It also means no weekend for the devs...I know they are currently scrambling to get everything in order for this fix...the studio head must be going insane!!!
As if they were expecting a weekend off, with the head-start on said weekend. They've got to have the office packed with coffee and other caffeine products to last through the weekend and official launch week.
In a war-torn, forlorn, crazy world of destruction, death, despair, and looming doom, it's understandably easy to lose sight of what really matters: namely, a resolution to the fiercely divisive, long-raging debate over which is the superior product--chunky peanut butter or smooth peanut butter.
Peanut butter. You can practically taste it as you savor its assonance and consonance. Grand and glutinous, deep taupe.
But while some of you imagine crunching chunky peanut butter, others entertain swirling visions of the smooth butter-stuff. Which is the better butter--who's right? "Can't we all be right?" I can hear some of you chirp. "Smooth or chunky, it's opinion, isn't it?" No and no. Basic physics, my legume-loving disciples, has taught us that no two peanut butter varieties can occupy the same slot in a product ranking.
It was philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau who first wrote about the topic at hand (with an awesome foresight, at more than a century prior to recorded peanut butter history). He proposed that peanut butter is born innately chunky, and that it is society that over-pulverizes it, making it smooth. It's impossible to dismiss--with minimal observation, one can certainly see that a peanut is indeed a little chunk. It is only in the processing, the conversion to a full-grown, fully-functioning butter, that a peanut is ever rendered smooth.
The universal translator (also referred to as a "UT" or translator circuit) is a device used to decipher and interpret alien languages into the native language of the user. (ENT: "Fight or Flight", "Vanishing Point"; TNG: "Home Soil")
On Earth, the universal translator was invented shortly before 2151, and was still experimental at the time of the launch of the Enterprise NX-01. (ENT: "Broken Bow") As would be the case for the next two hundred years, the UT was built into communicators. (ENT: "Civilization") Despite this, due to the UT's experimental nature, the use of a skilled linguist in Enterprise's case, Hoshi Sato was still required, notably in situations where reading alien languages on the control panels, hatches, and displays were involved. (ENT: "Sleeping Dogs", "Vox Sola") A new language could quickly be translated in person-to-person encounters by having one speak his or her language. Sato also created the linguo-code translation matrix in order to anticipate and speed up the translation of new and unknown languages. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
By 2155, the UT had been miniaturized into a smaller, self-contained version that could be worn on clothing and provide for personal communication face-to-face. These portable translators continued to have a similar physical design for at least the next one hundred and ten years, however becoming more wand-like by 2267. (ENT: "Demons")
Spock modifying a universal translator
It was in 2267 that Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise used one to communicate with the alien known as the Companion in the Gamma Canaris region. Responding to Zefram Cochrane's question about the theory of operation, Kirk explained that there are certain universal ideas and concepts common to all intelligent life, and that the translator compared the frequencies of brainwave patterns, selected those ideas it recognized, and provided the necessary grammar. Kirk further explained that the device spoke with a voice, or the approximation of one, that corresponded to the identity concepts it recognized. The Companion was revealed to be female because the universal translator detected this facet of its identity from its brainwave patterns, and assigned it a female voice. (TOS: "Metamorphosis")
The universal translator was able to translate the language of the sentient nanites, created by Wesley Crusher in early 2366, into binary language. (TNG: "Evolution")
In the 24th century, UT technology had advanced to where it could be integrated into the combadges worn by Starfleet personnel. (VOY: "The 37's")
