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Redshirts Aren't Likeliest to Die — and Other 'Star Trek' Math Lessons
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| 04/13/2017
| Sarah Lewin
Posted on 04/13/2017 8:32:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:32:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
“likeliest” isn’t necessarily a percentage parameter.
It is quite acceptable to be an assessment of absolute numbers.
What did viewer observe without knowing the total population of a group?
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:40:24 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: BenLurkin
IIRC, except for Charlie X, most Enterprise (A) crew fatalities occurred planetside, so the better calculation might be red shirt fatalities among landing parties, rather than ship’s complement.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:42:00 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: BenLurkin
Meh. My favorites were when some hot alien babe asked Kirk, “What is love”, and in the next scene he’s sitting on the edge of a bed putting his boots on.
‘course, I was 14 at the time...
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:42:47 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: treetopsandroofs
That’s why Guy had a better chance of surviving if he stayed on board the Galaxy Quest, though it still worked out ok for him.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:44:14 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: BenLurkin
FWIW, I thought Kirk’s logic in defeating Landru was pretty weak; M5 was the better take-down.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:44:36 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: treetopsandroofs
Nomad was somewhere in between.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:46:01 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: Mr. Douglas
“Don’t open that!! It’s an alien planet!!
Is there air?? You don’t know!” - Guy
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:47:01 AM PDT
by
babble-on
To: Mr. Douglas
“Meh. My favorites were when some hot alien babe asked Kirk, “What is love”, and in the next scene he’s sitting on the edge of a bed putting his boots on.”
Drea, “By Any Other Name”.
Drusilla was hotter.
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:49:40 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: treetopsandroofs
Indeed. The term red-shirt in the context of likely to die meant an extra beaming down as a security guard at the beginning of an episode. It did not apply to eveeybody wearing a red shirt.
To: treetopsandroofs
The green one was the best. :)
Vina
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:52:13 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: babble-on
“Did you ever actually WATCH the show?!” - Guy
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:52:43 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: treetopsandroofs
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:53:59 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: babble-on
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:54:53 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: babble-on
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posted on
04/13/2017 8:55:26 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I always felt sorry for poor Norman.
To: BenLurkin
Captain Kirk talks computers to death no fewer than four separate occasions in the original series."Your logic was impeccable, Captain. We are in grave danger."
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:00:20 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: treetopsandroofs
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:03:08 AM PDT
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: BenLurkin
There is no paradox. The statement is invalid and has no meaning, like 1/0. You can put the words together but they don’t signify any reality.
1/0 has no truth value. It is meaningless.
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posted on
04/13/2017 9:07:28 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers and is absolutely incompatible with Western society.)
To: BenLurkin
Captain Kirk talks computers to death no fewer than four separate occasions
Alexa, everything I say is a lie.
I am lying.
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