Lets just see if this works then...

Right,
I am Lizzie (aka pixie feet for various obvious and faintly saucy reasons)
and so far I think ifis is the most friendly (should that be fiendly?) band
of people ever to have visited planet earth (aaah aint I cute?).
I do English (2nd year) and so I remain in the realm of books and do not
fully comprehend this computery business and it might go a bit pear-shaped
(not that there is ANYTHING remotely wrong with being pear-shaped at all
EVER-grr to any person who disagrees with me).
So, the borg then...mmm...tricky one. Is the death star actually "fully
operational" anyway? I could thus have more fire power to nuke a borg outta
existance but as "resistance is futil(grr to americanisms-rant rant-english
student)" then presumeably the hive is far superior.Is the whole business
irrelevant because the Sahddowy things in Babylon 5 are much freakier than
either as they are not even remotely human. Also, are they the "dark
matter" that scientists have been searching for in space? I think so and
shall be informing Patrick Moore and Hawking and NASA forthwith. Strangely
yours, Pixie (Lizzie)



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lo lizzie, and welcome
you poor poor thing. you don't want to know what lies ahead of you :)
oh god. I think that one's been done to death so many times over. Many wars
have been fought over the internet and many pints have been spilled in the
name of borg/death star superiority. *BRACE FOR CHAT EXPLOSION*
Andy, I think this is your arena.

*LOCKS DOWN MAIL FILTERS*

cheers
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Excellent! Looks like you got it right.

(Ok, so it was semi-comprehensible and badly-spelled, but what else do you
expect from English students :-).)
Indeed. Hello Lizzie. Please come on the shopping trip. I think we need your
brand of mayhem.
wars
I think we decided that the Death Star would kick arse until the Borg
adapted, but I may be wrong...
and
And why would this be my arena? Surely not because I'm a B5 nut with an
Astrophys degree?

Anyway to get started on that theory. Its original. It makes a lot of sense.
But it has quite scarey implications. Dark Matter is supposed to make up 90%
of the mass of the universe. In order to do this the Shadow ships would need
to be EXTREMELY dense - in which case we would expect to see them warp space
around them, or there would need to be disgustingly huge numbers of them.
Actually we do see them warp space around them when they jump into and out
of hyperspace. I think you're onto something there. Call NASA now. Tell them
to make contact with the Vorlons or we're all screwed...

Andy
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Afternoon ....
Come on the shopping trip and find more books. Incidentally great news everyone - DR &
Quinch's Totally Awesome Guide to Life appears to have been reissued - I promised TWAU I'd
get at least one of you to buy it. Trust me - it's the funniest sci-fi strip ever...
Can't English students spell anymore ?
Not wishing to do anithing to scare anyone one off but have you been put up to this ?

Besides I'd have thought it was obvious that after the first few cubes get vaped the Borg
would develop some shielding technology that would protect them. And I've been using
that line since 1991 !
Big pts for a Rememberance of the Daleks quote there ....
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up to this ?

You complete cynic. But wait a minute... Female. Cute nick-name. Borg vs.
the Death Star and the Shadows in the same post. Crafty (if unintentional)
Dr Who quote. Plenty of ammo for the spelling nazis. I think we've been had.
:-)

Andy
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Nah, it's missing a question on Hyperspace jump engines to stir the behemoth
Gordan, and needs some liberally distributed spoiler violations.

Mind you, it did come from a hotmail address.............

*chinrubbery*

behemoth
I thought Gordon's trigger words were "Powered Armour" or "Manga", but I
could be wrong...

Still if it was a wind-up it was superbly done.

Andy
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And if it wasn't...? :-)

The person, according to the RHUL address book, is real enough.

The guidelines for IFIS Chat are written here:
www.ifis.org.uk/resources/ifispedia/guideline_to_the_lists.shtml
in particular including a suggestion for discussion, namely Borg v
Deathstar and black holes...

George-rah, IFISPOOD

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Proctor GD wrote:
Ah! So it's all Nick's fault - since it is he that came up with the
guidelines.

Shame on you Nick for corrupting the poor innocent students! *8)

Chris Turner wrote:
Well I'm glad at least TWO people have read them! :-)

More seriously, I think I'm quite PROUD that I've clearly given the
newbeis more than enough rope to hang themselves with! ;-)

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Day of inquiry. You will be subpoenaed.

Not that that's ever usually a problem... :-)

Andy
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Niiiiiiick, when are you going to set me up on chat???? I keep having to
reply through Kathryn, and people don't think I exist.
Pixie.

Sorry, got your request early afternoon, had a stupidly busy afternoon at
work, then harry potter this evening. will get it done tomorrow morning.

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The Borg assimilated my planet and all I got was email conveniently
delivered to my head instead of my pocket.
www.blackberry.net

YAY!
Pixie.

If it wasn't (and I don't think for a second that it was) then I stand by
what I said in my first reply:
"Please come on the shopping trip. I think we need your brand of mayhem."

