# Panda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426 "2003-10-09T04:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/41 "2003-10-11T06:56:09Z")
**FilmGeek** basically hit the nail on the head as to why the ENT crew doesn’t use Uzis. Anything that could puncture the hull is a big no-no on board a spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/42 "2003-10-11T09:14:28Z")
Energy weapons do an even better job at puncturing the hull since every time they get in a firefight, that’s what they’re being shot at with. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/43 "2003-10-11T13:20:55Z")
We now have **Radio _Disney_** ™ in the OKC. AM 1560 wierd ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/44 "2003-10-11T13:21:40Z")
I don’t think I’m buying the ‘they can’t shoot uzis’ explanation. They could certainly use 22’s without fear of puncturing a steel hull, and that’d still be more effective than the pulse weapons on ST:Enterprise. Heck, a bb-gun would be more effective. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/45 "2003-10-11T16:44:59Z")
You’re assuming that the pulse weapons are ineffective because they’re wimpy. Perhaps they’re ineffective because their attackers usually wear body armor – and phase pistols just happen to be able to bypass physical body armor? ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/46 "2003-10-11T17:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*…Also, **squeegee** , feel free to turn this thread into an Enterprise FAQ of your own. We tend to be all over the place in our threads that new comers are often confused… for example, this is at least the sixth or seventh thread asking what panda is in the time I’ve been here. > \*\* I wonder if we’re better off just creating a thread for that purpose. We could call it “doper trek - a newcomer’s guide to the inside jokes” or something. Or would that just take all the fun out of them? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/47 "2003-10-11T17:05:54Z")
A Trek Doper FAQ would be fine. It’d give us something to link to and who knows, it might eventually trump _Cease Fire_ as _the_ Trek thread. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/48 "2003-10-11T18:12:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > I wonder if we’re better off just creating a thread for that purpose. We could call it “doper trek - a newcomer’s guide to the inside jokes” or something. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The “Panda” title on this thread is misleading. But I’m gonna have to see more of the new trek before I have enough questions about it. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/49 "2003-10-11T21:46:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*A Trek Doper FAQ would be fine. It’d give us something to link to and who knows, it might eventually trump _Cease Fire_ as _the_ Trek thread. \*\* [Here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216760) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/50 "2003-10-12T03:11:20Z")
Well, everybody’s going to have to remember to post to and refer to it when Qs come up. Everyone remember where we parked. Golden Gate Park. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/51 "2003-10-12T03:12:49Z")
Just subscribe to it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/52 "2003-10-12T03:42:58Z")
Even subcriptions fall off the front page of your CP after a while. Bookmark would be better. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/53 "2003-10-12T03:57:03Z")
Not if you use email notification like I do. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/54 "2003-10-12T04:07:08Z")
That feature is often slow, sometimes by days. It even fails on occasion. The only sure way is bookmark. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/55 "2003-10-12T13:36:46Z")
But, the main reason we’ll need to keep track of it some way, is that someone will ask a Q in a different thread (either a spoiler thread or starting their own) and then we will have to direct them to the FAQ thread. If they ask in the FAQ thread, then subscribing will inform you of it, but we all know that isn’t going to happen. As soon as it leaves the front page, any new Trek Doper won’t know of it’s existence. So, keep track of it. By whatever means works best for you. And then, remember to direct future Qs to it. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/56 "2003-10-12T16:00:05Z")
If you’re subscribed to it, you can just click on the “Show all Posts from the past \_\_\_\_ days” button to find it. Easy enough. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/57 "2003-10-12T18:55:26Z")
Okay, Aes, you’re missing my point. 4 months down the road. Someone asks a Q in another thread. How many threads have you subscribed to in that time? Some of us respond to and subsribe to dozens of threads in a weeks time. Yes, you can scroll through the subscribed threads in your CP, but it might be several pages. If you you have it bookmarked, then it’s one step. Personally, I don’t care how you do it. But, if we want to keep the FAQ page alive and worthwhile, we’ll have to keep track of it, one way or another. I would also reccommend not hijacking that thread over much. Humor is fine, but we want to keep it mostly on track. A real FAQ for Trek Dopers page. Actually let it fulfill the purpose for which it was made. I’m probably the biggest thread pirate here, but we can all work to keep that one mostly pure. You gonna eat that? [crunch] [munch munch munch] ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/58 "2003-10-12T19:00:05Z")
No, you’re missing mine. I don’t know how anyone else will keep track of the thread but _I_ will keep track of it in the way that I’ve said since 1) I don’t subscribe to too many threads and 2) I do occasional spring cleaning to my subscription list since getting constant email notifications annoy the hell out of me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panda/206426/59 "2003-10-12T19:09:22Z")
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