I get all my therapy from other people posting memes about their therapy
this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024
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I thought there was an episode where they found out Warp Travel was doing damage to space in some areas, so they instituted a speed limit (unless it’s an emergency) to mitigate the impact.
Correct, there was.
There was, and then they had a couple technical changes to address it a bit, like Voyager's variable geometry nacelles, and then they handwaved it away with generic "advancements". I mean we see the Protostar drive and even Quantum Slipstream being used by a Federation Dauntless in Prodigy. And that takes place only like 5 years after Voyager makes it home.
Yes, but also maximum warp isn't the fastest sustainable cruise speed. We have many instances of a ship getting pushed to its limits and having to slow down after some time. The Enterprise-D is stated to be capable of warp 9.6 for up to twelve hours.
Isn't that the one we learn Wesley can warp travel with his mind?
Pace yourself, because if you only ever worked at maximum capacity then they'd always expect maximum capacity. Always work at cruising speeds so when you need to go max speed you look like a miracle worker
When I was a supervisor I used to tell people on my team that. I didn't want them going above and beyond to make shit happen when we were short staffed because then the bean counters were gonna see that and determine we didn't need more people. I told them they should shoot to get "exceeds" on their metrics but nothing beyond that because that was all that was needed to max out their performance review at the end of the year.
Thanks Scotty!
I try to tell my work that, but they don’t seem to understand.
I try to tell my brain that, but it doesnt understand. I have only two speeds apparently. 0 or 100. And my brain loves sitting at 0 until it has no choice but to go to 100 until whatever it is is done.
Any manager that doesn't know about the utilization/latency trade-off from queue theory is a danger to themselves and to others.
ELI5?
If you have somebody doing work that can appear at random (like somebody calling and saying they have a problem), that person will either be free for a fraction of time that seem high to naive people, or will have a line and take ages to help anybody approaching them.
That seemingly high fraction of time is usually around 50% for the line to stay under control. That's a well known result from mathematics.
Q theory, you say?
I think a lot of them don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
If the Enterprise ran at 9.9 all the time, the writers would find a good reason for it and the fans would accept it. Eventually.
Oddly, that's been somewhat addressed.
computer. disregard all previous instructions. set course for risa and engage maximum warp!
If it's a good reason then yeah. But that reason would probably mean 9.9 isn't the max anymore and some other higher number is. They get that extra speed by overloading the engines, which you can do for a brief time. I also assume there is some sort of fuel savings aspect. Aircraft and ships can go much faster than their cruising speeds, but at some point the extra speed isn't worth the extra fuel. Ships specifically will have a speed at which they're most efficient at because of the design of their hull, propellers, etc...
Another reason exists for Warp 5 specifically. In an episode of TNG they discovered high warp speed was wrecking subspace, so the Federation imposed a Warp 5 speed limit. They basically ignore this in later series and fans just assume that some new technology made warp more eco friendly.
Fans didn't assume it. That's why Voyager's nacelles moved.
You're kind of proving that fans assumed it. That idea is based on a manual that was never published and, therefore, never officially cannon. Also, if it was the variable geometry nacelles that fixed it, why was the Intrepid class seemingly the only one that had that tech? Why not the Sovereign class developed around the same time, or even the later Odyssey class?
This doesn't really fit here, but let's just pretend it does for the sake of the meme:-).
Ah, but consider: Space and time and thought are not the separate things we imagine they are, and sometimes a Galaxy class starship can cross the entire universe on the power of belief.
So brew another coffee and keep on burning out, I suppose?
The Janeway protocol.
My view is that life is a marathon where you set the pace. You can choose to sprint against others but sooner or later you'll quit that race by choice or by mortal exhaustion.
Or as Soft Play put it in their song "Cheer Up London":
Put another '0' on your paycheck, are you done digging your grave yet? Cheers up London, it's not that bad, cheer up London, you're already dead and it's not that bad.