30-08-2003 20:53									#1
	Please can we lose those Godawful "Star Trek" quotes? Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

You know the ones- the ones that appear in the "Here is something to think about while..." box.

This is a nice feature. It can feature pithy little quotes or riddles, but it's just swamped with Trekkie drivel. I've just been informed "The deflector shields just came on Captain". What am I supposed to think about? Reminiscing over William Shatner's corset?

	30-08-2003 21:06									#2
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I have to admit that I enjoy the Star Trek quotes. I remember watching the series during first runs back in the 60's. What I think about during the inane quotes is what the cultural message that Star Trek sent during a very trying time for our culture.

	30-08-2003 21:24									#3
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But many of the geeks here used thoses phrases in everyday life.

	30-08-2003 21:25									#4
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I'm sure it's on Dan's to do list. Way down on the list, on the area of the paper, where the coffee cup is placed.

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	30-08-2003 21:37									#5
	Re: Please can we lose those Godawful "Star Trek" quotes? Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

quote: Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp You know the ones- the ones that appear in the "Here is something to think about while..." box. This is a nice feature. It can feature pithy little quotes or riddles, but it's just swamped with Trekkie drivel. I've just been informed "The deflector shields just came on Captain". What am I supposed to think about? Reminiscing over William Shatner's corset?

Are you volunteering to go through the fortune quote files, edit out all the Star Trek quotes, and send the revised copy to Dan? Good luck.

	30-08-2003 22:00									#6
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They're probably all together.

	30-08-2003 22:24									#7
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What happened to all the new quotes? I've never seen them, yet I always seem to get the trekkie quotes. Granted I like them, but I'd like to see more of the ones submitted in the quotes thread not too long ago.

	31-08-2003 08:02									#8
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I think it would be cool if all the quotes were actually funny excerpts from forum threads.

	31-08-2003 08:16									#9
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That's what sigs are for.

	31-08-2003 08:26									#10
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Some of us prefer to browse without the sigs. Of course, I rarely ever read those something to think about things anymore.

	31-08-2003 08:29									#11
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If you dont want to see them, dont post. It works for me.

	31-08-2003 10:28									#12
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I believe they should delete all the quotes, and then just populate the database with our quotes. There are two threads full of them.

Then again, it is a low priority thing.

	31-08-2003 11:19									#13
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Live long and prosper, Laz.

	31-08-2003 12:17									#14
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Frankly there ought to be more CIV quotes.

	31-08-2003 14:22									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns I believe they should delete all the quotes, and then just populate the database with our quotes. There are two threads full of them.

Defently...



I have only seen star trek a few times, and got pretty bored, those quotes means nothing to me

	31-08-2003 15:09									#16
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Even worse though are the "random passage from a book" quotes that start out promising but end up not having any point. They should go.

	31-08-2003 16:09									#17
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Maybe we should have a commitee rewrite the quotes section.

	31-08-2003 16:39									#18
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Well IIRC they were added to, then the original ones returned. After that there were some efforts to collect quotes to use, but I don't think anything came of it.

	31-08-2003 18:38									#19
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You do know that st_swithin reads this forum, right?

	31-08-2003 19:20									#20
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and?

	31-08-2003 20:17									#21
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Those CtP source code "quotes" have to go. Far worse than Trek quotes.

	31-08-2003 21:02									#22
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Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source?

Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.

	31-08-2003 21:09									#23
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The button works if you time it right. Plus, that 'back' button is there for a reason.

	31-08-2003 21:14									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source? Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.

It does work if you hit it before the next page starts loading. If the page starts loading, though, you have to click stop.

	31-08-2003 21:22									#25
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I dunno where those files are by default in RedHat, but in Gentoo all you would need to do to remove the Star Trek quotes is to:

# rm /usr/share/fortunes/startrek*

	31-08-2003 22:42									#26
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There is a fixed position for Star Trek quotes in Linux?

Asmodean

	01-09-2003 02:10									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove Where do the quotes come from? Are they a collection gathered by the mods themselves or are they from some outside source? Why doesn't the button to pause the screen work? Some of the quotes are way too long to read in 2 or 3 seconds.

My understanding is that st_swithin collected/submitted a lot/most of the quotes in the beginning of polyland...

	01-09-2003 03:04									#28
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Dammit Jim, I'm an actor, not a doctor!!!!

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Does that mean "correct" or "incorrect"?

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Yes.