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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   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.   
      
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