What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Tallguy]

@Forbin look what you've done!

 

[fireproof78]

That's why I like writing as much as I can IRL, I get enough typing practice as is.

Writing IRL is also good for your memory.


I usually use Japanese Stationary that I get from either JetPens.com or other fine e-tail or retail outlets that sell real Japanese Stationary.
JetPens even has it's own YouTube Channel that shows off the superior quality, thoughtfulness, & innovation of your average Japanese Stationary compared to most American Counterparts.

Has potential.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Clarification, do you live in the U.S.?

Because that may be why you have such a vastly different experience.

Not anymore, no. But I'm also not living in some kind of hypertech utopia where internet problems never exist, either. This is just the way the world is headed, and while I have no doubt America as a whole is probably behind the curve compared to the Netherlands, I also have no doubt some parts of America probably aren't very far behind us. Either way, the fact that certain parts of the US might not ever fully catch up due to truly awful internet service isn't really any more relevant to the world at large than the fact that certain American communities never got hooked up to the electrical grid, either.

 

[Farscape One]

You don't have electronic chip and PIN ?
I used to work in a shop and years ago we routinely refused anyone trying to pay with something you had to sign with.

We do, but there are still restaurants, shops, and other places that need a signature. A lot more than you might think.

Not anymore, no. But I'm also not living in some kind of hypertech utopia where internet problems never exist, either. This is just the way the world is headed, and while I have no doubt America as a whole is probably behind the curve compared to the Netherlands, I also have no doubt some parts of America probably aren't very far behind us. Either way, the fact that certain parts of the US might not ever fully catch up due to truly awful internet service isn't really any more relevant to the world at large than the fact that certain American communities never got hooked up to the electrical grid, either.

I live in Miami, FL. It's one of the major international cities of the U.S. It's not like we have no internet or electricity.

 

[fireproof78]

I live in Miami, FL. It's one of the major international cities of the U.S. It's not like we have no internet or electricity.

That's not what I read on the Internet...


Also, I work in health care and still use "wet" signatures for a lot of documentation. Still sign receipts at restaurants. Still sign the back of my credit card.

Yeah, my signature is not great but I still use it a lot.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

I live in Miami, FL. It's one of the major international cities of the U.S. It's not like we have no internet or electricity.

Then you'll eventually be using these kind of systems, too.

Well, maybe not the part about universal health care vastly reducing health care related paperwork. But the rest is largely a matter of time.

 

[fireproof78]

Then you'll eventually be using these kind of systems, too.

Well, maybe not the part about universal health care vastly reducing health care related paperwork. But the rest is largely a matter of time.

Not until the law in my state change, which still require "wet signatures" in some measure on some documents.

ETA: and I am currently fighting with an electronic signature system which will not complete it and send it through to a provider for my personal care.

And this is what will replace it, eh? The future is bullshit.

 

[Commander Troi]

Is there cursive in Star Trek?

An interesting question. We've certainly seen captains writing or signing on what the yeomans give them. Perhaps there's some kind of "this is my mark".

That's why I like writing as much as I can IRL, I get enough typing practice as is.

Writing IRL is also good for your memory.

That's cool. I do notice my memory seems to have gotten better since I've been journaling daily (about 2 years). It's not always easy to read when I go back through, but it does seem to "activate" a different part of my brain than typing does. And there is an immediacy to writing in cursive that I often find unlocks my experiences and feelings better, as well as being satisfying on a physical level.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

That's cool. I do notice my memory seems to have gotten better since I've been journaling daily (about 2 years). It's not always easy to read when I go back through, but it does seem to "activate" a different part of my brain than typing does. And there is an immediacy to writing in cursive that I often find unlocks my experiences and feelings better, as well as being satisfying on a physical level.

I don't want society to lose the writing experience, there's a lot of memory / neuroligcal benefits to physical writing on analog paper.

As much as I love tech, I also love the simple things in life.

Opening a small notebook & writing / doodling / sketching, those are things everybody should value throughout time.

I don't want it to disappear.

