Snow snow snow sun snow....today it was snowing and it was even +2 degrees. But it might seem kinda metaphorical in a sense to what's going on. Things keep on snowballing in my way and I have to take it as it is trudging through, but knowing it's spring there is hope that the snowfall will eventually slow down.
Okay...geek time...i was just watching star trek (yes I watch star trek on the odd occasion...not because of science fiction - I like the idea of traveling in space and between worlds, and intergalactic war and relations; Star trek was the show i decided to settle on) for a bit and starting having thoughts about the Borg (generated mostly from what I've seen from The NExt Generation, and Voyager). While their concept of perfection and assimilation does seem appealing there are several aspects that the Borg never seem to get right and things why I don't think they will survive:
Borg in a Nutshell and where they don't seem to make sense
1.) Their entire mission is to achieve perfection. They do this by assimilating (turning their victims into drones whilst adding their biological and technological uniqueness to their own and thus becoming more powerful with more weapons at their disposal.
What doesn't make sense is that they try to do this by assimilating species which they consider to be imperfect. You cannot achieve a perfect mark if you have an imperfect test or assignment mark.
2.) They consider themselves harmonious with each other in nature because their minds are linked together and they think as one; the collective mind of thousands of species and millions, maybe billions, of people can be a powerful thing if they are all working as one. Only one problem: they aren't. They require a queen. One mind, with the collective knowledge of many, who controls drones. If they are harmonious, they don't need to be called drones.
Okay...geek time...i was just watching star trek (yes I watch star trek on the odd occasion...not because of science fiction - I like the idea of traveling in space and between worlds, and intergalactic war and relations; Star trek was the show i decided to settle on) for a bit and starting having thoughts about the Borg (generated mostly from what I've seen from The NExt Generation, and Voyager). While their concept of perfection and assimilation does seem appealing there are several aspects that the Borg never seem to get right and things why I don't think they will survive:
Borg in a Nutshell and where they don't seem to make sense
1.) Their entire mission is to achieve perfection. They do this by assimilating (turning their victims into drones whilst adding their biological and technological uniqueness to their own and thus becoming more powerful with more weapons at their disposal.
What doesn't make sense is that they try to do this by assimilating species which they consider to be imperfect. You cannot achieve a perfect mark if you have an imperfect test or assignment mark.
2.) They consider themselves harmonious with each other in nature because their minds are linked together and they think as one; the collective mind of thousands of species and millions, maybe billions, of people can be a powerful thing if they are all working as one. Only one problem: they aren't. They require a queen. One mind, with the collective knowledge of many, who controls drones. If they are harmonious, they don't need to be called drones.
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