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Glassunion

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29. You are correct.

Reply to sarge43 (Reply #28)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 08:42 PM

Sep 2015

Force of Nature episode.

I gotta stop watching the different series so close to each other.

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How did the crew on Star Trek know when their shifts would begin/end? [View all] Yavin4 Sep 2015 OP

Captain Kirk always knew the stardate, and it always had multiple decimal places virtualobserver Sep 2015 #1

... Major Nikon Sep 2015 #2

They look at the clock lunatica Sep 2015 #3

The clock is based on what? Yavin4 Sep 2015 #4

When things get dark. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #5

It's always dark out there. The thing I didn't understand was LiberalElite Sep 2015 #23

Seems like it would have to be the Flux Capacitors. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #27

Time still exists in deep space. As do dates (hence the "Stardate") Glassunion Sep 2015 #6

Thank you oldandhappy Sep 2015 #7

Look at our military. Sure you have bases all over the world Glassunion Sep 2015 #8

They have a special ritual for resetting the clocks after warp/pulse travel pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #9

Yes! geardaddy Sep 2015 #14

being a nerd and physics major... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #10

Traveling at relativistic speeds, even 10% of FTL, would de-syn their clocks in relation sarge43 Sep 2015 #13

Not sure about your question. Glassunion Sep 2015 #16

I didn't see your explanation about the Warp bubble. sarge43 Sep 2015 #18

IIRC the ships had to occasionally go through a cleansing Glassunion Sep 2015 #19

ST: TNG fan too I see. sarge43 Sep 2015 #20

Hell yeah. Glassunion Sep 2015 #21

It was a TNG episode sarge43 Sep 2015 #28

You are correct. Glassunion Sep 2015 #29

I read once that this was the reason they used stardates. It somehow compensates for relativity. arcane1 Sep 2015 #31

Does anybody really know what time it is? malthaussen Sep 2015 #11

Time is a construct of human minds. Time exists on the Enterprise even in deep space. Avalux Sep 2015 #12

Is it a construct of the mind? Or was it simply a discovery of something that always existed? Glassunion Sep 2015 #17

When the tribbles crow? geardaddy Sep 2015 #15

Another Trouble with Tribbles is that they have no sense of time pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #22

That can be a tribulation n/t sarge43 Sep 2015 #24

Ok.. I did laugh out loud on that. +1 Sarge Glassunion Sep 2015 #25

They're no good for alarm clocks--they are nothing but trebble pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #32

More importantly... Do sonic showers really get you clean. Glassunion Sep 2015 #26

Not only were they on duty 24/7/365 they didn't get paid. Star Trek was a warning PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #30

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