Andy
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Andrew Wren wrote:
Well having met the girl in question already, I can definitely agree. We
will definitely need her at Pages to help us with our dancing and singing.

Cannot go to shopping trip as friday is my birthday and my long lost brother
is coming up on saturday. Can't make it, sorry. Will come next time with
nobs on. Will see everyone on thursday, and the truth will be revealed.
Pixie.

Sorry, can't come on thursday. Ah well. Some other time.

Andy
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THIS IS NOT A WIND UP!!! She's not that weird!
Kathryn.

Glad to hear it.

Andy
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I got a little scared at the implication that my housemate doesn't exist,
for obvious rent-paying reasons. She's fairly weird, but completely lovely.
Kathryn.

No, there are some overactive imaginations that can make up their
own.





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Andy's on the pull.....

vs.
unintentional)
Always... :-)

Andy
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Huh?! Actually she is human because I live with her, and yes she is that
weird.
Kathryn
*ps. thanks for thinking my nickname is cute. Love Pixie*

Splendid. She'll fit right in ;)
oh come on, we're IFIS. 'Weird' doesn't even come close to describing some
of us *fires NERF gun at Tigger*

:)
Now the bit about nobs is starting to frighten me, juuuuuuuuuuust a
little...

Voyager wasn't around in 1991, so the Borg were still moderately
clever then. Their shields didn't protect them from the Feds in First
Contact, because they forgot to turn them on. They would only send one cube
to assimilate the Death Star in the first place. Borg cubes are too big to
fly down the trench (although it would be interesting to see the attempt :-)
)

That said, Borg cubes at least don't have any immediate fatal
weaknesses like the Death Star, so they could just assimilate a couple of
Thai Fighters, learn about the exhaust pipe thingy, and, um, fire a liddle
borgpedo down it. But then that's not their way of doing things :-)
When you have a theory that indicates that there should be ten (or
whatever) times more matter in the Universe than there is, doesn't anyone
stop to think that maybe, just maybe, the theory is wrong or lacking
something? Or has this all been considered?

George, IFISPO

the florce is stlong in this one!

They could assimilate a couple of tie-fighters too. :-)

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The Borg assimilated my planet and all I got was email conveniently
delivered to my head instead of my pocket.
www.blackberry.net

Shows someone read the guidelines this year. Hope to see you Saturday then Lizzie for a
bit of shopping....
Are Thai fighters a particular brand of Ninja assasin ? Discuss.
If they invent clever acronyms we can at least have decency to spell the right:

Twin
Ion
Engine

Philip - who's just blagged a Naboo fighter for a fiver :-)
- and has also just seen the invisibility cloak Harry Potter figure for the first time -
contradiction in terms I know.....
- and is waiting to find out the times for Saturday ! (can I fit all of Attack of the
Cybermen in beforehand ?)
- *and* is very much enjoying the LoG Live at Drury Lane disc.


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Ack, sorry for empty reply, please flame as appropriate...
Okay, okay okay :) Well, speaking of ninja....

www.ninjahypothesis.com

There's not much on the site but the concept is brilliant methinks
:)

George, IFISPOOD

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Proctor GD wrote:
No, George, you've got it all wrong. We're not the clones/pod
people/whatevers - the scarey identically looking students are.

Chris, who is definitely not an IFISPOD

the(m) right:

Oh I don't know. Thai Fighter actually made me laugh first time I saw it.
I've now got a mental image of Borgified Ninjas infiltrating the Death Star
reactor control room and setting it to overload. Its got to be a more
convincing ending than stuffing a couple of fireworks up the exhaust pipe
:-).

Andy
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My mental imager is having a hard time with ninjas in George Lucas'
little fantasy world - mainly because they keep coming out like
Jedi or Sith, and hence blending into the original concept.




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Considered, then rejected as too rational. The standard method for
explaining something you don't understand in physics seems to be to explain
it wiuth a new magic particle. (So Voyager didn't get it all wrong then
:-).) The trick is to define this particle as being so abundant or so dense
that 90% of the universe is made up of it, but at the same time it has to be
invisible to all known techniques of detecting it. In fact if there is a
handy theoretical barrier to detecting these particles (say the Planck
energy or something) then it is best to define your particle as being just
beyond that barrier. Better still you want to define your particle as only
existing in 10 or 26 dimensions, thereby negating any chance of discovering
it until the universe collapses. Which it may or may not depending on
whether these partices exist or not. And people say Physics is difficult...

Andy
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Elizabeth Townsend wrote:
and I thought you didn't like us any more cos you only came down to the pub
the once? *sob* *grins*

Chris (the nice one)

hiya,
this is Kathryn taking dictation from Lizzie...

Last thuirsday had a hot date, which backfired slightly as I am alittle
rusty. Grrr..
I will be coming this week, and will go all the way (haha). I am probably
the only person on the planet who hasn't seen spaceballs (Kathryn says
Aahhhh!!! How?) I shall never be so unfaithful again, I am saying twelve
hail Mary's as penance. Seeya, Pixie.

That's what she has to say for herself,
Bye,
Kathryn.