WordWolf

Too small a quote to tell, but I'm thinking the vices to exploit might be Quark on DS9. Maybe it's from an early exchange with Odo.

My story was typical of the time. I was aware there were a few problems among the higher-ups, and I could tell they were problems with lcm. (Hey, I visited hq at the ROA and other times. Listening to him talk enough, you could tell he was at least part of the problem.) However, I was confident (being young and foolish and naive) that things could be solved internally by the others talking sense to him and lcm thinking it over and making changes. I even said so. A few weeks after I said that, hq sent a letter saying that all my state's leadership- including one of the people I thought could talk sense to lcm- were fired. It also included vague, serious accusations that ALL of them (a blanket accusation) weren't serving God, but rather their own appetites. Now, I hadn't met ALL the people on the list, but I'd met several, and knew people who knew others on the list. From what I'd seen, these people weren't perfect, but they were performing in a more godly fashion than lcm was. So, if SOMEBODY was "off The Word", I had a pretty reliable sense of who it was. That was Spring of 1989. In Summer of 1989, I went to the ROA. I figured one of two things would happen. One, hq would announce regret, contrition, and a plan to walk the straight and narrow like they had not been- and I'd be there when they said it (this was pretty unlikely but possible). Two, that hq would continue its present course, and this would be my last chance to be on-grounds, buy things at the twi bookstore, and so on (this is what I expected.) While I was there, I also had a week to listen to the people at the main podium, and all the people who weren't, and could get a lot more information that way. Well, the evidence was considerable before that week, but by the end, the evidence was pretty compelling. hq was planning on doing whatever they wanted, and slapping the label "godly" on it. So, when that week ended, we left the grounds, and that was a pretty final end. Of course, since my entire state was, in effect, excommunicated by the holy see of twi, we all stayed together as a convenient unit for some time.

"I owe everything to George Bailey. Help him, Dear Father." "Bert! Ernie!"

Now, that IS remembered from just one line! That's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV 13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. NASB 13The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. 14For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. God's got a lot to cover. All we can understand are a few vague generalities. We know that He's got the end covered completely. Respect God and do what He says. Before the end, God will judge EVERY act, no matter how carefully hidden. Revelation 21:1-4 NASB 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." Revelation 21:10-27 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11having the glory of God Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. 12It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall. 16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. 17And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. 18The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; 26and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. Revelation 22:1-5 NASB 1Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2in the middle of its street On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. 5And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever. ================================= Before we get to that point, there's a lot to be attended to- especially considering that God has to get the details covered while still allowing people their free will and the freedom to do horrible things and mess up their lives- while not messing up salvation and God's plan as a whole.

Previous threads on the subject include: vpw's plagiarized sources Plagiarism 101 ====================== vpw's claims to why he could get away with putting his name on the work of others was explained by one poster as follows (who believed this tripe): "By the way, are you aware of the usual process by which a highly esteemed college professor writes his books? He has his trusted graduate students write most of it, under the professor’s supervision. After training them and getting them to speak his language and utter his thoughts, the grad students become a secondary mouthpiece for the professor." My response to it: "The TRUTH of the matter is that if a professor attempted to have a student write ANY portion of a book OR a dissertation he is going to attach his name to-without featuring their name SPECIFICALLY as having written part of it- the student could have the professor FIRED WITH CAUSE from the institution, and the professor's reputation would be DESTROYED. That's because colleges and universities take plagiarism VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. Is it TECHNICALLY possible a professor (or professors) did this? Yes-but "getting away with it" makes it no less a crime than theft or murder ceases to be a crime if you don't get caught. A professor may have a respected grad student REVIEW his work before it's published-as a technical proofreader. A professor may ask a respected grad student to COMPILE DATA- which the professor will then read, evaluated, then write on. That's not "writing" his book-not even a single letter of text."

"When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you."

Got it in one!

I think he's having some fun with us over the "Revenge of the Jedi"/"Return of the Jedi" controversy. :)

"I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic circuit using stone knives and bearskins."

That's "the Seeker", from The Who.

You're miscategorizing yourself AND the cat. If you're the last one with someone to say for now, then that's what it is. As for the cat, some people found it a comfort for this cat (if it's the same one) to be there in their final hours. Nobody's sure what the connection is-what is drawing the cat- but the cat seems to do not harm and may help the patient's mood. Some of them come back YEARS later. Most messageboards don't like someone bringing up old threads- it's called "necro'ing"- but here, it's accepted policy- so long as there's a reason to do it- someone asked about the subject, or someone had something else to say on the subject.

