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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 83 points 2 years ago (4 children)

[off topic?]

I read a story about TOS. A company was building automatic doors. Someone wrote to the production asking how they got their doors to work so flawlessly.

Two Union workers was not the answer the company was hoping for.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amazing how much technology since the 60s has just been trying to make star trek props real

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like in old science fiction when the 'future' tech is behind what we have. 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' has a sentient computer struggling to invent CGI.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Starman Jones is the most extreme example of that I know of. They have slipstick boys to do their FTL math and the MC's special ability is that he memorized all the log tables and so he can do the math faster.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

'Starship Troopers.' Hero gets a snail mail via starship. I never read it myself, but there's one form the 1930's where they land on an alien planet and explore it in a prop plane

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neelix goes around handing people PADDs of their mail but that's because Neelix is terrible not because of any technological necessity.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's like when my boss sends me an email and then comes over to my desk to tell me he sent me an email.

Yeah, I know. It was 10 seconds ago. Go away.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

At least he doesn't hand you a printed copy"if you don't want to read it on the screen" too!

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hope they were sent the outtakes where the doors don't open.

[–] ProfessorAdonisCnut@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They worked smoothly but never silently, once you know to look for the breaks in dialogue for the door audio to be easily removed you never stop noticing it

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

There are so many little details like that. From the 'swoosh' noise in the intro to the way every ship in the Galaxy flies in the same orientation.

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a union man!