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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

"You already reversed the polarity? All right, but did you really? Let's do it one more time while we're on the phone together... oh, it's working now? Yeah, that is weird, goodbye."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What operating system is that probe running?

Pakled

We’re going to die!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Have you considered switching your long distance subspace communications service to Pakled Bell? You could be saving several strips of gold pressed latinum every 72 hours!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those long-distance fees will kill you though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Dear sir or madam,

I'm writing to inform you that a warp core leak has broken out. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours truly, Captain Freeman

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Have you tried Linux?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

:: uncomfortable warp core noises ::

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

You poor dejected warp core. Shaxs is after you.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

The thing about Delta Shift is they always try to walk it in

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I never thought of that. Why can't the industrial replicators on Bajor replicate more industrial replicators?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would imagine that they could fabricate most of the parts for other industrial replicators, but there are probably some components that can’t be replicated. We know that dilithium and latinum can’t be replicated, so there are probably other exotic materials too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Sort of like how you can use a 3D printer to print a new 3D printer, but there are some parts you cannot print like that. Like if its a PLA printer you probably still do need some metal parts for their characteristics, sturdyness or whatever.

So maybe a replicated replicator would work, but probably be very unreliable or stops working quickly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess it could replicate itself but a slightly smaller version.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or replicate the parts needed to assemble an exact copy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well yes, it can, but it requires power. Vast amounts of energy. It's still about the energy, even in the distant future, because I swear to the prophets, it never ends. It just doesn't stop not stopping.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you have Industrial Replicators though, you have the power to power them. Or maybe not, maybe Bajor didn't have the infrastructure to power them, and Star Fleet sent them with giant, but limited batteries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you have enough capacity to power 10 you can't replicate an 11th because that would mean that you would have more replicators than you had capacity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They had other places on the planet that wanted to use them though, and with how chaotic Bajor was post-occupation, I doubt they had a planetary power grid, so they would have been able to use more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah that would work assuming there isn't a part that is one single large part. I am thinking like a big side panel or support structure.

I guess you weld parts together after the replication.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does that have to do with replicators?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

They are secretly sabatoging them to not make more replicators to maintain section 31 control.

IDK I was mostly joking