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10-24-2006, 08:42 AM
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I'd probably be the one hopping over to Stargate and Daniel Jackson. Writing doesn't have a huge component in anything in Starfleet, I don't think, and I love archaeology. (Plus, mm, Daniel Jackson.)
In Starfleet (if I couldn't get Section 31, that is ;p) I'd probably go for either Security or Command. Why? I'm a blackbelt and I'm good at convincing people. A commander can come from anywhere though, as Janeway and Picard came through Science, Archer through piloting, and I don't know about either Sisko or Kirk but I think Kirk would've been Security. Or Intelligence. I think any way it went, I'd want something with high risks. I don't necessarily spell things the Canadian way. I spell them whichever way I am in the mindset of at the time. As much as I hate to say it, sometimes that's the American way. Hell, I'm not even sure if there is a Canadian way. It's like us using metric for some things and Imperial for others. I just go with what makes sense to me, you know?
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10-24-2006, 10:26 AM
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Okay, and what makes sense to you? Imperial or metric? As an engineering graduate, I've had to use both, and it really irks me how it always seems like the science classes use metric and the engineering classes use Imperial. I have to know both units.
What makes sense to me? To me it's an example of human frailty. Metric is more logical, but after all: Gillian Taylor: Who ever said the human race was logical? Ergo Imperial fits better in human terms.
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10-31-2006, 05:23 PM
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It would involve holographic cameras, most certainly. I'm sure they still need photographers in the future.
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10-31-2006, 06:45 PM
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What makes sense to me? A combination of both. It depends on the circumstances.
I couldn't tell you my height in cm, but I know it in feet. Distances are in kilometers, though, and meters for heights of inanimate objects. If I'm closer to something, it's 30 feet away, not ten meters. Confused yet? Welcome to Canada.
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10-31-2006, 09:21 PM
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Anybody else think that that would make a great national motto?
"Confused yet? Welcome to Canada." The patron saint of the motto would undoubtedly be Red Green!
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11-02-2006, 09:23 PM
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Nah, Red Green would endorse 'Duct tape forever!'
I still call it Duck Tape, though. :D
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11-03-2006, 02:27 AM
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Red Green's motto is not the same as the Canadian national motto. He wouldn't be the first person to endorse an ideal that is not necessarily his own, anyway.
On the duck vs. duct debate, I take my cue from Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys. Use duct because it's the correct name, at least in print. I've found a pronounciation that's somewhere between the two, and I let the listener choose what they want to hear. On the other hand, using a copyrighted name like "duck" as a generisized trademark (Wikipedia's term) would hardly be new. I still use Band-Aid and Q-Tip.
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11-03-2006, 05:28 AM
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I believe that would be "genericized", but that's a nitpick.
Yes, the stuff is for sealing ventilation ducts. There is, however, at least one "Duck Tape" brand name, and I just think that the notion of tape for ducks is a funny one. YMMV.
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11-03-2006, 11:07 PM
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Oh yes, the industry is much better now that the all-important duck consumer market has opened up.
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