 

[Turtletrekker]

There will come a time when neither Sato, nor Uhura, nor C3PO will be able to translate cursive.

 

[Tallguy]

There will come a time when neither Sato, nor Uhura, nor C3PO will be able to translate cursive.

Obviously not Uhura. She has to look up Klingon in a book!

 

[Nerys Myk]

There will come a time when neither Sato, nor Uhura, nor C3PO will be able to translate cursive.

"Can you read cursive? I need a droid who can read cursive." 3PO moves to the back of the line.

 

[BK613]

"Records of that period are fragmentary, however." -Spock
Hmm, maybe we should have wrote things down...

 

[Lord Garth]

"Records of that period are fragmentary, however." -Spock
Hmm, maybe we should have wrote things down...

I blame it on "The Crash of '29". 2129.

 

[cooleddie74]

Or the crash of Windows 29. So many computers failed in the war.

There'll be at least 29 versions of Windows offered to the public before World War III. You now Microsoft won't be able to resist the urge.

 

[Weyoun 251]

I don't want society to lose the writing experience, there's a lot of memory / neuroligcal benefits to physical writing on analog paper.

As much as I love tech, I also love the simple things in life.

Opening a small notebook & writing / doodling / sketching, those are things everybody should value throughout time.

I don't want it to disappear.

I can really appreciate that and there is an argument that it helps teach small precise movements and control of the object.

Obviously not Uhura. She has to look up Klingon in a book!

If anyone used cursive in Trek it would be the Klingons!

 

[Paul Weaver]

An interesting question. We've certainly seen captains writing or signing on what the yeomans give them. Perhaps there's some kind of "this is my mark".

I write plenty, last thing I wrote was some measurements on some plasterboard. I don't write cursive though - I write want to be able to read what I write.

Well, I know it's not being taught in school anymore. My eleven year old nephew had no idea what cursive even was when my parents asked him about it. Tells me all I need to about how relevant it is in modern times.

Fortunately the battle against 1750's nonsense is progressing in the UK. Still a long way to go, but it's clear - Cursive slows people down and results in illegible scrawl.

https://archive.is/Gwi2K

it slowed down children’s writing at a point when they already found manual dexterity tricky, and the muscles in their shoulders, arms and hands were still developing....

“I’m a fan of handwriting but, surely, as long as it’s neat and recognisable, that is what matters,” she says....

“We are hampering children by forcing them into a cursive style that might not necessarily be achievable for them,” Moss says.....

“I had an email from a parent this week thanking me for not making her autistic son use cursive. She said it’s so much better because he’s more comfortable printing, and was getting stressed out with cursive,” she says.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I can really appreciate that and there is an argument that it helps teach small precise movements and control of the object.

Cursive definitely helps kids develop fine motor skills at a young age.

The French teaches their kids to write cursive in a smart way, with specially ruled paper known as Seyes Rule Paper.
This is a form of teaching to write cursive that EVERYBODY can benefit from in the (Latin / English) (Reading / Writing) world.

I don't write cursive though - I write want to be able to read what I write.

Doesn't the legibility of your text depend on your own personal penmenship, regard-less of writing style (Cursive or Print)?

 

[Weyoun 251]

Cursive definitely helps kids develop fine motor skills at a young age.

The French teaches their kids to write cursive in a smart way, with specially ruled paper known as Seyes Rule Paper.
This is a form of teaching to write cursive that EVERYBODY can benefit from in the (Latin / English) (Reading / Writing) world.


Doesn't the legibility of your text depend on your own personal penmenship, regard-less of writing style (Cursive or Print)?

Glad you were able to find the term! Couldn't think of "motor skills" for love nor money!

Can see the value there definitely but stand by it being more of a hassle when we get to professional situations where someone then has to "translate" the scrawl that is often written at pace.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Can see the value there definitely but stand by it being more of a hassle when we get to professional situations where someone then has to "translate" the scrawl that is often written at pace.

Isn't that why we type up a note or document and print it out?

If you want guranteed consistent legibility, typing it up after you write it down would be superior.