Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!thiel From: thiel@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Stephen W. Thiel) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: the controls Message-ID: <1969@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 03:31:01 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1969 Posted: Thu Jul 4 03:31:01 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 00:47:04 EDT References: <344@ll1.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin Lines: 21 > Do you realize that > not a single control or indicator on the entire ship was labeled? > Okay, so the regular man at that post would know the controls, but > how about someone filling in during an emergency? Even worse, did you ever notice that EVERYBODY seems to be able to operate the controls? On more than one occasion, nasty villain types took over the Enterprise and were able to use the unmarked controls with NO instruction. For example, the Kelvans were able to run the Big E with just about zero training time, and in "Day of the Dove", the Klingons had little trouble running the ship from Engineering. Talk about "user-friendly"... -- Steve Thiel ...ihnp4!ut-ngp!thiel "Qui nos rodunt confudatur et cum iustis non scribantur" (:-))