Wow. Immediately, I think of a flashlight. I don't want red or blinky or multi-dim settings. I am tired of having to click 4 times to get to the only function that I ever want. I just want to click a button to turn it on and click again to turn it off. I can choose the correct flashlight for the brightness and battery life for my needs.
Joseph Dettinger Jr
@Reply 10 months ago
Holy Cow what a can of worms. True True. Automobiles. Go back to switches and knobs, menus and screens no more. HAM radio same back to switches and knobs, not 1 knob that does 19 different things. The company I work for 27 years ago purchased a multi-thousand dollar CMMS package with 9 different modules and a bar code scanner. I was asked 26 1/2 years ago what should we do about this. I told them write what you want in Access. They did not listen. 9 modules 4 of them never used. A bar code scanner never used. I have for 27 years answered most of their questions using Access into the back end of this CMMS system. Why does everyone want to complicate every thing to the Nth degree? More times than not Less IS MORE!
Kevin Yip
@Reply 10 months ago
In most things, there is a point of equilibrium, a sweet spot, beyond which more is less, and beneath which less is less. Only at the sweet spot is the optimal amount is achieved.
Michael Olgren
@Reply 10 months ago
Michael Olgren
@Reply 10 months ago
That's my ancient Star Trek Concordance pictured above. I used to own the schematics too and remember the bowling alley. Here's verification from today's internet:
The original USS Enterprise had a six-lane bowling alley on Deck 21, as detailed in the official Franz Joseph blueprints from 1975, though it was never depicted in the classic Star Trek series. The bowling alley's presence is considered "canon" in the Star Trek universe because it was officially documented in the blueprints, but the facility itself was never shown on-screen.
Yeah, I've got the Next Generation technical manual somewhere around here. I don't think it had a bowling alley though, but with the holodeck, you don't really need a dedicated bowling alley. The holodeck did make for some interesting episodes, but I think it took away from actually having to have cool stuff on the ship sometimes.
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