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   From: mdicenso@seds.org   
      
   On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, whodothere wrote:   
      
   > In article , Mike Dicenso   
    wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Glenn Holliday wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> "David E. Powell" wrote:   
   > >> >   
   > >> > IMO they made a mistake going with phasers instead of the earlier style   
   > >> > lasers (as seen used in TOS) or slugthrowers.   
   > >>   
   > >> In a TNG episode, there was a time criminal who was collecting   
   > >> future technologies to introduce to past time periods.  Worf   
   > >> mentioned when the phaser was invented.  What did he say, and   
   > >> is that established history consistent with Enterprise?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >Worf says that there were no phasers. But on the other hand, Riker says   
   > >that Earth did not have warp drive either in the 20th century, which in   
   > >turn runs contrary to what was established in TOS' "Metamorphosis" as well   
   > >as ENT and ST:FC.   
   > >-Mike   
   > ST:FC takes place in the 21st century.   
      
      
   The typo was already corrected. It should have read "22nd century", not   
   "20th". So the point still stands.   
   -Mike   
      
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