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The Price reference is different because it refers (as references tend to) to an external use of money, rather than an internal. We have seen plenty of times that the Federation trades with other planets and powers. Now, it could simply offer a list of items, services and whatnot, but it could also simpify it into a monetary equivelent.
If you want, you could even imply this is a new thing. Perhaps the Ferengi, when they got active in the Alpha Quadrant, assigned "credit" ratings to all the superpowers? If we assume that the Ferengi are good at that sort of thing (and all indications are that they are), perhaps the other powers picked it up and used it?
Or it could be something else entirely. Perhaps a Federation Credit = one solar generator, or a single cow. But you need SOMETHING to trade with, and that means that the Federation has to have some item or service that it can offer better than other races. And vice versa.
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Not sure if anyone posted this (not gonna go back and read through 5 pages to do it), but I thought this might be a quirk in the 'no money in the future' bit.
From ST: Generations
KIRK Looks like someone was cooking eggs...
(to Picard) Come on in, it's all right. This is my house -- or at least it used to be, I **sold** it years ago.
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They have2have Money because without money there's no economy as DUBya has shown us. What about latinum? Starfleet officers could also have credits.
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Communications Director Toby Ziegler: I think this time we're all collectively da man, sir.
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quote:Originally posted by Ahkileez: (to Picard) Come on in, it's all right. This is my house -- or at least it used to be, I **sold** it years ago.
That could just be a language holdover, like, er, other ones...
Saying "I gave the property to someone" sounds confusing and communist.
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Ultra Magnus big ups for actually reading the post. U are the ultra man. ---------------- Axel Foley: Don't you think I realize what's going on here, miss? Who do you think I am, huh? Don't you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I'd be the first one to get a room and I'd be upstairs relaxing right now. But I'm not some hotshot from out of town, I'm a small reporter from "Rolling Stone" magazine that's in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that's gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article "Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World," but now I think I might as well just call it "Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn't Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel 'Cause There's No Niggers Allowed in There!"
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Looky here if Y-O-U don't like the way I express myself I'm sorry this is a forum and a forum is for people to express their views.Now if view is a little deepfried u need to live with it and stop gettin Y-O-U-R pannies up in a bunch.
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Aw, did I hurt your feelings? Good. You'll find we here on Flare don't really, well, gosh, like "l337" people who apparently operate under the line of thought: "I'm so leet I don't have to type out words, I can say '2' and 'u' and other silly stuff." Look at UM for a fantastic send-up of this phenomena.
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quote:Originally posted by Dr Phlox: Looky here if Y-O-U don't like the way I express myself I'm sorry this is a forum and a forum is for people to express their views.Now if view is a little deepfried u need to live with it and stop gettin Y-O-U-R pannies up in a bunch.
I dont think being lazy spelling "you" and "two", "too" or "to" has anything to do with expressing views in a forum about Star Trek...it has to do with writing like a junior higher, perhaps the Care Bear forum would better suit you....
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wait, im forgetting which Phlox is the cool one..
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Full Stop Phlox is the one who writes as if he actually read a book more advanced than "See Janeway. See Janeway shout. See Janeway act moody. See Janeway change personality."
Period Phlox is the one who writes as if he is some strange offspring of man and twat.
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Not quite. Full Stop Phlox is right, whereas Period Phlox should be "No Period Phlox".
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