Talk:Nanite
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can nanites really be classes as self-aware ? to me they seem to be just small machines that need to be programed for a task, not like data that is really a self-aware machine that can operate on his own.
- Yes, you are right. In real life, a nanite could not be self aware because they are very simple chemical/mechanical machines designed for a task, not computers. However, in the fantasy of a this Trek episode they became self aware so the article reflects this. The writers were not scientists, the were paid imagination. Star Trek is a much fantasy as Lord of the Rings, and any idiot who says it is based on science should be ignored, because - it - obviously - is - not. Sorry for the rant. --Bp 07:42, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anime references
- Moved from MA:VfD
- Oneamisu receiver, Ranma ½ gyro block, Otomo calibration
- While the source for their names may be correct, the articles in their current form should not be kept. If someone knows what these things are supposed to be, perhaps they can expand it... they need to do it within the next five days, though. If not, we should delete these. --From Andoria with Love 04:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Keep. I formatted the articles a little. Obviously they are all jokes put in the LCARS display by Micheal Okuda, an anime fan. The articles deserve to exist as much as any specifically named item in Star Trek, even if it is just to explain the reference in a background note. --Bp 05:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- So they're all imporant components of a nanite. Well, if that's all we know about them then keep, I guess. --From Andoria with Love 07:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Not just important, particularly important! There are other such minimal definitions. But again, they are specifically named canon references! --Bp 07:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed. ;) --From Andoria with Love 08:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Keep as reformatted. Aholland 11:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- As I said on Talk:Otomo calibration, an alternative to keeping the articles would be to merge&redirect on Nanite. This has nothing to do with canon, just with the simple fact that not each and every one-line article really needs to have a separate article. In any case, don't delete. -- Cid Highwind 11:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- Would anybody be against me archiving this to Talk:Nanite rather than placing it on the talk pages for all three articles? --From Andoria with Love 20:15, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Made in China?
(j/k about the heading) But I think Dr. Stubbs mentions where Federation nanites are made but I can't quite make it out. Something like "...a plant in Dakar, Senegal..." but somebody would have to verify that. Anyone? -- TrekFan Talk 23:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
- Consider it confirmed, that's what he said. :) --31dot 23:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)