was already too late.

    💛

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    Sensor bar for the bridge’s Wii. The audience only sees the lights because cameras can pick up infrared. Data finds them amusing, and Geordi just filters them out; the rest of the crew can’t see them.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      How good do you think Kirk is at Wii Sports Bowling?

      Do you think he gets practice in the bowling alley?

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        How good do you think Kirk is at Wii Sports Bowling?

        Probably not very, seeing as he gets a heart attack after walking from one end of the table to the other.

        • NegativeNull@lemmy.worldM
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          It’s begun already!!

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      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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        Shot in the dark answer: probably not very (which frustrates him) so he cheats. Spock is annoyed because he wanted to play tennis.

        • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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          Scotty in engineering messing with the gravity controls every time Kirk goes for a night of bowling.

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      Ever use candles for the sensor bar? That’s a fun trick.

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        Lol, can’t say I have. But I did eventually learn that the sensor bars are just dumb IR lights that the remotes track rather than something more complex, so I can see how it would work.

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          This reminds me of Duck Hunt. Basically you’re not shooting anything from the “gun”. Instead, for a brief moment, the screen turns black and the ducks turn into white blocks. The gun will then register if you’re pointing it at a white block or not and register it as a hit. This was specifically attuned to the refresh rates of CRTs, and consequently will not work with newer LED/LCD TVs.

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    They’re in the Phoenix cockpit, too.

    They’re waymarkers. They tell you at a glance if the ship is going forward, reversing, or turning - and at what speed. However, their on-screen use throughout Trek history has been either inconsistent or completely overlooked by the FX department.

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    Those are boopers.

    Aka monitor monitors.

    They boop when your monitors are happy.

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    I always assumed that was just the on-light for the soundbar, because the viewscreen’s inbuilt speakers are dogshit.

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    That’s the sensor for the remote control.

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      Can they hook it up to Data for power if they can’t find spare batteries?

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        No need, Data has a built in RF transmitter, he’s a universal remote control!

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          Fully functional

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    The cylon brain that runs the ship

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    Mute indicator.

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    That is the kinect. It is scanning for ghosts…

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    Tobii eye tracking camera

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    Oh that’s just Hal. Ask him to open the pod bay doors. He thinks it’s hilarious.

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