From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!esquire!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdchema!bam
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Title: Re: Physics gaffes
Article-I.D.: sdchema.398
Posted: Fri Jan 28 08:45:31 1983
Received: Mon Jan 31 08:30:33 1983
References: eagle.746 alice.1423

You've all been watching far too many reruns.  You missed the point
entirely, the show(s) are for fun.  In any given episode there are
innumerable errors and inconsistencies that affect the plot hardly
at all and only tend to add to its enjoyment.  The intro has always
had the Enterprise whoooshing by in a vacuum.  Mere details.  All
the serials that were technically accurate have been filed away in
some tape archive somewhere.

Anyway, with phasers that have only Two positions (stun and kill)
why are some people burned, some killed without external damage and
others vaporized??

Bret Marquis
U.C. San Diego