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Right well, as for why Geordi still has the VISOR when seems likely that he had other options, I would imagine it's because being an engineer/scientist type person, he enjoyed the extra functionality the VISOR gave him over cloned eyes, what with the infrared and ultraviolet and particle-of-the-week seeing and all. I'm sure artificial eyes were available in his time, but perhaps not without the functionality that the VISOR gave him, at least until sometime before First Contact.
Then again, you would think that that sort of reasoning would come up at some point where he goes emo over being blind, either in Insurrection or whatever the other episode was where he bitched about being blind.
Also, while certainly not canon, I remember reading one of those Starfleet Academy books from way back in the day that featured Geordi at the Academy. They were sent to this low-grav planet for field excercises and a cadet on another team complained about Geordi having an unfair advantage over everyone else because of his extended eye sight. Geordi let the kid put on his VISOR and feel the "ice picks in the temple" feeling that Geordi apparently felt all the time, but dealt with. I don't know, I like it.
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Right well, as for why Geordi still has the VISOR when seems likely that he had other options, I would imagine it's because being an engineer/scientist type person, he enjoyed the extra functionality the VISOR gave him over cloned eyes, what with the infrared and ultraviolet and particle-of-the-week seeing and all. I'm sure artificial eyes were available in his time, but perhaps not without the functionality that the VISOR gave him, at least until sometime before First Contact.
Then again, you would think that that sort of reasoning would come up at some point where he goes emo over being blind, either in Insurrection or whatever the other episode was where he bitched about being blind.
Also, while certainly not canon, I remember reading one of those Starfleet Academy books from way back in the day that featured Geordi at the Academy. They were sent to this low-grav planet for field excercises and a cadet on another team complained about Geordi having an unfair advantage over everyone else because of his extended eye sight. Geordi let the kid put on his VISOR and feel the "ice picks in the temple" feeling that Geordi apparently felt all the time, but dealt with. I don't know, I like it.
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"Geordi let the kid put on his VISOR and feel the 'ice picks in the temple' feeling that Geordi apparently felt all the time, but dealt with."
Not that makes any sense. The kid wouldn't have had the blinky little implants in his head that connect the VISOR to his brain. Without that, he's just sticking a glorified hairband over his eyes.
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Generally, it seemed that the Romulans were the "We're superior because we ARE" guys, whereas the Cardassians had fewer hang-ups about biology and instead said "We're superior because we do everything better and with more discipline and devotion than the others". Granted, we never quite saw a disabled, prosthetics-reliant Cardassian, but I wouldn't put it past that species to accept birth deformity or the like if the person still served the state admirably.
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The Cardassians probably had (past tense after watching the last episodes of season 7 again on TV) a 'Spartan' type thing going on - where they put newborns out in the elements and the ones that survived were 'worthy' to keep on living.
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quote:Not that makes any sense. The kid wouldn't have had the blinky little implants in his head that connect the VISOR to his brain. Without that, he's just sticking a glorified hairband over his eyes.
Well, I don't remember the details of the situation, perhaps those things helped mitigate the pain and sort the information into his brain, but still receiving the signals was possible without them. All I really remember is the kid got his come uppance and the VISOR wasn't a generally pleasant experience for Geordi.
And somebody broke their leg.
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quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: Actually...I here the Menendez boys are looking for new parents....
They're too old. besides, they'd never fit into the tiny cages I have picked out
quote:Originally posted by Timo: Romulan, in "The Enemy"...
Generally, it seemed that the Romulans were the "We're superior because we ARE" guys, whereas the Cardassians had fewer hang-ups about biology and instead said "We're superior because we do everything better and with more discipline and devotion than the others". Granted, we never quite saw a disabled, prosthetics-reliant Cardassian, but I wouldn't put it past that species to accept birth deformity or the like if the person still served the state admirably.
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I doubt any birth defects are allowed- it would be both inefficent and embarassing to a family (and family is everything to a Cardassian). I can certainly see a lot of war vetrans with advanced prosthetics though- it would be a mark of distinguished service.
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*ponders who the best and worst engineer was* Geordi did have the most: "Oh crap! This ain't good!" *Cool shot of him rolling under the isolation door as Engineering fills with toxic coolant gas* momemts. Torres like lost the warp core once- but I think Seven wanted to rig some Borg technology to the ship that she just knew she could make work... So I can't fault Torres too much... Scotty... he always lied about how long things would take to get done so he'd look better than he was when he got things done faster. Rom- he fixed things, but he was such a bumbler too... O'Brien... now that was a fix-it guy! He had the engineering gene I think! Even his Mirror Universe counterpart... heck... he went from Terran slave fellow who fixed trinkets... to "I done figured out interdimensional transporters, stole the plans for the Defiant, and built myself one outta spare parts I had laying about! And he probably built the thing quicker than Utopia Planetia did! Give the man a round of applause! Tripp was also a good engineer- but the technology in that era was much more primative, as it was in Scotty's day, that it's difficult to judge.
I did read an article where a VISOR had been created. It'd only been used on one test patient- they had complete loss of vision due to optic nerve damage, and doctors and scientists were able to build a webcam like device, that could send signals directly into his visual cortext.... via a cable he plugged into his skull on the side of his head. The more he used it the more his brain adapted to the signal and the better it worked...
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