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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] Although discussions have been taking place, I would disagree with the statement that a -serious- discussion has been taking place here, for precisely some of the reasons you mention -- off-topic posts and irrelevant parts. I'd also include to this incompatible views about the precedence of sources and unsubstantiated personal opinions. The best example of a serious discussion/analysis I can think of is Curtis Saxton's Star Wars Technical Commentaries (www.theforce.net/swtc/). A while ago, someone from Flare complained about the seriousness of these pages. And yet, I know that Curtis views this strictly as a hobby, with the significant difference that the hobby does not imply a lack of serious research. He also takes the approach that laws of physics and laws of reality/normal behavior are canon until proven otherwise, which *kind of* makes sense in a show featuring humans and behavior as we know it. For instance, how often do we research real-world registry systems instead of making up on-the-spot theories? People insist that registry numbers must follow this or that system, whereas one look at the real world reveals a myriad different registry systems and nobody getting hurt because of their inconsistencies. USN ships have hull numbers assigned at construction and kept forever, but other navies' ships have pennant numbers that are regularily changed with missions. In a related oddity, the fighter F-117A might've been labeled been F-19 or so, but it remained F-117A because (according to one story), F-117A was an arbitrary designation during flight tests. Here, we tend to be the most serious about analyzing screencaps, behind-the-scenes research, and drawing accurate schematics. The other aspects are still kind of loose, and could be improved on by actually researching subjects one talks about. Would it make sense to discuss the B5 station without reading Gerard O'Neill, or some of the published papers on stations of exactly the same design? With a few changes, they could be a technical manual on the thing! Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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