Look, you meet a new guy, and one of the first things you want to know is, does he still live with his parents? Even if he doesn’t, you want to know if he’s the type who would if his folks hadn’t kicked him to the curb. Ask him which he prefers, Star Trek or Star Wars. Guys, can you spot the correct answer? If not, you need to get a life.

1. Star Trek, definitely, because... (after that it doesn’t matter what he says, it only matters how much he says)
2. Star Wars, definitely, because... (after that it doesn’t matter what he says, it only matters how much he says)
3. I don’t like either one. (he’s either a snob, a bore, or he’s lying)
4. I enjoyed both. (with no follow up! Note the past tense! DINGDINGDING!)

Back here in the real world, most people have a preference, just not a huge preference. In some circles, it seems like there’s no room for middle ground in the Star trek vs. Star Wars battle. A lot of people are firmly in one camp or the other. I enjoyed both series (even though there is technically several Star Trek series). Apparently, the guys who put this video together also enjoy both! Video link here.

According to a couple of mathematicians, the cloaking device used in Star Trek just may be feasible. (Thanks, Ed!)

National Geographic article about a cloaking device.

Recasting Star Trek. Who should play those parts now?

Its all set now, Scotty is going into space.  (via Boingboing)

Star Trek New Voyages is a whole recreation of the original Star Trek with new episodes, new cast, same old crew. Lots to check out here!

Star Trek Karioke.

If you liked that, you will also enjoy Star Trek Poolside, Star Trek Coffeehouse, and Star Trek Cribs .

Kirk and Spock. Almost work-safe. (lifted from Frontier Editor)

Captain Picard goes Broadway!

How to host a mystery, Star Trek style!

Star Trek Crop Art .

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Star Trek style, that is.

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Star Trek Style

* Chakotay: Whatever its reason, whatever its goals, we should respect its right to cross the road and seek its own spiritual awareness.
* Neelix: Actually, Captain, I'm not really familiar with the chickens in this system. But, if you can catch it, I can cook it.
* Riker: I don't know why, but I know how: with pleasure, sir.
* Worf: KLINGON chickens do NOT cross roads.
* HoloDoc: How should I know? No one tells me anything around here. I didn't even know we added chickens to the crew. All I know is that it would have been nice, BEFORE the chicken went off to the cross the road, if it had remembered to turn me off!
* Dr. Crusher: If there's nothing wrong with the chicken, there must be something wrong with the universe.
* Dr. Soran: His heart just wasn't in it. (Scenes of chicken torture with nanoprobes have been edited out.)
* Scotty: Because she couldna take much morrrrrre.
* Odo: I don't know, but I'm sure it must be Quark's fault.
* Quark: Who, me?
* Charlie X: Because it didn't want to STAY...STAY...STAY...
* Troi: I feel the chicken's pain!
* Kira: It was probably being chased by those cursed Cardassians.
* Bones: Dammit, I'm a doctor, not an ornithologist!
* Data: The chicken, in observing that it was on the opposite side of the 20th century Terran paved roadway, was aware that its immediate goal should have been to traverse the distance without interception by an kind of combustion-propelled personal transport vehicle, but I am unclear as to why any kind of domesticated fowl should desire to perambulate upon a conveyance normally reserved for the usage of...yes, sir.
* Dr. Bashir: It probably heard about my amazing medical skills and came to get some pointers.
* The Borg: Crossing the road is irrelevant. The chicken will be assimilated.
* Hugh the Borg: Maybe it just needed a big hug!
* B'Elanna: I'm sure it felt suffocated by all the bleeping regulations of bleeping Starfleet and just couldn't stand it any longer!
* Picard: There are four lights!
* Q: Wouldn't you like to know? Too bad your puny human brain wouldn't be able to comprehend the answer.
* Uhura: Shall I open hailing frequencies so you can ask it, sir?
* Tasha: That depends...was it fully functional?
* Chekov: It must have been on its way to assist in saving my life for the billionth time..did I scream this time?
* Khan: With my last breath I spit at the chicken...
* Harry: I don't know, it's my first mission.
* Paris: Well, I think that...say, that's a lovely shirt you're wearing.
* Harvey [sic] Mudd: Chicken? I don't remember any chicken. No no no, there's been a terrible misunderstanding.
* Janeway: Its primary goal was no doubt to get back to the Alpha Quadrant...and it probably misses its dog.
* Nurse Chapel: Oh, Spock!
* Lwaxana: Oh, Jean-Luc!
* Spock: Fascinating, Captain.
* V'Ger: To join with the Creator.
* The Grand Nagus: Stupid chicken! You don't cross the road all at once! You sneak across it quietly, without anyone noticing!
* Gul Dukat: Well, that's a very interesting question...I'm sure we can work out some kind of arrangement to obtain that information that will be to everyone's satisfaction.
* Kes: It was remembering back to the times when its ancestors crossed roads all the time! They lost those abilities because they stopped using them!
* O'Brien: No problem, Commander, I'll get right on it.
* Wesley: I'm not sure, but I can figure it out if I reroute these systems and reconfigure the warp field and run a complete internal whootchacallit on the computers and...
* Sisko: It was seeking deeper meaning. Jake, do you see what we've learned from all this?
* Jake: Check out the babe that just came off that transport!
* Geordi: Well, wherever it's going, I'm sure it'll have more luck with women than I do.
* Sulu: Don't call me Tiny!
* Sarek: Sometimes logic fails me where chickens are concerned.
* Mr. Homn:
* Dax: To get to the other side. Kurzon might have disagreed with me, Tobin I'm sure wouldn't have had a clue, and then there's...
* Tuvok: That's not a question we'd prefer to hear from a senior officer. It makes the junior officers nervous.
* Gene Roddenberry: To boldly go where no chicken had gone before.
* Rick Berman & Company: To get away from the people who want to get rid of it!
* Lt. Cmdr. Long: To explore strange new countryside. To discover new coops, and new plantations......

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Thought for today: Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.

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