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From: thiel@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Stephen W. Thiel)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: the controls
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 03:31:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  4 03:31:01 1985
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> 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"...

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                                         Steve Thiel
                               ...ihnp4!ut-ngp!thiel

"Qui nos rodunt confudatur et cum iustis non scribantur"  (:-))