evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (05/18/85)
OK, here's a new question for Trekkers...what is the significance of the
blips that walk/run/hop/skip/jump/meander/mosey underneath the picture on
the Enterprise viewscreen?
Opinions?
By the way, let's can this ridiculous discussion about who the E can beat
up. As long as Scotty's engines can handle it, they can whup anyone.
(Except for Muhammad Ali).
--Evan Marcus
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"I'm not."merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (05/19/85)
> OK, here's a new question for Trekkers...what is the significance of the > blips that walk/run/hop/skip/jump/meander/mosey underneath the picture on > the Enterprise viewscreen? > > Opinions? > > --Evan Marcus They let you know that viewscreen works? Possibly they draw your attention to the viewscreen, similar to the strobes on various airport runways? Reminds me of the computer sound effects. How many other shows have you heard the same sound effects? I haven't heard any pneumatic doors but I did hear the poiiing of the transporter one morning on the Roadrunner. Wile E. Coyote had just hit a rubber band. I expected him to be beamed onto an animated transporter room... -- "Interesting. This being seems Peter Merchant to fall off very high cliffs and never get hurt."
avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) (05/23/85)
In article <286@petfe.UUCP>, evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes: > OK, here's a new question for Trekkers...what is the significance of the > blips that walk/run/hop/skip/jump/meander/mosey underneath the picture on > the Enterprise viewscreen? It is the "idle pattern." It shows the load average. Didn't you ever use an old PDP-11/70 with the row of "running lights?" :-) -- Fred Avolio {decvax,seismo}!decuac!avolio 301/731-4100 x4227