The universal translator failed from time to time. For example, it was capable of translating the literal words of the Tamarians into English, but it was unable to translate the Tamarians metaphorical manner of speaking into easily understandable speech. The translator also missed the nuances of various transitive tenses of Dominionese. (TNG: "Darmok"; DS9: "Statistical Probabilities")
Another language the UT had trouble deciphering was that of the Skrreeans. Several hours were required to record and analyze the language before a proper translation form was created. (DS9: "Sanctuary")
The universal translator could be detected when it was used to process language in communications. In 2293, Commanders Chekov and Uhura were forced to revert to manually translating their speech using a paper dictionary into Klingon in order to surreptitiously get them past the border. Uhura successfully used very broken Klingon to describe the USS Enterprise-A as a freighter, the Ursva, headed to Rura Penthe to deliver supplies. The use of paper dictionaries was explained by Chekov as necessary because the use of universal translator would have been recognized. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
The universal translator's capabilities were focused on interpreting the brain patterns of humanoid lifeforms. For entirely non-Human lifeforms, such as the cytoplasmic lifeform which attached itself to B'Elanna Torres, the universal translator was completely stymied. (VOY: "Nothing Human")
At one time while Neelix was negotiating with a xenon-based lifeform, the UT went off-line and Arturis saved him from embarrassment by translating the alien's words. (VOY: "Hope and Fear")
Ferengi translators evolved from hand-held devices in the 22nd century into small devices inserted into the ear. (ENT: "Acquisition") These later models were easily disrupted by nuclear fusion radiation. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
Cardassian universal translators had to be manually adjusted in order to properly translate the Breen language. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")
I'm sorry for the delay everyone, we've been working to get servers up as quickly as we can. Please be patient a little longer, I know it's terribly frustrating
You call that an update?! I call it the worse lie and copout I've heard since my cousin used swine flue as an to skip work for a weekend.
They arent fixing any problems. They dont even know what the problem is. They're leaveing the server down so we THINK they're doing something constructive while they sit there and try to come up with every excuse known to man, to give us. Dont bother Cryptic, we're not stupid. Our patience is growing dangerously thin now.
You know what we paid for? We paid for Open Beta, and the chance to get to talk about it for the next two years. Instead of posting emergency downtime threads, why dont you post unexpected uptime instead?
And for all you geeks that wanna lecture me about the process of finding bugs and why it takes so long, bend over! I dont give a rats TRIBBLE$ why it takes so long and it dosent matter. All that matters is they make it work correctly. And they keep their costomers happy. If Cryptic where a restraunt they would have been out of business before beta ended, and the BBB would be plowing down the door to get them off the street.
I serious when I say they better start handing out discounts, cryptic points, or whatever it takes to keep this pack of rabid hounds off their butts before these Treekers go postal.
And Skytrail...Word of advice. Get out before these ppl tear you appart!
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and one to send us a text everytime someone post in this topid. Let make them bankrupt
As if they were expecting a weekend off, with the head-start on said weekend. They've got to have the office packed with coffee and other caffeine products to last through the weekend and official launch week.
i think i just went a little crosseyed >_<
I would not play around with Dags, if I were you, kid...She's even faster than I am with phasers, sometimes
Of course, what part of phased it mea....Oh, never mind, not out of a PM...:D
3k posts... 300 pages. Hit 300 posts a while ago.
Ninjas don't say "ye".
I don't feel like thanking Cryptic though...
even though I probably should have been taking care of the other stuff instead of playing STO anyhow
Caught, trialed and executed.
