John BullApr 4, 2023
Guess what I found on the hotel TV...
Show threadJohn BullApr 4, 2023
"Gallioping around the galaxy is a game for the young."
Show threadAbi Sutherland
@garius
I thought it was "gallivanting".
Apr 4, 2023 at 6:47pmWeb
Show threadJohn BullApr 4, 2023
@evilrooster quite possibly.
Show threadAbi SutherlandApr 4, 2023

@garius

I swear, I don't have the whole film memorized or anything.

just a lot of it

Show threadAvram GrumerApr 4, 2023
@evilrooster @garius I’m still bothered by the fact that one can apparently remotely gain root on a Starfleet vessel with a mere five-digit numeric password.
Show threadAbi SutherlandApr 5, 2023

@avram @garius

Yeah; you need voiceprint and non-numeric codes to self-destruct but root access is trivial.

Show threadAvram GrumerApr 5, 2023

@evilrooster @garius A more realistic password scenario would have been tedious to film.

“Type an x — no, lower-case — then a zero, then a zǐ — no, not the English zed, the Chinese glyph that means ‘child’ — and then — wait, you’re gonna have to enable the Klingon keyboard extension for this — yes, it’s installed, the Klingon character set has been part of Unicode since before we made First Contact — no, I don’t know, everyone in Linguistics figures time travel was involved…”