Happy 40th birthday, Star Trek.I was surprised to see seven-and-a-half pages of kudos to Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. in reason ("Happy 40th Birthday, Star Trek, August/September). Star
Trek is a massive cultural phenomenon. But at the risk of dragging out
the favorite dead horse of the pimply and pasty everywhere, I feel Star
Wars fits your "free minds and free markets" moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias.(2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. better. Star Trek, in which the massive Federation can fulfill society's needs and wants through a replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or , sends out government agents to meddle med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. in the business of others. Star Wars is the story of Luke Skywalker, who must fight back after the highly centralized Empire kills his family, mere farmers trying to live their lives on Tatooine. His journey from his home planet is made possible via private contract with one Han Solo Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars universe. He was played by Harrison Ford in , , The Star Wars Holiday Special, and . In the first released Star Wars . Along the way he learns of the ways of the Jedi, an oppressed op·press tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. minority religion sitting close to extinction due to Imperial genocide. We also meet Lando Calrissian, whose private mining operation is unjustly coerced by the Empire into meeting its leader's arbitrary will. Eventually the Rebels, a multicultural volunteer army, defeat the fascistic Empire, amid much celebration across the galaxy. Jared Barber Richmond, VA Thanks to Tim Cavanaugh for pointing to the new fan-produced Trek on the Internet. This stuff is a form of community theater--amateur, to be sure, but with modern technology even amateurs can put on a decent play. This could well herald the future of indie film production. Once again we Trekkies are early adopters who lead the way into uncharted space. Sam Coppock Chandler, AZ |
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