A Trick I Learned from An Old Friend

 

 

Spock : 

Fascinating — You are

Montgomery Scott.

You are, in fact, 

The Mister Scott who postulated 

The Theory of Transwarp-Beaming. 

 

Scotty : 

That's what I'm talking about.

How'd you think I wound up here?

I had a little debate with My Instructor

on the issue of relativistic physics

and how it pertains to subspace travel. 

 

He seemed to think that the range of transporting

something like a, like a grapefruit,

was limited to about a hundred miles;

I told him that I could

not only beam a grapefruit 

from one planet to the adjacent

planet in the same system — 

— which is easy by the way — 

— I could do it with a lifeform. 

 

So, I tested it on,

Admiral Archer's

prized beagle. 

 

KIRK: 

Wait, I know that dog —

What happened to it? 

 

Scotty :

I'll tell you when it reappears….

I don't know.

I DO feel guilty about that…..

 

 

Spock :

What if I told you that Your Transwarp Theory was correct?

That it is indeed possible to beam onto a ship

that is travelling at warp speed? 

 

Scotty :

I think if that equation had been discovered,

I'd have heard about it. 

 

Spock :

The reason you haven't 

heard about it, Mister Scott,

is because you haven't 

discovered it yet. 

 

Scotty :

I'm a, uh, what...

Are you from The Future? 

 

KIRK:

Yeah. He is, I'm not. 

 

*****

 

Scotty :

Except, the thing is, even if I believed you,

right, where you're from,

what I've done — I don't, by the way —

— you're still talking about

beaming aboard The Enterprise

while she's traveling faster-than-light,

without a proper receiving pad --

 

The notion of Trans-Warp Beaming is like,

trying to hit A Bullet with a smaller bullet,

whilst wearing a blindfold,

riding a horse --

What's that?

 

Spock :

Your Equation for achieving

Trans-Warp Beaming. 

 

Scotty :

(mumbles something)

Imagine that — It never 

occurred to me to think

of Space as the thing that was moving. 

 

KIRK: (to Spock)

You're coming with us, right? 

 

Spock :

No, Jim. That is not 

My Destiny. 

 

KIRK:

Your dest... He... 

The other Spock is not 

going to believe me.

Only you can explain 

What's Gonna Happen. 

 

Spock :

Under no circumstances, can he

be aware of My Existence.

You must promise me this. 

 

KIRK:

You're telling me I, 

I can't tell you that

I'm following your own orders.

Why not? What happens? 

 

Spock :

Jim, this is one rule you cannot break.

To stop Nero, you alone must take

command of Your Ship. 

 

KIRK:

How? Over your dead body? 

 

Spock :

Preferably not. However, there

is Starfleet Regulation-619.
619 states that any Command Officer

who's emotionally compromised

by the mission at hand, must

resign said command.

 

KIRK: 

So, so you're saying that I have to

emotionally compromise you guys?

 

Spock :

Jim, I just lost my planet. 

I can tell you, I am 

emotionally compromised. 

What you must do is

get me to show it. 

 

 

KIRK :

Your coming Back in Time,

changing History — 

it's Cheating. 

 

Spock :

A Trick I learned from

An Old Friend.

(he does The Salute)

Live Long and Prosper. 

 

The Power of Two

Rule #2 : 
Treat Yourself Like Someone 

You are Responisble for Helping.

Mister Six :

I've come a long way for You --

The Cosmic Hobo :

Naturally -- Don't expect any Thanks.

“However, You CAN Be 

in Two Places 

at once —

….Spock, in this instance, 

Do Yourself a Favour —

Set aside Logic 

Do What FEELS Right.”

"We have The First Replicator 

on The Planet : Genes.

And we know the 

consequences of that --

Producing all these Organisms.

But, the idea about MeMes, 

is that they are 

a SECOND Replicator --

So, Genes are copied by chemical processes in bodies, 

MeMes are copied by IMITATION, and other kinds 

of interactions between 

Human Beings….

Hey, wanna buy some 

DeathStix…?

You Don’t Want to 

Sell Me DeathStix —

Err, I Don’t Want to 

Sell You DeathStix…

You Want to Go Home,

and Re-Think Your Life —

I Want to Go Home,

and Re-Think My Life….

“…..and very little in ANY other 

species at all -- and THAT'S 

what gives rise to 

Human Culture

So, the whole Theory about MeMes is ONE, of MANY ways of trying to understand 

The Evolution of CULTURE[s]."

square (n.)

mid-13c., "tool for measuring right angles, carpenter's square," from Old French esquire "a square, squareness," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, back-formation from *exquadrare "to square," from Latin ex "out" (see ex-) + quadrare "make square, set in order, complete," from quadrus "a square" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four").

