"Star Trek Communicator Phone - Finally!" Topic

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I've been looking for this to happen for the longest time…

Oh my god….

I want one…

I want two…but I'll be happy if I can even afford 1…I'm betting this will be a $300-400 phone…

And the Geek shall inherit the earth …

I was more taken with the poll on the right. How long has the word "protesting" been a verb?

As long as it has been in existence. It is one of the many words in the English language that can be a noun, adjective, or verb.

"A protest march … ."

"The protest will happen at … ."

"I protest that slander against my name!"

Jim

Nope, protest is a pefectly valid verb. Protesting is an adjective

You may be protesting against something
You may be protesting for something

Just protesting something makes no sense

"I am protesting the war in Iraq"?

'protesting' is actually a gerund.

"I am eating a sandwich"?

Hmmm. No photo and the term "custom faceplate" makes me think that they're going to botch this big time. I strongly suspect it's just some stupid flip phone with a Star Trek faceplate, rather than a replica of the classic Kirk/Spock communicator. ;-(

I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. I predict much protesting on this topic in the future!

I wondered how long this would take….

The implication I get from the word is that someone is usually against what they are protesting. "To object to, especially in a formal statement."

Ex. "I am proetesting the hijaking of this thread!"

I've been wanting to do the flip kirk to enterprise thing with my flip phone, but I really don't think it would stand up to it…

When my current contract is up (in 2 years), I think I'll look for this one!

Tee hee Thanks Frog!

By the way, dictionary.com lists "protesting" as a verb.

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Oh, and a gerund is just a verbal noun ending in "ing."
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And sorry to bully you language purists, but protesting is now a verb that makes perfect sense: "They were protesting the mixing of 25mm and 28mm figures in the same game."

Makes perfect sense.

To 'protest' something is American english and appears to always be negative (against something).

In proper english we 'protest against/in favour' of things so it can be either positive or negative, although generally it is negative. 'We protest against the mis-spelling of colour' etc.

Martin

And the Geek shall inherit the earth …

LOL…

"Hmmm. No photo and the term "custom faceplate" makes me think that they're going to botch this big time. I strongly suspect it's just some stupid flip phone with a Star Trek faceplate, rather than a replica of the classic Kirk/Spock communicator. ;-("

Yeah, after squinting at that puny little graphic, I'm convinced it's just going to be a standard flip phone with a lame publicity still from the OS. :-P

Put out the real thing (forget the bells and whistles), and I'll buy it. I want the gold mesh lid, the central wheel, the adjuster button, and the "ch-ch-chirrup" ring tone. The rest is pointless; Dammit, Jim, it's a phone, not a one-man band! ;-)

I WANT ONE NOW!!!

Yes I am a Star Trek geek.

I'll want one when I can use it to call the ship and get beamed up. Or call down phaser fire on anyone who calls in the middle of the night.

I've spoken of this for years to friends— I can't believe that the moneygrubbers at Paramount didn't figure this out sooner. We already HAVE the flip phones. How hard would it be to make one that "chirps" when you flip it open? And has ring tones and/or character voices? They'd sell a million of 'em!

But not to me. Honest. No, really. 8)=

Jeebus wept sainted tears of blood for you lot.

I dont like it. Heck I dont even like the ancient mobile phone I have. I just keep it plugged into the wall next to the real phone cus one of my mates sends me those telegraph messages on it.

Will it have a pre-programmed number for Kirk's blue alien women dating hotline? ;-)

If it is a TOS communicator, it will be bigger than the Nokia that I carry.

Now, if they made a real phaser, I'd be interested.

I want an ooompa loompa, I want an oompa loompa NOW!

Goldwyrm, those chicks were "green", not "blue." ;-)

"They'd sell a million of 'em!"

Your average Nokia model sells 20-30 million a piece. So a Trek phone selling a million would just be another non-core GW game.

Goldwyrm, those chicks were "green", not "blue." ;-)

Sorry, Must have been the bad colors on the TV I had as a kid, or I have color blind memories.

..set phasers to stun…

And yes that was a green chick, and I've only seen Star Trek maybe 10 times.

I hope it looks like a communicator, but it prolly won't :) Too bad the only provider in my area is Cingular. . . they suck and I won't give 'em my money.

I want the pin-on model, you wear on your chest.

I don't own a cell, and have always said: "If they come out with one that looks like a Star Trek TOS Communicator, I'd buy one.

I like Star Trek, but would not consider myself a "devoted" fan.

No Tricorder? What's the point?

dont bother with these silly communicators, we want holodecks…. no more painting!!!

definately has to have the ch-chirup ringtone before I'll buy it.

Apparently they are also experimenting with those communicator badges. The idea is to equip doctors with them so they will be forced to answer their pages.

The tricorder is also available. A few years back, I ran across an online company selling "tricorders, Mark I", that combined a number of actual handheld "sensor" functions. Some were obvious (like temperature & humidity), but others measured the strength of magnetic fields, etc.

I also remember reading about handheld devices capable of "seeing" through walls to detect heat sources, etc..

We have phones today that combine communication, recording and computer functions in one unit. Add some sensing capabilities and superior storage capacity (an iPod would do), and voila!

Parsival
Add some sensing capabilities and superior storage capacity (an iPod would do), and voila!

heck just get them to make an Ipod in the shape of the silly earpeices Spock and Uhura used :-)

DAve

Star Trek Communicator, 1964

Do you remember?

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Armand