Have a nice day
On Earth, the universal translator was invented shortly before 2151, and was still experimental at the time of the launch of the Enterprise NX-01. (ENT: "Broken Bow") As would be the case for the next two hundred years, the UT was built into communicators. (ENT: "Civilization") Despite this, due to the UT's experimental nature, the use of a skilled linguist in Enterprise's case, Hoshi Sato was still required, notably in situations where reading alien languages on the control panels, hatches, and displays were involved. (ENT: "Sleeping Dogs", "Vox Sola") A new language could quickly be translated in person-to-person encounters by having one speak his or her language. Sato also created the linguo-code translation matrix in order to anticipate and speed up the translation of new and unknown languages. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
By 2155, the UT had been miniaturized into a smaller, self-contained version that could be worn on clothing and provide for personal communication face-to-face. These portable translators continued to have a similar physical design for at least the next one hundred and ten years, however becoming more wand-like by 2267. (ENT: "Demons")
Spock modifying a universal translator
It was in 2267 that Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise used one to communicate with the alien known as the Companion in the Gamma Canaris region. Responding to Zefram Cochrane's question about the theory of operation, Kirk explained that there are certain universal ideas and concepts common to all intelligent life, and that the translator compared the frequencies of brainwave patterns, selected those ideas it recognized, and provided the necessary grammar. Kirk further explained that the device spoke with a voice, or the approximation of one, that corresponded to the identity concepts it recognized. The Companion was revealed to be female because the universal translator detected this facet of its identity from its brainwave patterns, and assigned it a female voice. (TOS: "Metamorphosis")
The universal translator was able to translate the language of the sentient nanites, created by Wesley Crusher in early 2366, into binary language. (TNG: "Evolution")
In the 24th century, UT technology had advanced to where it could be integrated into the combadges worn by Starfleet personnel. (VOY: "The 37's")
The universal translator failed from time to time. For example, it was capable of translating the literal words of the Tamarians into English, but it was unable to translate the Tamarians metaphorical manner of speaking into easily understandable speech. The translator also missed the nuances of various transitive tenses of Dominionese. (TNG: "Darmok"; DS9: "Statistical Probabilities")
Another language the UT had trouble deciphering was that of the Skrreeans. Several hours were required to record and analyze the language before a proper translation form was created. (DS9: "Sanctuary")
The universal translator could be detected when it was used to process language in communications. In 2293, Commanders Chekov and Uhura were forced to revert to manually translating their speech using a paper dictionary into Klingon in order to surreptitiously get them past the border. Uhura successfully used very broken Klingon to describe the USS Enterprise-A as a freighter, the Ursva, headed to Rura Penthe to deliver supplies. The use of paper dictionaries was explained by Chekov as necessary because the use of universal translator would have been recognized. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
The universal translator's capabilities were focused on interpreting the brain patterns of humanoid lifeforms. For entirely non-Human lifeforms, such as the cytoplasmic lifeform which attached itself to B'Elanna Torres, the universal translator was completely stymied. (VOY: "Nothing Human")
At one time while Neelix was negotiating with a xenon-based lifeform, the UT went off-line and Arturis saved him from embarrassment by translating the alien's words. (VOY: "Hope and Fear")
Ferengi translators evolved from hand-held devices in the 22nd century into small devices inserted into the ear. (ENT: "Acquisition") These later models were easily disrupted by nuclear fusion radiation. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
Cardassian universal translators had to be manually adjusted in order to properly translate the Breen language. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")
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like say an extra character slot?
And people wonder why they avoid posting.
You call that an update?! I call it the worse lie and copout I've heard since my cousin used swine flue as an to skip work for a weekend.
They arent fixing any problems. They dont even know what the problem is. They're leaveing the server down so we THINK they're doing something constructive while they sit there and try to come up with every excuse known to man, to give us. Dont bother Cryptic, we're not stupid. Our patience is growing dangerously thin now.
You know what we paid for? We paid for Open Beta, and the chance to get to talk about it for the next two years. Instead of posting emergency downtime threads, why dont you post unexpected uptime instead?
And for all you geeks that wanna lecture me about the process of finding bugs and why it takes so long, bend over! I dont give a rats TRIBBLE$ why it takes so long and it dosent matter. All that matters is they make it work correctly. And they keep their costomers happy. If Cryptic where a restraunt they would have been out of business before beta ended, and the BBB would be plowing down the door to get them off the street.
I serious when I say they better start handing out discounts, cryptic points, or whatever it takes to keep this pack of rabid hounds off their butts before these Treekers go postal.
And Skytrail...Word of advice. Get out before these ppl tear you appart!
Your ninja powers are better, still not good enough
301?
299?
where will I end up
*rolls dice*
I just clicked "Last" and was more than ten pages behind.
*hum fail*
Failed... oh well