It is. Kevin Bacon's character is a last-minute substitute, since the flight doctors (incorrectly) diagnose Gary Sunise's character with an illness that will take affect during the flight. So, the replacement rushes in and forgets to file his taxes. That revelation comes up during the scene when they're clowning for the television. The best line was Clint Howard in Mission Control, replying. "That's no joke. They'll jump on him!" Later, during the endurance run back to Earth with all the systems off, Mission Control calls in the update. Since he's proven to be out of the country, he's granted an extension on filing his taxes. Over to you, George!

This is when we meet Klingon Ambassador Keylehr and Alexander. We find out Alexander's Worf's son. We also see a Klingon ship that was a sleeper ship of some kind, out to continue the fight with the Federation that's been over for years. The Enterprise stops them by pretending Worf and Keylehr were the command officers of the Enterprise, and the Klingons ALREADY fought the war and won.

"Uh, well, if anyone from the, uh, from the IRS is watching, I... forgot to file my, my, my 1040 return. Um, I meant to do it today, but, uh..." "That's no joke. They'll jump on him!" "Jack, you'll be glad to hear that we've contacted President Nixon, and he's going to grant you an extension on your income taxes, since you are most decidedly out of the country." "Roger that, Houston. That's wonderful news."

Of course, twi is the same, but the world is different. Kids are a LOT more cynical (and they were the twi target audience), and the internet makes it impossible to hide dirty secrets or make people disappear and only tell YOUR side of the story. So, the same tactics are used today- and fail in a fairly spectacular fashion today...

Of course, David was in charge in the FIRST place because the people had insisted on abandoning God's reign, and insisting on imitating other countries and having a king. What they got was King Saul, and eventually David was raised to rescue the people from the disaster that was Saul. Naturally, David abused HIS authority too (just ask Uriah.) David's successor was Solomon, who also copied some of the nations and decided he could have lots and lots of wives from the other nations, etc.... Abuse of power is an old, old story, and someone centralizing power to make it easier to accrue and abuse power is about as old....

BTW, Agent K was wrong about people thinking the world was flat. SOME people might have thought that, but all the educated ones didn't, and sailors certainly did not. (They can see the horizon is CURVED when they're out to sea on a calm day.) Look up the name "Eratosthenes" sometime- using math, he calculated the circumference of the Earth in the days of the Greek Empire, and he was almost exactly right. Songs to the contrary, people never laughed at Columbus for saying the world was round. He was debated when he said it was small enough that he could sail around and reach the Indies without having to turn back for food and supplies. Columbus, for those who haven't thought this through- WAS WRONG. If there was nothing but water between Europe and Asia, Columbus would have run out of food. If Columbus hadn't crashed into an unexpected continent, he would have been in trouble. And the land he crashed into was already inhabited. As Chris Rock said, Columbus basically discovered someone's back yard. Sorry for interrupting, but that's a pet peeve of mine.

I had a teacher in high school- a pinhead, a close-minded jerk- but he was fond of this quote for reasons which escaped me. This should be from "The Ten Commandments." That was Pharaoh's line. (And sorry about that gap-I forgot it was my turn to confirm an answer. You can send me a pm if I'm suddenly quiet like that...)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Robert Redford Indecent Proposal

