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   Thursday, July 18, 2002

THE 24th CENTURY...TODAY!

It's hard to be a Star Trek fan (yes, I can admit that) because you inevitably come across information on something like the Official 3D Virtual Star Trek Convention. For $110 US, I could have the privilege of creating a computer-generated cartoon version of myself to represent me visually on screen as I chat online with other Star Trek fans and maybe, just maybe, some B-level celebrities:

"Vir-Con 2002 is proud to announce that Kate Mulgrew and Leonard Nimoy will be appearing via streaming video live from the stage at Creation’s convention in Las Vegas...and in our Vir-Con Virtual Grand Ballroom. With your Virtual Convention Pass or Pay-Per-Pass, you can be there too! Stay tuned– more celebrity announcements to come. Register today!"

So we now have the technology for Star Trek fans to attend their conventions without leaving their parents' basements. How will they ever decide which alien to appear as? And weren't the Borg supposed to be scary because they all had no personality and the same thoughts, all linked by computer? Me, I could never see myself in some creepy artificial environment without any human contact...and Vegas is so terribly hot, too! OK, I'll stop now -- it's all just too, too easy...