ummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前Well, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1imageWell, it's been 1.7 seconds from our initial hail, so they're clearly refusing to respondlemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前message-square27linkfedilink
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 个月前I’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you. The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前How about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前Right, but it takes longer than the usual delay to speak the words “the aliens want to talk. Ok, put them on.”
I’ve always thought about that. There must be some quirk of how subspace comms work that makes it obvious when someone is aiming a message at you.
The real thing that gets me is how do view screens work? That would seem to require a shared format to encode/decode.
How about the universal translator just working with never been seen species? Or how communicators are simply magic? https://youtu.be/ChaZ2RWvBWI
Right, but it takes longer than the usual delay to speak the words “the aliens want to talk. Ok, put them on.”