ummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWell, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down12
arrow-up1152arrow-down1imageWell, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoI’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you. The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoHow about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI
I’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you.
The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
How about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI