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alien2
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Enterprise comes across a wormhole. When the omnipotent entity Q appears on the bridge, Picard has a pretty good idea who’s behind it. Q says to him – Long time no see, mon capitaine. Dozen Borg cubes are preparing to emerge through the wormhole in an hour. As you already know, I am all-knowing. I’ll make the wormhole disappear removing the Borg threat only if you tell me something I don’t know. The only hint I’ll give you is that the problem is solvable. Btw, it is not allowed for you to hear ideas from others. If someone breaks this rule, destiny of the Federation will be sealed. – What could the captain think of, so that Q makes the wormhole vanish?
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #1 on: Dec 27th, 2010, 6:00pm » |
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"I have seven fingers on my right elbow."
I bet he doesn't know that...
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #2 on: Jan 2nd, 2011, 8:06am » |
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I guess he doesn't know what ideas the others would tell himm...
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #3 on: Jan 3rd, 2011, 6:25am » |
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What will be the next English word to come from my mouth? Answer orally in English, if you please.
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #4 on: Jan 12th, 2011, 1:12am » |
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Just tell nothing.
There is nothing Q doesn't know. He he is all-knowing.
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You could say "You and the wormhole will disappear right know". If he knows that, then it means they will disappear. If not, Q will make the wormhole disappear.
And let the worm figure out how to do his business next.
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Ajax
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #5 on: Feb 9th, 2011, 12:44am » |
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Is nothing included in everything?
If not, then say "You don't know nothing" (different than "you don't know anything")
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #6 on: Mar 5th, 2011, 1:47pm » |
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No winner yet. The key to the puzzle is quite simple.
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #7 on: Mar 6th, 2011, 5:38am » |
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The Federation will endure
After all, if Q knew the outcome of this exchange, he wouldn't be asking to learn something new...
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #8 on: Mar 10th, 2011, 3:50pm » |
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"You don't know that actually you are John de Lancie, a human actor and this episode will end with the survival of our vessel once more." 
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #9 on: Mar 21st, 2011, 8:13am » |
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"Something I don't know...."
Braced for impact
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #10 on: Mar 21st, 2011, 8:41am » |
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For such a macho threat, one trick always works.
Picard can tell him that his is bigger than Q's. Q will rather leave the Federation alone than admitting publicly that he knows that.
Makes me wonder: "all-knowing", does it means he knows only the things that are true, or does it mean he "knows" everything, even the things that aren't actually true?
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Re: Q 2
« Reply #11 on: Mar 21st, 2011, 10:41am » |
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on Mar 21st, 2011, 8:13am, icecoldcelt wrote:"Something I don't know...."
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You win.
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