“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Hmmm… I see Commander Riker has been eating his asparagus again.”
I predict that the holodeck will be the last thing ever invented by the human race.
Second to last. We’ll still need that super-holodeck-mop.
I believe that’s true but for a different reason. The first thing all the inventors will do is use it for extremely realistic games. Then, since all the inventors will be jacked in 24/7, the rest of us won’t ever get our holopron 
I’m going to appropriate this instead of “If you need me, I’ll be in my bunk.” 
No shit. I always referred to her as Commander Useless.
Troi: “I’m sensing fear among the crew.”
Data: “We’re under attack from 600 Borg ships. Ya THINK, bitch?!?”
Did they not use the Holodeck to get around Vulcan pon farr in Voyager?
I object to this base attack. Commander Data would never use contractions! It should be: “You think, bitch?!?”
OTH a persons apparent expression may not be what he is actually feeling, the guy could be bluffing.
(Chris Moneymaker stares out from the viewscreen)
Troi: “Captain, I’m sensing…a pair of treys with an ace kicker.”
Another case where you really don’t want to see where the sausage is made.
All I have to add is a second-hand story:
Wil Wheaton claims that from time to time, Jonathan Frakes still will get a far-off look in his eyes and whisper the name “Minuet.”
Yes they did. Probably the only direct confirmation in canon of people using starship holodecks for knocking boots.
Didn’t Voyager have a plotline where Tuvok had to cyberbone a holodeck version of his wife to deal with ponfar?
One of the episodes of TNG has Geordi down in the holodeck with an elaborate engineering setup of the test facility for Enterprise’s shakedown, including a simulation of the lady engineer. He then falls for her, and eventually “breaks up” with her. Some episodes later, the actual lady shows up on board, wanders down to the holodeck, and finds his program. She then proceeds to feel all squicked out about Geordi having holodeck fantasies about her.
I would imagine creating holodeck versions of crewmembers for fantasy purposes is frowned upon because it fosters an artificial sense of familiarity that can bleed over into real life situations. Imagine how bad stalkers would be if they could build elaborate holofantasies that play to their desire. Either they’d be satisfied enough to never bother a soul, or they’d just get more worked up and confused for the “real thing”.
Dilbert creator Scott Adams already predicted that.
That’s where the term “space seed” came from.
Yes, and what a weird story that was. TV being TV, of course, they wound up having to work in close quarters to solve the problem of the week. You wound up feeling uncomfortable for her and bad for Geordi.
[FUTURAMA]
Don’t date Holograms!
[/FUTURAMA]
Wasn’t there an episode where Data was on duty on the late shift when someone asked him how things were going, and he consulted the computer and said something like “150 crew on duty, four in Sickbay, 525 asleep, 47 off-duty in Ten-Forward, and 493 off-duty but awake, including 34 engaged in sexual relations.”
Ahh, the real reason socks are sold in pairs? :eek:
CMC fnord!
Damn, he sure did. In that case, I agree with Scott Adams that the holodeck will be the last thing invented by humans.