Deep Space 9 Superior

[jsonitsac]

The Ent D ran on isolinear chips and we still got Moriarty, Fifth.

But Dr. Moriaty was specifically programed to be intelligent enough to defeat Data and he was being run and stored in a Galaxy class ship's computer core, so even if it was using a more primitive processing technology, I would have to imagine that the Enterprise computers were probably more powerful than Voyager's.

[jelgate]

I seem to remember B'Elanna or 7 of 9 talking about how the Gel Packs were able to process information fast enough to give the Dr. sentient/human like characteristics and traits in one of those typical technobabble heavy VOY episodes where the EMH's program was on the fritz (there quite a few of those episodes).

Ah yes the reason TNG and VOY were never to DS9 quality. The two former shows were way too saturated with technobabble.

[Alder]

So, I'm getting terribly close to the end of DS9...

Cardassia has just rebelled against the Dominion, we're on to the last Weyoun and Kai Winn has gone over to the Dark Side. I felt like shouting "It's Dukat!! Can't you hear it?!" Can't quite remember exactly what happens next, which is fun.

...also got past the Ezri/Worf stuff that I could have lived without...

[Linda06]

Ah yes the reason TNG and VOY were never to DS9 quality. The two former shows were way too saturated with technobabble.

Technobabble makes my head hurt

[jelgate]

Technobabble makes my head hurt

It because you have to think isn't it?

So, I'm getting terribly close to the end of DS9...

Cardassia has just rebelled against the Dominion, we're on to the last Weyoun and Kai Winn has gone over to the Dark Side. I felt like shouting "It's Dukat!! Can't you hear it?!" Can't quite remember exactly what happens next, which is fun.

...also got past the Ezri/Worf stuff that I could have lived without...

Kai Winn will redeem herself in the end. I won't say what just that you never know what side she is on. Just make sure you are really paying in What You Leave Behind.

[Linda06]

It because you have to think isn't it?

Well...That might have something to do with it

[marielabbott]

And you didn't come to visit me

Sorry, I spent all my time on the east side of the state. I wanted to go to the Star Trek exhibit at the Detroit Science Center, but I didn't go to the Detroit area. Bummer. On the upside, I didn't have to go to Detroit, which I consider a pit.

Has anyone here ever seen a Trek travelling exhibit?

Another Indiana resident! Hello neighbor! I tend to go to New England for my vacations... I am from Maine originally and need to see the ocean every so often....!
What can i say... I like big bulked up guys! oh the kids in the originals were such bad actors...

If you live in Indy, we are kinda neighbors. I'm within a couple hours drive.

The kids and pretty much everything in the original were bad. What is driving this obsessive remake craze? Especially of stuff that shouldn't have been made originally.

[the Fifth Race]

The Ent D ran on isolinear chips and we still got Moriarty, Fifth. And even when running on other non-Federation systems, The Doctor was still The Doctor.

Whatever, I'm not arguing that - I'm just remembering a specific conversation where it was mentioned that the Gel Paks helped to make it possible for the Dr. to be a better more human hologram (If memory serves me right it was B'Elana or 7 that mentioned it). As you well know brother nx - Star Trek (like all scifi shows), especially TNG and VOY are full of continuity problems and inconsistencies with there storylines. What one series had, especially technology wise, might not exactly be what was on another series.

[jelgate]

Sorry, I spent all my time on the east side of the state. I wanted to go to the Star Trek exhibit at the Detroit Science Center, but I didn't go to the Detroit area. Bummer. On the upside, I didn't have to go to Detroit, which I consider a pit.

Has anyone here ever seen a Trek travelling exhibit?

Detriot is a dump. I blame it for everything that is wrong with the state. However it was quite humorous when the mayor of Detriot was placed under house arrest.

[nx01a]

What I meant was that the hologram is always as intelligent as the plot dictates, just like the ship always warps at the speed of plot.

But Dr. Moriaty was specifically programed to be intelligent enough to defeat Data and he was being run and stored in a Galaxy class ship's computer core, so even if it was using a more primitive processing technology, I would have to imagine that the Enterprise computers were probably more powerful than Voyager's.

I'm guessing Voyager's probably got a faster computer, or at least one that thinks it's faster. Damn biological parts.

Technobabble makes my head hurt

I love technobabble! Especially when the technobabble is used correctly in-universe on multiple occasions.

[jelgate]

You could also argue Voyager being newer then the Enterprise D it has a more efficent computer. Look at how fast modern computer become out of date

[the Fifth Race]

So, I'm getting terribly close to the end of DS9...

Cardassia has just rebelled against the Dominion, we're on to the last Weyoun and Kai Winn has gone over to the Dark Side. I felt like shouting "It's Dukat!! Can't you hear it?!" Can't quite remember exactly what happens next, which is fun.

...also got past the Ezri/Worf stuff that I could have lived without...

That is so kewl Lady Alder. At least they didn't dwell on the Ezri/Worf awkwardness to much. We got to see a side of Worf that was pretty nice when he finally let Dax go by accepting Ezri as a colleague and friend. Over-all and IMHO - the writers get kudo's for how they integrated Ezri in to the storyline surrounding the tragic circumstances in which she arrived.

[DigiFluid]

You could also argue Voyager being newer then the Enterprise D it has a more efficent computer. Look at how fast modern computer become out of date

Or voyager is like the Netbook of the Trek-verse--does what it sets out to do, but don't expect the same level of performance as you'd get from something more powerful

I do think the idea of bioneural gelpacks is actually a pretty cool one though.

[the Fifth Race]

What I meant was that the hologram is always as intelligent as the plot dictates, just like the ship always warps at the speed of plot.

I hear ya. The writers will take something like the Gel Packs, and they will exaggerate the usefulness or the power of said item to emphasize what ever storyline or point there trying to get across on a particular episode. And then later on down the line the 'exaggerated point' they made in an earlier episode seems to be changed, or less important, or it never existed at all.

When you re-watch as much Star Trek as I embarrasingly have, you see these inconsistencies all the time (especially on VOY and TNG).

I'm guessing Voyager's probably got a faster computer, or at least one that thinks it's faster. Damn biological parts.
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The Gel Packs didn't just speed things up - they also supposedly made Voyager's computer think and reason more like how a humans brain would instead of just using numbers and calculations like normal computers do. The Gel Packs helped the computer think out the box so to speak. I have re-watched enough VOY to remember them talking about that particular detail as well.

[nx01a]

All the bio-neural gel pack info we could ever want!
And because I can't resist...
It's great when they begin a show and then remember to end it the same way.