ummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWell, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down12
arrow-up1154arrow-down1imageWell, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoI’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you. The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoHow about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoRight, but it takes longer than the usual delay to speak the words “the aliens want to talk. Ok, put them on.”
I’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you.
The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
How about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI
Right, but it takes longer than the usual delay to speak the words “the aliens want to talk. Ok, put them on.”