1. At a guess, the life support systems (the atmospheric production and cleaning) are actually replicators, the core of the ship's replication system. When one is down, the trivial side application of producing sandwiches and synthehol goes down, too.
2. I suggest it was part of his basic programming; Noonien Soong chose the speech patterns of some previous friend and built them into Data's speech centers, along with his other speech mannerisms (voice pitch, for example). Soong didn't see this as a speech defect in any way, or realize that it would be a limitation for Data — demonstrating that, even in the 23rd Century, programmers hardcode stuff that should be configurable.
3. Crusher is operating under Star Fleet Command's Medical Dramatic License, which lets her override anyone's commands as long as she can pull out a compellingly dramatic medical reason for it. This license was first established by an earlier Star Fleet ship's doctor, Leonard McCoy, though he used it less frequently.
Try this one, Dave. In the TNG episode "Starship Mine," the Enterprise underwent a "baryon sweep" to eliminate the baryons that accumulated during their time at warp. Since protons and neutrons are baryons, how could the ship be swept of them?
(I met the author of that episode at ECCC. I made it a point not to ask him about that.)
Yes, argue about it with other fans! The actors don't know!
Absolutely.
As in this case:
1. At a guess, the life support systems (the atmospheric production and cleaning) are actually replicators, the core of the ship's replication system. When one is down, the trivial side application of producing sandwiches and synthehol goes down, too.
2. I suggest it was part of his basic programming; Noonien Soong chose the speech patterns of some previous friend and built them into Data's speech centers, along with his other speech mannerisms (voice pitch, for example). Soong didn't see this as a speech defect in any way, or realize that it would be a limitation for Data — demonstrating that, even in the 23rd Century, programmers hardcode stuff that should be configurable.
3. Crusher is operating under Star Fleet Command's Medical Dramatic License, which lets her override anyone's commands as long as she can pull out a compellingly dramatic medical reason for it. This license was first established by an earlier Star Fleet ship's doctor, Leonard McCoy, though he used it less frequently.
+Dave Hill damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a film critic!
I feel compelled to quote from a song…
If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself “It’s just a show,
I should really just relax..”
Try this one, Dave. In the TNG episode "Starship Mine," the Enterprise underwent a "baryon sweep" to eliminate the baryons that accumulated during their time at warp. Since protons and neutrons are baryons, how could the ship be swept of them?
(I met the author of that episode at ECCC. I made it a point not to ask him about that.)
+Scott Randel It would certainly be legit to ask the author (as opposed to the actors).