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06-26-09:   Made a small update to the Archive, of all places, and to the "Strange New World"[ENT1] star article, of all things. In any case, enjoy.   Feel free to also check out NoLettersHome.Info for Clone Wars CGI show tech notes . . . incomplete, but then you didn't expect it to be, did you?   :)  

05-04-09:   The Abrams Trek movie comes out this weekend. Some will come visiting wondering what it means technologically for Trek. While I might ponder the new Trek film's tech, spoiled plot details suggest that I will not be doing so in regards to existing Trek canon tech. That is, this film seems to be part of a highly modified timeline, rendering it largely useless for my purposes. But if this thinking changes after I see the film, I'll be sure to let you know. Keep an eye on the Weblog. (Update update:  See these two posts: Before viewing and After)

08-08-08:   I was reminded recently that I have made no noteworthy changes to the site in, oh, over a year now*. So, I've been trying to do a little better. I had once been pondering a massive reworking of the site to make use of some of the newer site-construction technologies that would allow a huge number of features and easy updating. However, I reached a bit of a halt when it came to the idea of wanting to convert all the pages over to new scripting and such. So, for the time being things remain as they are. I have, however, done a little bit of rearranging on this page, which hopefully smooths things out a bit, as well as converting to the use of a Creative Commons license (details at bottom).  It's hardly a relevant change, but I like it better.
(* The above having been said, there has been activity on the Weblog in that time, so I haven't abandoned you completely. I'll be sure to mention updates there, as well.)

11-24-07:   So, in case you're wondering (and I know you are), I do have a perfectly good excuse for a total lack of updates for the past 5-and-a-half months. More than one, actually. First, I've been helluva-busy. Second, I've been working in my virtually non-existent spare time on what may end up being a massive overhaul of the site. I didn't want to mention it at first, but as the days have ticked by and I've kept noticing that the last update on here was from June, I figured I ought to say something. So here it is. :P


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  Facts about Warp Maneuvering and Strafing
  Millennium Falcon Acceleration Ability 
  Federation Starship Power Generation

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  See Star Trek Kick Asteroids
  Star Wars: Vaporizing a Small Town
  The "Outrageous Okona" Falsehood
  Photon Torpedo Shielding
  Post-launch Torpedo Shield Glow Growth
  Comparison:  Weapons Range and Targeting
  The X-Wing Firepower Falsehood

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  Ramming and Shields in Star Trek
  The ISD Bridge Tower - Asteroid Impact
  The Hull Strength Falsehood
  The "Survivors"[TNG] Falsehood
  The Alderaan Planetary Shield Falsehood

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  Estimating The Size of The Imperial Fleet
  A Couple of Words on Cloaking
  Bullets and the Borg

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Orders of Magnitude in Star Wars
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  - Resurrecting The Dead
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  The Neutronium Hull Falsehood
  Regarding the ICS Books
  The 1.02 Gigawatt Fallacy
  The Star Wars Support Group
 - On the Origins of the New EU (2005)

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