I haven't seen this ep in years but he brings good points about the moral of the story, I never thought about it that way before.Rochey wrote:Someone here said they wanted to see SFDebris cover a good episode. Here you go.
Welcome to the idiocy that is....the Pakleds
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Yeah, that's a great review there for a great episode.
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Sorry, I should have allowed for that. That statement was intended to allow for the successful purchase/barter/discovery (ie FINDING)/receiving the gift of/or theft of tech.Rochey wrote:Oh, of course. If it was handed to them they might be able to make it work. I was countering the assertion that pure determination would have allowed them to create such tech on their own, without outside influence.
No. They really were retarded.stitch626 wrote:Perhaps they were just slow in speech (I haven't seen the ep yet, so don't know the specifics).
As I remember, the Pakleds didn't have any physical handicap to prevent them from discovering/building warp drive, so thats not quite the best comparison here. All it would take is for one "special" Pakled (theie version of a genius) to make the discovery.Mikey wrote:To quote Captain Seafort from another discussion, "determination < opposable thumbs."
We're not talking about trying to win a spot on the varsity team, we're talking about interstellar travel. Certain tools are just plain required.
In other words, a paraplegic can't climb stairs. There are other solutions, such as ramps, available; and it doesn't mak
e the paraplegic a bad person. But the fact remains.
Remember people, no matter how they are portrayed they CANNOT be as dumb as they appear. They have managed as a race not only to survive but to thrive, overcoming likely similar trials that every other species in Trek did.
Maybe we just saw an unusually dumb crew?
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Re: Welcome to the idiocy that is....the Pakleds
Ah, alright.Mark wrote: Sorry, I should have allowed for that. That statement was intended to allow for the successful purchase/barter/discovery (ie FINDING)/receiving the gift of/or theft of tech.
And it needs other such special Pakleds to create manufacturing facilities to reproduce the tech in question, know how to maintain them and install them.Mark wrote:As I remember, the Pakleds didn't have any physical handicap to prevent them from discovering/building warp drive, so thats not quite the best comparison here. All it would take is for one "special" Pakled (theie version of a genius) to make the discovery.
So have the Ocampa, despite evolution practicaly dictating that they should be extinct. I'd put the Pakled's success down to everyone else just ignoring them and letting them do what they want. They're not exactly a great threat.Mark wrote:Remember people, no matter how they are portrayed they CANNOT be as dumb as they appear. They have managed as a race not only to survive but to thrive, overcoming likely similar trials that every other species in Trek did
Ah, the Pakled version of Golgafrinchian Ark Ship B?Mark wrote:Maybe we just saw an unusually dumb crew?
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
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Exactly
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.