Yes, and the ones where they had to make adjustments to what was given made it seem even more realistic. Take the example with Riker. It probably used his past simulations to pull up a typical jazz bar. Then he changes some of the parameters, then a few more. The Bynars monitoring him saw an opportunity and gave him Minuet for his sole audience member.
Still have a huge problem with no locking access. A few minutes later for Picard, who knows what he would have walked into.
Holodeck settings and scenarios are open source, and it's a big galaxy to pull from.
But they aren't perfect, as the Bynars showed. Without extra processing, a very detailed Minuet turns into just another holodeck character.
(Sad Riker trombone sounds)
I've been lucky in that in the few interactions I've had, they've been mostly courteous and to the point. It's usually been about a car tag and my fault. But they either gave a warning or a ticket that I could avoid by taking care of the tag. It does help I'm a white male.
There was one though, long ago when I was just 18. He probably let me go for the same reason, white male, and I was scared to death. But his first line was that I was speeding. I looked at my Dodge Aries K-Car and even in my fright almost laughed. In this POS? Really? I think because it was late at night and I happened to get in his way he was being pissy. He also said I should pay attention to my rear mirror as he had his lights on the whole mile before the interchange where I pulled over. Total BS. We all know how damn bright those lights are.
That's the kicker, when they finally let you go all pissed off because YOU wasted THEIR time.
On the other other hand, hopefully when people like that leave an organization (military or a company in general) they take a knowledge base and experience with them, making things dumber and less efficient.
But I agree, I'd rather have a mole on the inside doing what good they can to block the march to evil.
First of all, we're not there yet, but to maybe avoid any future conflicts depicted in scifi, we should narrow the rights protected to persons, and then define what a person is that doesn't constrict it to human. Or at least leave it open enough to allow different concepts of self aware beings while cutting off the very broad definition that allows a company to qualify.
Separate health benefits from employment.
Makes an employer have to be more competitive to keep workers, like other financial benefits or (gasp) higher wages/more hours.
I think that was the History Channel.
It'd be an interesting environment. What if the atmosphere was thin so the winds were fast, but not strong? Lots of variables to consider, and I'm sure if life could start, it'd find a niche to live in.
I had my run back in the original. Lots of fun times but the grind for the rogue was too much and it was such a broken and forgotten class.
Was disappointed in EQ 2 and how it removed a lot of the danger factors that made EQ a legend, even if they were unfair. And the rogues were worse.
Had a brief reliving of the nostalgia with the free servers, but because everyone was a twink and anything could be gained with money, it lost any joy I had from trying it again.
This sounds worse. It's the original game, but made easy to play, and I guarantee none of the flaws are addressed. It's just trying to recapture memories while making it not group centered, which always discouraged casual players.
I wonder if some of the major news organizations purposefully send a woman reporter to these, knowing it really upsets him.
When a company voluntarily takes its product from the shelf, you know it's a bad time. I would say it was maybe from a recommendation from the FDA, but they aren't what they used to be. So much winning.