# Your holodeck time **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208 "2010-06-06T23:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/41 "2010-06-07T23:15:41Z")
> [@Zoinks](#): > > I wonder if there are any regulations governing holodeck use, besides the “no sexual fantasies with officers” rule on DS9. Could someone use the holodeck to, like, disembowel a holo-dude then strangle him with his own intestines? Because there are any number of gamers and torture porn fans who would masturbate themselves raw over that. In TNG, there were clearly no regulations about duplicating other members of this ship’s company, at least not until Barclay’s first appearance; Riker is annoyed to see duplicates of himself, and Troi points out that there’s no reg against it. It’s never said if a ship rule is made against it; I suspect Riker would be fore it, and Troi against. The holosuites on DS9 were not Starfleet property. What Quark did with Kira wasn’t illegal; just enomously tacky. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/42 "2010-06-08T00:28:30Z")
I always figured I’d wind up going the Barclay route, too. Although I’d choose Barclay’s life AFTER Enterprise, where he’s on a planet. I can get my Jonesing for unsafe missions on the Holodeck with much more safety. (As mentioned before, I’d get the emergency beam out pin used by Data on Picard just in case of malfunction, and test the safeties every little bit.) ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/43 "2010-06-08T00:37:55Z")
A zombie apocalypse. Totaly would do it with a bunch of other crew mates. Female here: i forth (fifth?) the sex fantasies. I have no cite/background to base this on, but i’d think that the holodeck parameters would prohibit the crew from certain things…like rape, killing crew replicas…etc ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/44 "2010-06-08T01:09:43Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I’d create a harem of females from all sorts of alien races, naturally… I bet Klingon women are really wild in the sack. Only if the safety Protocols are turned off. (I will now go, read the whole thread, notice this has been mentioned 4 times already, and hang my nerdy head in shame). ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/45 "2010-06-08T02:04:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I’d program the holodeck to take the fractions of a minute everybody else left unused at the end of their hour and send them to my account. You’d only end up getting mixed up with Lex Luthor and forced to try to turn Superman into a robot. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > In TNG, there were clearly no regulations about duplicating other members of this ship’s company, at least not until Barclay’s first appearance; Riker is annoyed to see duplicates of himself, and Troi points out that there’s no reg against it. It’s never said if a ship rule is made against it; I suspect Riker would be fore it, and Troi against. > > The holosuites on DS9 were not Starfleet property. What Quark did with Kira wasn’t illegal; just enomously tacky. In Voyager the Doctor writes a holonovel in which the crew are all really horrible, which is discovered when a couple of crewmembers accidentally ‘play’ it, so clearly there’s not a regulation against it in their time. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/46 "2010-06-08T02:10:37Z")
Scuba diving in the reefs of the Carribean. Yes, the perfect gettaway for a space cadet. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/47 "2010-06-08T03:08:22Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Scuba diving in the reefs of the Carribean. Yes, the perfect gettaway for a space cadet. I forgot to give my own answer. It’s similar to this, except that you wouldn’t need any scuba equipment; you could just breathe underwater. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/48 "2010-06-08T04:31:47Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Just be careful about Professor Moriarty. Me: Computer, create a Holmesian style mystery, with an adversary capable of defeating KidScruffy. Computer: Error. Parameter is infinite. Me: Okay, an adversary capable of being defeated by KidScruffy. Computer: Error. Null set. Me: &$\*@!#&! Okay, just give me sex then. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/49 "2010-06-08T16:50:01Z")
I think people have just about covered everything I could think of, except perhaps a seventeenth-century tavern where I could idle my time away with booze, games, and making music. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/50 "2010-06-08T17:17:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Point of order: Is the holodeck access limited by the number of holodecks, or by my own free time? If the former, then it’s probably a good idea to try to find a half-dozen or so like-minded folks so we could pool our time. That’d not only mean that we could spend more time hiking mountain trails or what-not each week, but it’d also provide some company on the hike. > > Of course, I’d still keep some solo time on my schedule, for… various purposes. Yup, that’s what I was going to say. I’m sure there’s some sort of holodeck co-op. The worlds generated could certainly accommodate enough space for…private sexy time for everyone. Though I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Federation cadets are already given holodeck time in batches. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/51 "2010-06-08T17:22:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m not refusing the holodeck out of any sort of moral superiority. I just know myself well enough to know that I can’t be trusted not to overuse it, so I’ll deny myself access. You know, that’s exactly what I thought about WoW. But look at me now–raiding four nights a week for three to four hours at a time! Um. That didn’t come out exactly right. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/52 "2010-06-08T17:44:09Z")
I’d use my holodeck time to create a set of mini holodecks. Then I’d rent them out for a price. In lieu of money, people could pay with their holodeck minutes. The more mini holodecks I can rent out, the more holodeck minutes I accumulate. The more holodeck minutes I accumulate, the more mini holodecks I can rent out. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/53 "2010-06-08T18:05:07Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yup, that’s what I was going to say. I’m sure there’s some sort of holodeck co-op. The worlds generated could certainly accommodate enough space for…private sexy time for everyone. Though I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Federation cadets are already given holodeck time in batches. So what happens in your holodeck generated gladiatorial arena when you smash open the head of what you thought was a holodeck generated opponent but turned out to be the head of your real life classmate? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/54 "2010-06-08T18:23:48Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > So what happens in your holodeck generated gladiatorial arena when you smash open the head of what you thought was a holodeck generated opponent but turned out to be the head of your real life classmate? If you’re using melee weapons, then the safety protocols will kick in, and dematerialize the weapon right before it strikes flesh. Not that I have any cite for that idea, but it would be handy. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/55 "2010-06-08T19:38:21Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Just be careful about Professor Moriarty. Why? That’s who I’d be! 🆒 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/56 "2010-06-08T20:03:14Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > You know, that’s exactly what I thought about WoW. But look at me now–raiding four nights a week for three to four hours at a time! I have no idea what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/57 "2010-06-08T20:04:33Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I have no idea what that means. It means, “I always avoided WoW because I thought I’d get sucked in, and then I started playing, and… I kind of got sucked in.” You know–reassurance, only not. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/58 "2010-06-08T20:06:26Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > I’d use my holodeck time to create a set of mini holodecks. Then I’d rent them out for a price. In lieu of money, people could pay with their holodeck minutes. > > The more mini holodecks I can rent out, the more holodeck minutes I accumulate. > The more holodeck minutes I accumulate, the more mini holodecks I can rent out. The mini holodecks would only have to be the size of a bunk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/59 "2010-06-08T20:15:26Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It means, “I always avoided WoW because I thought I’d get sucked in, and then I started playing, and… I kind of got sucked in.” > > You know–reassurance, only not. I mean the raiding part. What is that? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208/60 "2010-06-08T20:16:23Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I mean the raiding part. What is that? A raid is a dungeon-crawling mission, complete with boss, undertaken by a team of human players. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208.md?page=4)