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The Borg names are so stupid

posted 8 years ago by Nakitaakita-1
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The names 4 of six or 5 of seven.
The names are stupid. Think about it there would be hundreds of 4 of sixes on one of the ships as well as one of six and two of six.
It doesn't make sense at all.
The first half one I saw the "Hugh" episode and they asked his name, I thought he was going to say, " 75876889344." Or something like that.
If there are hundreds of their ships there would be thousands of Borgs with the exact same designation. It just doesn't make sense.
It always bothered me.😠

we need more diversity in sports. Where are the short, fat Asians!

[–] randbanks 8 years ago

why not

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Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory and ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Great song, Rand.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Dju2i4FZw

[–] cind5 8 years ago

If Junior Samples became one of the board his name would be BR-549.

Spenser with an "S", like the poet.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

What's Rush have to do with Tommy Tutone?

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Listen to the chorus and what I have been posting about on this thread(binary code).

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Big Rush fan, Nex?

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Used to be CJ have seen them live in '88.

[–] seldon913 8 years ago

Hold Your Fire tour? I went to that, as well as the Power Windows and Presto tours.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Yes it was the Hold Your Fire tour great show never heard three guys make so much noise lol ,but it was great show with Peart having a 15 min drum solo and at the end of the drumsolo breaking into a very irregular drum pattern of the next song amazing drummer seen Phil Collins during the Invisible Touch tour with the trademark double drum solo/Los Endos(with Chester Thompson) but Peart beat the both them.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

You said used to be. Not now? I was never a huge Rush fan. Now, Phil Collins is fantastic.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Still listen to them but haven't heard much of the stuff after Roll The Bones plus they have been on an hiatus because of the fact that both Peart's daughter and wife died shortly after each other which made him quit music for a while and spend time travelling the globe on his bike,the future of Rush was uncertain for a while because Lee and Lifeson didn't want to continue Rush without Peart.But now they are back together again and there has been somewhat of a re-discovery of Rush by the mainstream and there album Clockwork Angels got very positive critiques from the music press and the public they have become members of The Rock´n Roll Hall Of Fame and were on their 45th anniversary tour last year.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

So, you still enjoy them immensely?

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Those Rush albums I have yes I regularly listen to them depending on my mood what albums I play.Of late I've been playing a lot of Signals I am particularly fond of Chemistry,Digital Man and a longtime favourite of mine Losing It(love that violin/guitar/drum solo bit) and La Villa Strangiato from Hemispheres I can put on any time,just like the Some Enchanted Evening (live) version of Astronomy by Blue Oyster Cult.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

I love Don't Fear the Reaper.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] seldon913 8 years ago

But how has BOC's 'Godzilla' not been on the soundtrack of any Godzilla movie?

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Who knows?

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

There had been talks with BOC for the '98 movie that they would use the song and BOC was willing to let them use the rights but it sort of never came off.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Also a great track CJ you probably picked it up from Halloween?When rehearsing with a band during my school years a friend and I were always fascinated by that (what we would call)the Twilight Zone theme(the 80's version) part that the guitar plays.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Halloween indeed. Burning for you is a good one too.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Or Godzilla CJ still chuckle when the singer speaks Japanese(sort of) in that song.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

We already mentioned Godzilla.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Sorry haven't read that before I replied, the Imaginos album from '88 is also quite good have you heard that one as well (they also do a new version of Astronomy on that as well)?It's sort of a concept album dealing about the Illuminati great songs as well it's a bit like some of Queensrÿche's albums.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Not overly familiar with Queensryche. Heard of them, obviously, but don't know many of their songs. Now, Queen, I adore.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Their first three albums The Warning,Rage For Order and especially Operation Mindcrime(which won an Edison(comparable with a Grammy) for Hardrock album of year here in Holland)are very good.Queensrÿche is a mix of hardrock and Pink Floyd I think you might like it CJ check songs Take Hold On The Flame,Roads To Madness(with complete orchestra and choir),Gonna Get Close To You(Dalbello song),Screaming In Digital,Neue Regel,I Will Remember,And the complete Mindcrime album(which is a concept album)Suite Sister May is awesome and you might know the Pink Floyd's(Comfortably Numb) ode Silent Lucidity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Silent Lucidity. That's the one I know. That was a hit here.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nakitaakita-1 8 years ago

