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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: new question (stardates)
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 20:52:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 20:52:29 1984
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In article <183@ttidcb.UUCP> cushner@ttidcb.UUCP (Jeffrey Cushner) writes:
>		How do stardates work?

The explanation that I have always heard from Roddenberry has been that
stardates take your location in the galaxy into account, and there are
also supposed to be corrections for relativistic effects.

Why are people asking questions that have been answered in "The Making
of Star Trek."  Can you really call yourselves Trek fans if you haven't
read this?  All the other ST information books ("The World of ST", "The
Star Fleet Technical Manual", etc.) are useful, too, but "The Making" is
the bible.
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    Barry Margolin
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