August 30, 2003, 11:53
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Please can we lose those Godawful "Star Trek" quotes?
You know the ones- the ones that appear in the "Here is something to think about while..." box.
This is a nice feature. It can feature pithy little quotes or riddles, but it's just swamped with Trekkie drivel. I've just been informed "The deflector shields just came on Captain". What am I supposed to think about? Reminiscing over William Shatner's corset?
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August 30, 2003, 12:06
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I have to admit that I enjoy the Star Trek quotes. I remember watching the series during first runs back in the 60's. What I think about during the inane quotes is what the cultural message that Star Trek sent during a very trying time for our culture.
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August 30, 2003, 12:24
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But many of the geeks here used thoses phrases in everyday life.
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August 30, 2003, 12:25
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I'm sure it's on Dan's to do list. Way down on the list, on the area of the paper, where the coffee cup is placed.
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August 30, 2003, 12:37
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Re: Please can we lose those Godawful "Star Trek" quotes?
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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
You know the ones- the ones that appear in the "Here is something to think about while..." box.
This is a nice feature. It can feature pithy little quotes or riddles, but it's just swamped with Trekkie drivel. I've just been informed "The deflector shields just came on Captain". What am I supposed to think about? Reminiscing over William Shatner's corset?
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Are you volunteering to go through the fortune quote files, edit out all the Star Trek quotes, and send the revised copy to Dan? Good luck.
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August 30, 2003, 13:00
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They're probably all together.
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August 30, 2003, 13:24
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What happened to all the new quotes? I've never seen them, yet I always seem to get the trekkie quotes. Granted I like them, but I'd like to see more of the ones submitted in the quotes thread not too long ago.
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August 30, 2003, 23:02
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I think it would be cool if all the quotes were actually funny excerpts from forum threads.
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August 30, 2003, 23:16
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That's what sigs are for. 
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Posted with Mozilla Firebird running under Sawfish on a Slackware Linux install.:p
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August 30, 2003, 23:26
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Some of us prefer to browse without the sigs.  Of course, I rarely ever read those something to think about things anymore.
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August 30, 2003, 23:29
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If you dont want to see them, dont post. It works for me.
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August 31, 2003, 01:28
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I believe they should delete all the quotes, and then just populate the database with our quotes. There are two threads full of them.
Then again, it is a low priority thing.
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August 31, 2003, 02:19
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August 31, 2003, 03:17
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Frankly there ought to be more CIV quotes.
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August 31, 2003, 05:22
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I believe they should delete all the quotes, and then just populate the database with our quotes. There are two threads full of them.
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Defently...
I have only seen star trek a few times, and got pretty bored, those quotes means nothing to me 
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August 31, 2003, 06:09
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Even worse though are the "random passage from a book" quotes that start out promising but end up not having any point. They should go.
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August 31, 2003, 07:09
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Maybe we should have a commitee rewrite the quotes section.
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August 31, 2003, 07:39
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Well IIRC they were added to, then the original ones returned. After that there were some efforts to collect quotes to use, but I don't think anything came of it.
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August 31, 2003, 09:38
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You do know that st_swithin reads this forum, right? 
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August 31, 2003, 10:20
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August 31, 2003, 11:17
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Those CtP source code "quotes" have to go. Far worse than Trek quotes.
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August 31, 2003, 12:02
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Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source?
Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.
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August 31, 2003, 12:09
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The button works if you time it right. Plus, that 'back' button is there for a reason.
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August 31, 2003, 12:14
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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source?
Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.
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It does work if you hit it before the next page starts loading. If the page starts loading, though, you have to click stop.
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August 31, 2003, 12:22
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I dunno where those files are by default in RedHat, but in Gentoo all you would need to do to remove the Star Trek quotes is to:
# rm /usr/share/fortunes/startrek*
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August 31, 2003, 13:42
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There is a fixed position for Star Trek quotes in Linux?   
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Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark
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August 31, 2003, 17:10
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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source?
Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.
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My understanding is that st_swithin collected/submitted a lot/most of the quotes in the beginning of polyland...
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August 31, 2003, 18:04
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Dammit Jim, I'm an actor, not a doctor!!!!
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August 31, 2003, 18:25
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Does that mean "correct" or "incorrect"?
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Yes.
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