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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 1130441576.845287.284910@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,   
   gregzywicki@cs.com at gregzywicki@cs.com wrote on 10/27/05 12:32 PM:   
      
   >   
   > ANIM8Rfsk wrote:   
   >> in article 1130421465.073239.90870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,   
   >> gregzywicki@cs.com at gregzywicki@cs.com wrote on 10/27/05 6:57 AM:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Cory C. Albrecht wrote:   
   >>>> In article <1129904267.307243.189610@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   >>>> "rick++"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>> Cell phones in IM mode are pretty close to   
   >>>>> what was an original Communicator.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, IM is text based, which communicators weren't.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Cell phones with voice recognition ("Call Bob's mobile") or the   
   >>>> network-based VR of some carriers are the start of Trek communicators   
   >>>> but you still have to have programmed it all in yourself. When you can   
   >>>> say "Call Bob's mobile" without having to have known Bob's number   
   >>>> beforehand, then we will be their.   
   >>>   
   >>> Bah...they were just two-way radios that worked form very far away.   
   >>> You had hailling frequencies, and you had the landing party's   
   >>> frequency, and ground to ship, and   
   >>> that's about it.  I don't recall any point to point com   
   >>>   
   >>> Greg Zywicki   
   >>>   
   >> Yes, they did point to point.  In fact, I'm sure they did point to point in   
   >> the very first aired episode, THE MAN TRAP.  I believe this is the exchange:   
   >>   
   >> Set.   
   >> Acknowledged.   
   >>   
   >> I'm pretty sure they do it in SHORE LEAVE after they lose contact with the   
   >> ship.   
   > It's been dog's years since I watched any.   
   >   
   > So they didn't just have an open frequency for everyone to check with   
   > each other?  Or maybe some eps they did and some they didn't.   
   >   
   > Greg Zywicki.   
   >   
   I'm shy of specific examples, but I'm willing to bet we see, for instance,   
   Kirk open his communicator and say 'Kirk to Spock' and be connected direct.   
      
      
   oo -- Devil in the Dark -- I bet they do it there, in the mines, out of   
   range of the ship.   
      
   (checking)   
      
   Yeah, they all call each other, and only the person they want's communicator   
   chirps.   
      
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