Correct. A) The Romulan surprise was Worf and whoever was setting up the bypass. Wesley's "improvising" is how Geordi got them the 2-second Warp jump- Wesley snuck in the antimatter for the reaction. The Federation observer was quite surprised- he "knew" it was "impossible" for the Hathaway to enter warp, and Wesley was observed the entire time he got them the antimatter. B) It's not Riker's fault. The trick was only used ONCE. Worf used the Enterprise security codes to hack the Enterprise sensors and input an attacking Romulan Warbird. As soon as Picard realized the whole thing was a ruse- with the "hit counters" simulating shutdowns to "damaged" portions Riker just "hit", he told Data to change the security codes. Seconds later, they detected the Ferengi Marauder approaching. Picard confirmed Data had changed the code, then IGNORED the approaching ship, convinced Worf managed to get through again. (Me, I would have RAISED THE SHIELDS JUST IN CASE. There should have been a separate set of controls that bypassed the simulation- in this case, the real shields would have gone up, but not the simulation "shields." This would not stop the Hathaway's "attacks", but it would stop a REAL attack. Finally, the thing their lives depended on- the ability to switch off the simulation and turn on the REAL defenses- went off-line as soon as the Marauder hit the Enterprise. The ship's LOADED with engineers, and the vitally-important system is apparently working with a kludge held together with spit and duct tape. With 2 days of DOING NOTHING while Riker's away team did repairs on the Hathaway, they had no people making sure that system was foolproof or nearly so? I give Riker points for ingenuity, I take away points from Picard for failing to plan sufficiently for this simulation. The video game was "Stratagema", which tells me it was late and the scriptwriter was tired when he named it. Pulaski pushes for Data to play Kolrami, and later puts him in a position that almost forces him to play. Kolrami acknowledges Data was an EXCELLENT player, and enthusiastically tells Data "I am at your disposal for a re-match". In other words, Data was the best challenge he'd had in some time, and was CAPABLE of winning. (Otherwise, Kolrami would have been as bored as he was when Riker played him and lost. Kolrami had to play his best to beat Data, and thus a victory there MEANT SOMETHING to Kolrami. It's like if one of us played Kasparov at chess and managed to score a draw- that's an incredible accomplishment for an amateur player. We'd be delighted to do so well.) Anyway, the idea that a player could play "perfectly" and still lose was something neither Pulaski nor Data could accept. Personally, I think Data's sulk would have been better-served by reviewing the entire match rather than endless diagnostics. Once the first diagnostic said he was fine, it was time to examine his premise-that he played IMperfectly or flawed. It should be obvious, slowing it down move by move, that Data performed excellently and chose logical moves each time. Picard had to get Data to realize that playing perfectly is no guarantee of winning against an opponent or when an element of chance is introduced. (You'd make the same observation if you played something that teaches how to play BlackJack. You can perform the "correct" moves, the logical moves, and still lose several hands of the game due to the cards not performing in the most predictable fashion.) I really liked the episode, which is why I've thought this through. I think Riker's team did brilliantly, Picard's planning was below expectations, (he didn't plan to fail, but he failed to plan), and Data DID win his rematch. Kolrami refused to continue the match and walked out-that is a forfeit. If Kolrami had kept playing, Data could kept the draw going for a VERY long time, tired out Kolrami, THEN played for a win against a fatigued, slower opponent. Data had the advantages of being able to think FASTER than his opponent, and to perform identically over very long periods of time, which meant the longer the match, the more the odds favored Data until Kolrami was too tired to continue. Both George and I seem to like this episode. Your turn, George.

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"Counter with Talupian stratagem on instrument sighting." "I busted him up." "So you're going to beat him?" "Nope." "Oh, then it's going to be a close one." "No." "But you have got a chance?" "Nah." "Are you planning to show up?" "What's the Zakdornian word for 'mismatch?' " " 'Challenge'! We do not whine about the inequities of life. And how you perform in a mismatch is precisely what interests Starfleet. After all---- when one is in the superior position, one is expected to win." "Attention crew of the USS Hathaway -- this is your Captain. I can promise you that two days from now we will have missed a lot of sleep. But with your skill and your stamina, we'll have this old lady ready to fly. I want hourly progress reports from every station." "We don't have a prayer." "Would you care to transfer back to the Enterprise, Mister Crusher?" "No, Sir!" "Remember Wes, the purpose here is to improvise. It's the effort that counts." "I am less than an hour away from a battle simulation, and I must handhold an android?" "The burdens of command." "Worf... when you're out-gunned, out-manned, and out-equipped --what else do you have left?" "Guile." "Join me." "Attempt the routing bypass here! If it works, they will be surprised." "Where'm I gonna get the opti-cable?" "Anywhere." "The test is if a crew will follow where Commander Riker leads. His joviality is the way he creates that loyalty. And I'll match his command style against your statistics anytime." "Commander, it is possible to commit no mistakes -- and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is 'life'". "As the Starfleet observer I am ordering you to withdraw!" "I am the captain of this vessel! Your order is nullified!"

Someone mentioned twi cliches...

Someone mentioned twi's cliches....