Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!moncol!john From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: the controls Message-ID: <418@moncol.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 14:14:54 EDT Article-I.D.: moncol.418 Posted: Thu Jul 11 14:14:54 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:24:21 EDT References: <1783@aecom.UUCP> <344@ll1.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 23 ]From: erosenth@aecom.UUCP (Elazar Rosenthal) ]Message-ID: <1783@aecom.UUCP> ]Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY ] ]I always liked the idea that the controls where not labled or "modernized" ]otherwize they would become dated . (rember the led watches in Battlestar) Too late, look at the ship's chronometer. It is a MECHANICAL digital clock. (There is a great shot of it in "The Naked Time".) By the way, the labelling problem seems to have been licked by the time of the second movie. Take a good close look when Kahn is searching the Reliant's controls looking for the override. -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavorings, caffeine