do they really make people slow down?
I remember seeing a show a few years ago about some of the gadgets they had in Star Trek are like things we actually use today. For example their communicators are like modern day cell phones. There were others too but I don't remember them all.
Everything in Star Trek is based on actual mathematical/physical theories - no matter how improbable, is still possible. So the answer is yesthough probably in the very very far future.
It is absolutely ridiculous. Not just that the aliens are all bi pedal, but what are the chances that they even can communicate in anyway that humans can understand, or that there cultures are so similar as ours (marriage, war, money) You could argue that they probably all descended from the same species wich was somehow spread throughtout the galaxy, but even then, the human technology, at least, is completely unrealistic - mostly because of its lack of computers. Why would anyone ever bother sending people all the way around the galaxy if you can send computers that dont need to breathe, eat, rest, and dont hesitate to make decisions.
Lemme guess your uncle is the American guy, right? Haven't I seen you around the trailer park? Maybe another little cutie like you. He seems to be good at it alright knockin' women up, that's for sure. He's got more kids than the King of Siam. Are congratulations in order? Hmmm keep us posted.
Actually, we are closer to a 'universal translator' than you might think, lol. In Europe, at some of the larger meeting places, the seats have their own sets of head phones. a translator speaks French into the system, and the computer distributes it into other European languages as needed, per seat German, English, etc And remember those computer memory 'cards' used in the original ST? About the same size as our current 3.5 inch floppy, hehehe How about that ear piece used by Uhura? How many people do you see walking around in metro areas with blue tooth? Video Conferencing! We don't think too much about it nowadays. Wide screen TV's and monitors! Voice activated computers! Digital recording devices! Communicators! Cell phones these days are smaller than that flip-communicator Kirk and Co. used, hehe. Automatic doors! and the list goes on.. lol
