From a national security standpoint of the government, it absolutely does matter who has the data.

PSA: gog.com sells versions of Armada and Hidden Evil that work on modern systems.

The Voyage Home is the first movie I remember seeing. I was around 3 years old and my parents took me to see it at a drive in theater. It remains my favorite Trek movie.

Your replicator is probably too small to replicate larger components, which would be a major inconvenience at best or a showstopper at worst. And industrial replicators are even harder to come by than starships.

Then there’s getting access to the replicator patterns for sensitive or dangerous components. Dilithium chambers, weapons, Mercassium composite for shield generators, etc. are classified by Starfleet.

Then there are substances that can’t be replicated, such as verterium cortenide for the warp coils. I don’t think it’s explicitly stated that VC can’t be replicated, but we know that Voyager had to find some to refit their warp coils, they couldn’t just replicate it. Also dilithium.

And finally, there’s antimatter. Building a starship won’t do you much good if you don’t have gas for the tank. Antimatter does not occur in large quantities in nature, and probably can’t be replicated (or at least not safely.) So you’d need some sort of industrial base to produce it, further complicating your plans.

The value of the DNS is that we all use the same one. You can declare independence, but you’d lose out on that value.

Yes. According to Daimon Tog, “the ear is one of our most erogenous zones.”

Why Windows doesn’t have an ‘expert mode’ (2003)

Don’t be a jerk.

Thanks for your completely sincere suggestion, which I’m sure was made in a good faith effort to have a mature and intelligent discussion on this topic, but I’m actually very well versed in LGBT+ history already.

Cardassians like Tekeny Ghemor and Aamin Marritza are right in line with the point of Trek.

Oh, FFS. Never mind.

That utterly misses the point of Pride. It’s not about revenge, it’s about reconciliation. It’s not about hatred, it’s about love. It’s not about divisiveness, it’s about coming together. It’s a good thing that police, etc. want to be in our parades. Excluding them actively harms the progress LGBT+ people have made since Stonewall.

Shouldn’t we be working against that, though? Isn’t that the whole point of Pride… AND TREK?

I’m obviously asking why no cops. I don’t believe you didn’t understand that. But clearly, you’re not willing to discuss it, so I’ll withdraw the question.

Don’t be obtuse.

But that’s not the part I’m asking about.

What’s with these “no cops at Pride” comics?

Kirk penetrates an alien organism in order to destroy its reproductive organs.

For some reason this specific graphic has always been one of my favorite parts of this movie.

Edit: I love the internet sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jIQm0YcCs

That’s the opposite of what the court said.