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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re:sideways planets
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 16:31:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 16:31:09 1985
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>From: dr37@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Joanna Bryson)
>Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center
>Message-ID: <364@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
>
>I've always assumed the view screen wasn't a window, but a visual representation
>of what the scanners are picking up.  After all, what is it made of, glass? ...

Obviously, it's not a window, but a video screen. The question remains,
however, is why does it show a view which contradicts the exterior shots of
the Enterprise?

If you were designing such a scanner (screen), would you "correct" it so
that the planet always appeared on the bottom? It might make for nicer
esthetics or "human design factors", but I would find it hard to trust it
to be reliable, particularly in a crisis situation where I don't want a
bridge crew having to take the split second to re-orient the screen in
their minds.


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