 

Meaning "square shape or area" is recorded by late 14c. (Old English used feower-scyte). Geometric sense "four-sided rectilinear figure" is from 1550s; mathematical sense of "a number multiplied by itself" is first recorded 1550s. Sense of "open space in a town or park" is from 1680s; that of "area bounded by four streets in a city" is from c. 1700. As short for square meal, from 1882. Square one "the very beginning" (often what one must go back to) is from 1960, probably a figure from board games.

square (adj.)

early 14c., "containing four equal sides and right angles," from square (n.), or from Old French esquarre, past participle of esquarrer. Meaning "honest, fair," is first attested 1560s; that of "straight, direct" is from 1804. Of meals, from 1868.

 

Sense of "old-fashioned" is 1944, U.S. jazz slang, said to be from shape of a conductor's hand gestures in a regular four-beat rhythm. Square-toes meant nearly the same thing late 18c.: "precise, formal, old-fashioned person," from the style of men's shoes worn early 18c. and then fallen from fashion. Squaresville is attested from 1956. Square dance attested by 1831; originally one in which the couples faced inward from four sides; later of country dances generally.

[T]he old square dance is an abortive attempt at conversation while engaged in walking certain mathematical figures over a limited area. [The Mask, March 1868]

square (v.)

late 14c. of stones, from Old French esquarrer, escarrer "to cut square," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare "to square," from Latin ex "out" (see ex-) + quadrare "make square; set in order, complete," from quadrus "a square" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four"). Meaning "regulate according to standard" is from 1530s; sense of "to accord with" is from 1590s. With reference to accounts from 1815. In 15c.-17c. the verb also could mean "to deviate, vary, digress, fall out of order." Related: Squared; squaring.

 

square (adv.)

1570s, "fairly, honestly," from square (adj.). From 1630s as "directly, in line." Sense of "completely" is American-English, colloquial, by 1862.

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ex- 

word-forming element, in English meaning usually "out of, from," but also "upwards, completely, deprive of, without," and "former;" from Latin ex "out of, from within; from which time, since; according to; in regard to," from PIE *eghs "out" (source also of Gaulish ex-, Old Irish ess-, Old Church Slavonic izu, Russian iz). In some cases also from Greek cognate ex, ek. PIE *eghs had comparative form *eks-tero and superlative *eks-t(e)r-emo-. Often reduced to e- before -b-, -d-, -g-, consonantal -i-, -l-, -m-, -n-, -v- (as in elude, emerge, evaporate, etc.).

*kwetwer- 

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "four." 

It forms all or part of: cadre; cahier; carillon; carrefour; catty-cornered; diatessaron; escadrille; farthing; firkin; fortnight; forty; four; fourteen; fourth; quadrant; quadraphonic; quadratic; quadri-; quadrilateral; quadriliteral; quadrille; quadriplegia; quadrivium; quadroon; quadru-; quadruped; quadruple; quadruplicate; quarantine; quarrel (n.2) "square-headed bolt for a crossbow;" quarry (n.2) "open place where rocks are excavated;" quart; quarter; quarterback; quartermaster; quarters; quartet; quarto; quaternary; quatrain; quattrocento; quire (n.1) "set of four folded pages for a book;" squad; square; tessellated; tetra-; tetracycline; tetrad; tetragrammaton; tetrameter; tetrarch; trapezium. 

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit catvarah, Avestan čathwaro, Persian čatvar, Greek tessares, Latin quattuor, Oscan petora, Old Church Slavonic četyre, Lithuanian keturi, Old Irish cethir, Welsh pedwar.

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Definitions of square

1

square (v.)

make square;

square the wood with a file

Synonyms: square up

square (v.)

raise to the second power;

square (v.)

cause to match, as of ideas or acts;

square (v.)

position so as to be square;

He squared his shoulders

square (v.)

be compatible with;

one idea squares with another

square (v.)

pay someone and settle a debt;

I squared with him

square (v.)

turn the paddle; in canoeing;

Synonyms: feather

square (v.)

turn the oar, while rowing;

Synonyms: feather

2

square (n.)

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon;

you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides

Synonyms: foursquare

square (n.)

the product of two equal terms;

gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

Synonyms: second power

square (n.)

an open area at the meeting of two or more streets;

Synonyms: public square

square (n.)

something approximating the shape of a square;

square (n.)

someone who doesn't understand what is going on;

Synonyms: lame

square (n.)

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views;

Synonyms: square toes

square (n.)

any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles;

a checkerboard has 64 squares

square (n.)

a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles;

the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square

3

square (adj.)

without evasion or compromise;

a square contradiction

Synonyms: straightforward / straight

square (adj.)

leaving no balance;

my account with you is now all square

square (adj.)

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle;

a square peg in a round hole

a square corner

square (adj.)

providing abundant nourishment;

four square meals a day

Synonyms: hearty / satisfying / solid / substantial

square (adj.)

rigidly conventional or old-fashioned;

Synonyms: straight

square (adj.)

characterized by honesty and fairness;

a square deal

Synonyms: straight

4

square (adv.)

in a straight direct way;

ran square into me

Synonyms: squarely

square (adv.)

in a square shape;

folded the sheet of paper square

Synonyms: squarely

square (adv.)

firmly and solidly;

planted his great bulk square before his enemy

Synonyms: squarely