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   Message 9,448 of 11,234   
   Bo Raxo to All   
   Re: Worst technobabble moment?   
   29 Aug 05 01:53:53   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: invasions_r_us@thepentagon.removethis.com   
      
   I really hated the way Voyager writers kept using the prefix "iso" on   
   things, to make them sound more techie.  "Iso" means "equal" (isometric, for   
   example, meaning has sides of equal length).  So in the otherwise excellent   
   "Equinox" when they start talking about "iso-grams of dilithium crystals" I   
   suddenly lose my suspension of disbelief and start muttering that nobody   
   asked Andre Bormanis about the script.   
      
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