laurelhach:
thetrekkiehasthephonebox:
mehyewll:
thetrekkiehasthephonebox:
twofacedjanus:
spicyshimmy:
how big of a problem is butt dialing in starfleet given how often commanding offers sit their asses right on top of consoles though
butt photon torpedoing
It’s the future, they’ve fixed that problem by now.
I am pleased by the prospect of Starfleet devoting a bunch of resources to research into accidental butt-interface interaction rejection algorithms.
… Actually, it would make sense if the consoles utilized the same low-level brainwave scanning as the Universal Translator to determine whether any user input is intentional. Especially given the need to adapt to all manner of alien appendages which may or may not resemble fingers, butts, elbows, or god knows what else. And the technology is clearly there. So maybe the consoles don’t determine whether a user is firing a photon torpedo with their butt, but rather whether they mean to fire a photon torpedo with their butt.
There you go!
could this be applied to combadge calls too? Because you know there are multiple people with the same last name on the ship and the brainwave scanning could interpret who you’re meaning to call?
There’s a sad transition period where Ensign Butt-Hands has to use some analog technology.
I am really happy to see that this turned into a discussion, and one that brought the combadges in, even~
(via mehyewll-blog)
