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The voice of the Star Trek Enterprise could be coming to Discovery

“One of the most iconic voices from the entirety of Star Trek‘s history might live on in some form if the man credited for the franchise has anything to say about it. Majel Barrett was an actress for over five decades but is most well known for voicing the Enterprise computer. According to a tweet from Gene Roddenberry’s official account, who was married to Barrett from 1969 until her death in 2008, Barrett’s voice has appeared so often that there might be enough data that her voice could live on, possibly in the newest iteration of Star Trek.

Barrett  is one of the few actors to have reoccurring roles on multiple Star Trek shows. She’s played many small roles over the years, but her most famous is as the voice of the Enterprise ship’s computer, which she did in the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She was also the voice of the computer in Star Trek: Voyager, and was the narrator in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. making her one of the most prolific computer voices in all media.

Star Trek is a juggernaut, covering decades of film, television, and just about everything else you can consume. Considering its long history, along with the rampant opportunities for crossovers, it’s surprising that so few actors have had reoccurring roles in multiple series. If Barrett does appear in the new Star Trek:Discovery, as Roddenberry hopes it would, then she’d be the first actress to have major roles in five Star Trek series.

And that’s not including her other work on the shows. She’s appeared in the flesh in multiple roles, including as Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek and Lwaxana Troi in Next Generation.

This isn’t the first time either that Barrett’s voice work has drawn attention in the technology sector. Before Google Now, Google was using the codename “Majel” for its Siri competitor”   (source)

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I love this but I am very confused by the words: “who was married to Barrett from 1969 until her death in 2008.” Gene Roddenberry died first, died in her arms in 1991. It wasn’t Majel’s death that ended their marriage, it was his. While I know this might seem irrelevant to some people, it really confused me to read that line when It implies their marriage lasted 17 years longer than it did.

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sparklyninjabot: “ OK, I have to reblog this again because it popped into my head that the reason I love this so much is that Cleavon Little had no idea this line was coming. And that should be enough on its own, that his reaction is totally...
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OK, I have to reblog this again because it popped into my head that the reason I love this so much is that Cleavon Little had no idea this line was coming. 

And that should be enough on its own, that his reaction is totally genuine.

But I also love how Gene Wilder is watching him. Like, he’s so excited to see how Little will react. And when Little laughs, it feeds his fucking soul. You can see it in his eyes. 

I love this scene.

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theatlantic.com

Stones Have Been Popping Out of People Who Ride Roller Coasters

Using centripetal force to prevent a $4 billion healthcare cost
James Hamblin
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1. Doctor finds anecdotal evidence that people are passing kidney stones after riding on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World

2. Doctor makes 3-D model of kidney, complete with stones and urine (his own), takes it on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 60 times

3. “The stones passed 63.89 percent of the time while the kidneys were in the back of the car. When they were in the front, the passage rate was only 16.67 percent. That’s based on only 60 rides on a single coaster, and Wartinger guards his excitement in the journal article: ‘Preliminary study findings support the anecdotal evidence that a ride on a moderate-intensity roller coaster could benefit some patients with small kidney stones.’”

4. “Some rides are going to be more advantageous for some patients than other rides. So I wouldn’t say that the only ride that helps you pass stones is Big Thunder Mountain. That’s grossly inaccurate.”

5. “His advice for now: If you know you have a stone that’s smaller than five millimeters, riding a series of roller coasters could help you pass that stone before it gets to an obstructive size and either causes debilitating colic or requires a $10,000 procedure to try and break it up. And even once a stone is broken up using shock waves, tiny fragments and “dust” remain that need to be passed. The coaster could help with that, too.”

SCIENCE: IT WORKS

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Update: 

“In all, we used 174 kidney stones of varying shapes, sizes and weights to see if each model worked on the same ride and on two other roller coasters,” Wartinger said. “Big Thunder Mountain was the only one that worked. We tried Space Mountain and Aerosmith’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and both failed.”Wartinger went on to explain that these other rides are too fast and too violent with a G-force that pins the stone into the kidney and doesn’t allow it to pass.“The ideal coaster is rough and quick with some twists and turns, but no upside down or inverted movements,” he said.

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I just love this because it’s HILARIOUS and yet also a perfect archetypal example of The Scientific Method:

1. Hypothesis

2. Experiment

3. Results

4. Discussion 

5. Conclusions

6. GOTO 1 (the scientific method is iterative, don’t forget that part)

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