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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 1130515106.982706.318630@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com,   
   gregzywicki@cs.com at gregzywicki@cs.com wrote on 10/28/05 8:58 AM:   
      
   >   
   > ANIM8Rfsk wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >>   
   >> You Can't Stop the Signal   
   >   
   > So, if Bones and Spock are standing next to each other, and Kirk calls   
   > only Spock, Bones gets no notification.  Don't remember.   
      
   I assume it must work that way (of course, we've never seen Bones standing   
   there NOT answering).  They don't look at any kind of readout before they   
   answer, so I don't see how it works except that only the correct   
   communicator rings.   
   >   
   > That being said, it's not much more sophisticated than my Nextel Direct   
   > Connect.   
      
   Nope.  Certainly not magic.   
   >   
   > Greg Zywicki   
   > I can even do Voice Rec.  Hold a button and say, "home" and home comes   
   > up.   
   >   
      
   Mine connects to my best friend if I say "Kirk to Enterprise" -- it also   
   calls him if I say "Russ" just in case, like, a girl is in the room or   
   something.   
      
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