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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Please advise on this conversation we had over on c/Piracy. Transporters and replicators, basic operating principles?

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  • The Technical Manual explanation is not that replicators create matter out of pure energy - they are a type of transporter that dematerializes raw material and rematerializes it to match a molecular pattern. They are "matter-energy converters" only in the sense that the stream of particles during the materialization process could be called an energy stream.

    These replicator system headends are located on Deck 12 in the Saucer Module [of the Enterprise-D] and on Deck 34 in the Engineering Section. These systems operate by using a phase-transition coil chamber in which a measured quantity of raw material is dematerialized in a manner similar to that of a standard transporter.

    Instead of using a molecular imaging scanner to determine the patterns of the raw stock, however, a quantum geometry transformational matrix field is used to modify the matter stream to conform to a digitally stored molecular pattern matrix. The matter stream is then routed through a network of waveguide conduits that direct the signal to a replicator terminal at which the desired article is materialized within another phase transition chamber.

  • Mark Carney to launch bid for the Liberal leadership in Edmonton on Thursday

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  • Okay then, the next election will happen when the next election is called.

    Let me know if I used any words that are too big for you.

  • Mark Carney to launch bid for the Liberal leadership in Edmonton on Thursday

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  • The likely scenario is that, immediately upon Parliament resuming next month, the Liberals will immediately lose a confidence vote, triggering a snap election. The opposition parties have all stated that they will initiate a confidence vote at the earliest opportunity.

    In the unlikely event that doesn't happen, I imagine JT would remain on as PM until the mandatory election this fall. Were he to step down, he would probably appoint a sitting MP as interim PM.

    As a fun(?) aside, Canada has had two PMs who served while members of the (unelected) Senate, and MacKenzie King and John Turner both briefly governed without a ministerial seat.

  • Mark Carney to launch bid for the Liberal leadership in Edmonton on Thursday

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  • No one is expecting Carney, or anyone else, to serve as an unelected PM.

  • 'Star Trek' now a Canadian enterprise. What made it so?

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  • I clicked hoping for a shot of the "Academy" set and left disappointed, but it's a neat article regardless. The opening anecdote is great:

    Olivia Chow has a model starship in her office.

    It’s the USS Toronto, a Parliament-class vessel slightly bigger than her hand. An accompanying plaque features a quote from her husband, Jack Layton, who died in 2011.

    “Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime,” it reads.

    Layton, the former federal NDP leader, was a fan of “Star Trek.”

    I'd like to know where the model came from - was it a gift?

  • How New 'Star Trek' Shows Get Made, According to Alex Kurtzman

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  • I'm quite happy with the way it ultimately went, but it's a pretty interesting thought experiment.

    It'll make one hell of an oral history some day.

  • How New 'Star Trek' Shows Get Made, According to Alex Kurtzman

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  • This is a few months old, but I don't remember seeing it before. I'm a sucker for this kind of "inside baseball" information.

  • Analysis: Everyone agrees Canada should spend more on defence. How do we pay for it?

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  • Unfortunately, I think the need for defense spending is increasingly clear these days, no?

  • Watch: Anson Mount’s Audition Tape For Captain Lorca On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

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  • It makes me wonder about how much background information Mount was given along with the sides he was reading - honestly, probably very little, or nothing at all.

    He certainly seems to be playing the role in a stern-but-friendly way, which is likely not what they were looking for in the case of Lorca.

  • Best (or least terrible) Flag Officer

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  • Does it get any better than Dadmiral Vance?

  • Confusion on Trek Eras

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  • When it comes to the overlapping shows, it might be better to frame things around events rather than series. Like, Dominion War, Romulan Evacuation, etc. But then, there are still some gaps in there, or unrelated adventures that aren't really defined by those major events.

  • Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference

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  • It seems like JT is handling the situation just about as well as could be expected.