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ost_uid0="Marc"]>> Oh, yeah: why the Egyptian-Hittite battle of 1294 BC? Any particular reason? <<
Nic mentioned to me when he submitted his fiver that he had recently been reading about the Hittites, and that he'd been struck by the fact that their mysteriousness made them sound very Romulan. Â He speculated that Picard, who's interested in archaeology, had devised some bizarre theory on the subject that he was constantly trying to tell people about. Â
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Indeed, Â
I`ve found out that the Hittites had this sneaky tactic of sending false defectors to Egyptian war camps, where those "defectors" would tell the Egyptians that the Hittite army is several weeks away. When in fact, it was a day or two away... So when the Hittites attacked, the Egyptians would be completely shocked and unprepared. They used this tactic in the battle of 1294 BC...
Romulans would be proud, Â
By the way, thanks everyone for the nice words about the fiver,
Glad you enjoyed it!
Marc, I really liked Contagion...
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ost_uid0]Picard: Tea, Earl Grey, hot.
(The replicator delivers fruit, exotic, cold)
Wesley: Weird. Have you ever heard of a replicator playing a practical joke like that?
Picard: Only some off-the-record rumours that it once happened on James Kirk's Enterprise.
Wesley: It's too bad those kinds of unconfirmed stories never make it into Starfleet's official textbooks. If they did, history class would be a lot more animated. [/quote
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ost_uid0]La Forge: (catapulted out) AAAHHHHHH -- ooompf!
Riker: Damn -- he's out cold. Look, sir...there's a message on the PADD he's holding. The display keeps putting two and two together.
Picard: I'm open to conjectures about what that's supposed to mean. [/quote
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ost_uid0]Data: I believe I have found the control panel for the stargate which has just opened.
(FWWWZZZAP!)
Picard: Data! Are you all right?
Data: I am not certain. I feel an overwhelming urge to transmit messages to everyone in my address book. [/quote
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Loved these scenes!
Oh, and about Windows... I just got Windows XP installed on Monday. Fortunately, they`ve spared me, but they`ve been bugging my sister all day... refusing to run Civilization III,
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