From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: orion@dslnorthwest.net
Subject: Re: Views on the Viewer?

On Oct 31, 9:40aam, Marcovaldo  wrote:
> On Oct 30, 3:14apm, Ron  wrote:
>
> > Watching The Savage Curtain Today has gotten me a bit intrigued by the
> > scanner in the transporter room. Spock looks into it and tells Kirk
> > about a mineral-like lifeform with claws, but how does he know this?
> > Did Spock actually *see* this creature through this device or does it
> > only give a chemical analysis-- and if so, how does Spock come up with
> > a full description from a list of chemicals and minerals?
>
> > First Spock tells about the creature, then he says there are human
> > readings; two different types of descriptions from one device! And I
> > seem to remember it being used a couple of times before, but not the
> > episodes..?
>
> > Ron
>
> Maybe it was like that thing the Romper Room lady had. Scary how she
> could she all those kids.
LOL. This reminds me of a physics class I was taking in college a few
years back called "Science In Science Fiction" where the physics
teacher had us watching Star Trek IV and he saw Kirk  yell "Put it on
the screen!" and he was wondering how they could get a picture of the
whales and the approaching whaling boat on that Klingon view screen.
ah, the magic of technology, heh heh...
Ron
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