Okay this thread went off of the rails😄
But here's a weird one, me, who knows enough about music to fill a thimble,
I've heard of Queensryche!!!!!

we need more diversity in sports. Where are the short, fat Asians!

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Silent Lucidity, I'm sure, Nak.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

And where have you heard of Queensrÿche Nak?

[–] Nakitaakita-1 8 years ago

I think I heard about them a long time ago.??😐
Maybe........
Maybe I even listened to them!

we need more diversity in sports. Where are the short, fat Asians!

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Silent Lucidity was their big hit over here, so probably that, Nex/Nak.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Could also be this one (a sort of summary of Operation Mindcrime)notice the very Pink Floydish opening (Welcome To The Machine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4duZjxusGM

[–] Nakitaakita-1 8 years ago

My brother played in a band.
That might be where I heard of them.

we need more diversity in sports. Where are the short, fat Asians!

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

Did your brother play in Queensrÿche,Nak? 

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

That, I doubt, Nex.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

She could be Chris Degarmo's sister CJ.

[–] Nakitaakita-1 8 years ago

Chris Degarmo

Who is that???????
😄😄😄😄🐶🐶😜😈😈😈😈
I am deplorable # 422,893!

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

The former lead guitarist/songwriter of Queensrÿche Nak he quit the band in '98.

😀😀😀😸😸

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

"Who is that?" Does that answer your question, Nex? Lol.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] captain-bryce 8 years ago

The names 4 of six or 5 of seven.
The names are stupid. Think about it there would be hundreds of 4 of sixes on one of the ships as well as one of six and two of six.
It doesn't make sense at all.
The first half one I saw the "Hugh" episode and they asked his name, I thought he was going to say, " 75876889344." Or something like that.
If there are hundreds of their ships there would be thousands of Borgs with the exact same designation. It just doesn't make sense.
It always bothered me

Remember that the Borg designations only apply to Borg working in a specific unit. Yes, there are probably a hundred "Seven of Nines" working on a Borg cube, but there is only ONE Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01. "Hugh" was Third of Five, but he was only Third of Five of the shuttle crew he was with. As long as they can distinguish between sub-collectives working as smaller units, then the designations make sense.

This artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPvcgejKpw

[–] Nakitaakita-1 8 years ago

But he would have to say the rest too.
Like: "Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01. "
I think that would have Been as good as the huge long number too.

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[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

I would go for Bert and Ernie . 

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Do you know where Sesame Street got the names Bert and Ernie, Nex?

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] seldon913 8 years ago

The two police officers in It's A Wonderful Life.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

I guess Seldon wrote the answer ,and I don't get the fascination for It's a Wonderful Life ,too sentimental for my tastes.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

Seldon is correct, and it's one of the greatest movies of all time. You should be ashamed of yourself!

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.

[–] Nexus71 8 years ago

I will not call It's A Wonderful Life the greatest movie of all time ,that IMO is 2001 ASO .It's a good Capra movie but like I said I am not a fan of overly sentimental stuff if I had to choose movies from that era I would pick I Was A Fugitive From A Chain-Gang,Foreign Correspondent,Angels With Dirty Faces,White Heat,Citizen Kane,Scarface,The Maltese Falcon,Treasure Of Sierra Madre,Key West,The Wizard Of Oz (What a way to enter the world of technicolour) and movies like that.

[–] cjh8504 8 years ago

I said one of the greatest movies of all time. One. And Rocky is the greatest movie of all time as fatal as I'm concerned. Wizard of Oz is my # 3.

RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great.