Anyone else think Space Seed kinda sucked?

[The Old Mixer]

Now I'm curious...what are the kids using these days to replace "dial"?

 

[Metryq]

Now I'm curious...what are the kids using these days to replace "dial"?

The new sonic showers don't require any soap.

 

[The Old Mixer]

OK, that took me a couple seconds....

 

[Maurice]

^^^That's only because the ™ was left off of Dial™.

 

[erastus25]

... yet many characters use the term "tape." And I can't tell you how often I've heard professionals and amateurs alike talk about "filming" with digital videotape, or even completely solid state cameras. (How about "recording," guys? It's generic enough.)

Earlier this week a (somewhat older) gentleman borrowed my smartphone and said he was "dialing" a number into it.

In the early 80s I heard a number of people refer to home videogame cartridges as "tapes", as in "Can I borrow your Ms. PAC-MAN tape?" because the form factor reminded people of cassettes and 8-track tapes I suppose. People still "ring" "doorbells", even though many of those have no bells in them at all. There're lots of phrases and terms we use today that have antiquated or forgotten origins. I mean, do you give someone an unheated shoulder of mutton when you give them the cold shoulder?

I was just having this conversation the other day. We ended up looking up "dead as a doornail" and realizing the expression was CENTURIES old. No reason to believe other idioms won't slip through for the foreseeable future, as well.

PS: Thanks for the cold shoulder lesson!

 

[Metryq]

Thanks for the cold shoulder lesson!

I don't mean to bug you, but just be sure not to mix up your etymology and entomology. (I got that from the guys in the malaprop department.)

 

[T'Girl]

Now I'm curious...what are the kids using these days to replace "dial"?

Key or enter.

 

[BillJ]

Not a terrible episode but probably better remembered because of it being the foundation for The Wrath of Khan.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Not a terrible episode but probably better remembered because of it being the foundation for The Wrath of Khan.

It's idea of escaped war criminals was well known. 'The Boys from Brazil' for instance is an entertaining example of those who'd wanted a master race which is what Kahn and co. are all about. But that time is pretty well long gone. The resonance of that issue is pretty dusty, now. Montalban made a great villain in both this episode and the movie. However, I do agree, without the movie, this one would have been one of the run of the mill episodes.