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>From: baylor@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Subject: Re: Transducer Hypothesis, The Next Generation
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In article <113a09INNsi0@network.ucsd.edu>, intertxt@network.ucsd.edu (Jason Snell) writes:
>throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes...
[lots of stuff deleted]
>>But how can you expect consistency from a show who's writers think
>>it is plausible that Data can do all of the things he can do, but
>>(of all stupid things) can't bring himself to use contractions.  Ghak.

It gets even better. While re-watching a 1st or 2nd season episode
I caught Data using a contraction, either immediately after or WHILE DENYING
THAT HE COULD. It is, of course, meant to be an enderring little reminder
of our mechanical friend's limitations. Actually, I thought the point was
better (& more plausably) made when Dr Crusher was teaching Data to dance.
He could do a complicated precision tapdance routine with ease, but 
couldn't figure out the more loosely structured slow dance. 




