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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
As an aside: there was one dynamic in Star Trek that I particularly liked - the interaction between the captain and Scotty. I remember one episode where Scotty tells a crew member never give the captain the exact time when he would have something repaired. "Always give yourself some time." "If you can fix it in one hour always tell him 2. So if you fix it in one hour, he'll think you're a bloody genius." (paraphrase).

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
As an aside: there was one dynamic in Star Trek that I particularly liked - the interaction between the captain and Scotty. I remember one episode where Scotty tells a crew member never give the captain the exact time when he would have something repaired. "Always give yourself some time." "If you can fix it in one hour always tell him 2. So if you fix it in one hour, he'll think you're a bloody genius." (paraphrase).

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Actually, that was in TNG, "Relics," where Scotty explained it to Geordie.

(And later, one of the novels suggests that Kirk knew Scotty was doing this, and Kirk was just mentally halving everything Scotty told him. )

I stand corrected. :-)

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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