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To: SunkenCiv
Data tried to warn him.

{Putting on pedantic hat] Let's see...data is the plural form of datum, so how many Data were there on that series?

13 posted on 07/28/2006 2:07:29 PM PDT by Bernard Marx (Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
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To: Bernard Marx

That is a tricky one, but of course, datum is hardly ever seen or heard, and data is generally considered either plural or singular. :') Commander Data had at least two twin brothers (Lore, and I forget the other one, which was introduced in Star Trek X; XI is in the works I just heard) but they didn't have his name. Data built his own child, Lal (I think the name was), but that was a daughter. And there was another Soong android, but of course, this is a pretty geeky thing to discuss in a topic about a 9,000 year old dead guy. ;')


15 posted on 07/28/2006 4:44:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Bernard Marx

...and of course, as Data said, "one is my name. The other is not." :'D


16 posted on 07/28/2006 4:45:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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