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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 8/13/2025 3:50 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 8/12/2025 12:13 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>> Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   >>>> Verily, in article >>> september.org>, did thetruemelissa@gmail.com deliver unto us this   
   >>>> message:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Verily, in article <165840835.776667635.718336.anim8rfsk-   
   >>>>> cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   >>>>> message:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Verily, in article <392916302.776642579.774871.anim8rfsk-   
   >>>>>>> cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this   
   >>>>>>> message:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Melissa Hollingsworth  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> Verily, in article <635212760.776606512.130859.anim8rfsk-   
   >>>>>>>>> cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us   
   this   
   >>>>>>>>> message:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> VOYAGER never did get that right. They had a holo deck where you   
   could live   
   >>>>>>>>>> indefinitely on imaginary food and drink, and yet they established   
   that it   
   >>>>>>>>>> went away when you exited. So if you were in the holo deck very   
   long, you   
   >>>>>>>>>> should just die when you walked outside.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> So... you could stay in the holodeck for a year and just live on   
   >>>>>>>>> imaginary food? Did something like this actually happen?   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Not a year, but probably weeks and certainly several days, long   
   enough that   
   >>>>>>>> it would kill you.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Several days wouldn't kill you. People can live at least a month   
   without   
   >>>>>>> food, on average. The old rule I recall is "four minutes without air,   
   >>>>>>> four days without water, forty days without food."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Good point. They presumably aren?t having real water either. They are   
   >>>>>> living off of imaginary beer and pub food made of hard light.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Several weeks might. At the least, you'd show some signs when you came   
   >>>>>>> out. If not, the holofood must be providing real nourishment.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And yet they don?t use it when they?re having problems with the food   
   supply   
   >>>>>> outside the holo deck   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Maybe it's real food. The holodeck could have food replication ability,   
   >>>>> but it would need the same supplies as other replicators.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, wait, I've got it. It's a configurable option. You can have hard   
   >>>> light food when you want to pig out on steak and chocolate without   
   >>>> consequences, but have real food when you and your friends are spending   
   >>>> a whole weekend climbing a fake mountain.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> If only the voyager “writers” had put this much effort into the show.   
   >>>   
   >> As I recall "Holodeck energy" was different than all the other energy   
   >> the ship used, so replicators in the holodeck weren't possible.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, it really was that stupid.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think that qualifies me for Holodeck ice cream.   
   >   
   > Judges?   
   >   
   I'd pay but my holodeck will only supply peanut butter ice cream.   
      
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