Star Trek: The Next Generation/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

* ''Star Trek'' PADDs are pure [[Fridge Logic]]. Characters of the cast frequently ''physically carry'' [[PAD Ds]]PADDs around so that they can hand them over for another to read the information ''and then hand the PADD back'' exactly as if it were a piece of paper. What has happened to e-mail, encrypted data transmission etc.? Obviously the future is as cursed with incompatible proprietary data formats as today ("Sorry, my PADD runs Windows 2400...").

** On the other hand, never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagonstation wagon full of disks doing 80mph: it's quite possible that the overall preference there is to use Sneakernet methods to move data around, simply because it can be faster. It also is actually the most secure means of data transmission -- you can't get the file without somebody noticing -- and when was the last time you let somebody read your screen because it was just plain easier than emailing them the link & waiting for them to go to their own computer?