Have all those self-driving cars passed the driving tests that human drivers are required to pass? Shouldn’t that be a requirement? Like, not a simulation, but a literal test, with the examiner in the car, giving the same directions they would give to a person. And every software update would need to pass such a test.

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I hope they come back with something more optimistic and upbeat than the needlessly edgy SG:U. I get that drama and conflict are needed, but a main cast that’s constantly fighting gets tiresome really quickly.

I would much rather get the Bluetooth TOS communicator replica that came out a little earlier, as a present for my dad. I wish they made more of that, instead.

Remember, this happened some years ago.

Already lost to a bunch of hoodlums (hoodla?) who TAKE the piss. And then kick the shit out of you.

Practice makes perfect! If you don’t succeed, try, try again!

That’s another good choice!

They admitted, with obvious glee

Kinda surprised no one here has mentioned the Barney Miller theme, even though it’s pretty old. It’s a banging jazz fusion tune.

I mean, all practicing Christians eat of the body of Christ and drink of his blood…

Nog went up the ranks more quickly because of the war, which provided him with many opportunities. Also, his connections, which allowed him to intern on DS9 and the Defiant, again in the context of war.

Harry was on a ship isolated from Starfleet. If Janeway had promoted everyone who had the merit, she’d have had a ship full of commanders and a handful of captains by the time they got home. But most of those people would have had to keep doing the same jobs, anyway.

But the true reason for the discrepancy noted by OP is just down to the fact that Voyager’s writing team just wasn’t as good as DS9’s (or they were held back from above). The only characters to have a meaningful arc on Voyager were the Doctor, and Seven. The others mostly just had to reset at the end of every episode to preserve the show’s episodic nature.

Harry never got promoted because the writers never figured out how to evolve his function on the show. Now, I assign a small part of the blame to Garrett Wang himself: he rarely gave performances that stood out and made the writers want to write about him more. But most of the blame goes to the writers and show-runners.

For example, if they’d exploited dual crews more throughout the series, with more conflict, etc., Harry might have found a place. Imagine if the Maquis crew had had their own ship for a big part of the series? Harry, eventually frustrated at being passed over for promotion, might have joined them!

Here’s how I understand it: at the time, he thought the penalty was for braking under the safety car, which he thought was bullshit considering how many times Max slowed down just before restarting a race, in the past. He didn’t hear that the penalty was for “erratic driving”.

So, thinking the penalty was bullshit, and that the team were challenging it, he figured he was owed the lead once it would be overturned.

That’s how I figure his reasoning, anyway.

That’s not realistic. They’d never use real names like “Bobby”.

Reminds me of how I warm up premade naan bread from the supermarket: I quickly run it under tap water (like, a second, maybe two if I’m taking it straight out of the freezer) before placing into a pre-heated oven that I immediately switch to broil. The water gets absorbed, making the inside soft and moist even as the outside crisps up.

Could stay technically true with a pun:

…and the love of my wife, Justin.

Faraday, after demonstrating how moving a magnet through a coiled wire induced a current in the wire was asked by a visiting statesman what was the use of this.

Faraday responded, “In twenty years, you will be taxing it”

Similarly, at a demonstration of hot air balloons in France, Benjamin Franklin was asked “Of what use is this?”

Franklin replied, “Of what use is a newborn baby?”

What if the day in question isn’t a Monday?

What’s the point of smartphone colors that will get completely covered by the phone case? And don’t tell me phone cases are not necessary, I’ve accidentally dropped my phone enough times!

(I’m on my 4th smartphone in about 12 years, and I’ve never scratched or cracked a screen)

Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.