From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ryon@dslnorthwest.net   
   Subject: Re: Those Amazing Computers!   
      
   On May 10, 8:51apm, "GeneK"  wrote:   
   > "Ron"  wrote   
   >   
   > >Full personal dossiers on the following names--   
   > >Dr. Thomas Leighton,   
   > >Anton Karidian,   
   > >Lieutenant Kevin Riley.   
   > >And Captain James T. Kirk.   
   > >Accomplished. Standing by.   
   > >Correlate. Check their past histories.   
   > >Report any item,   
   > >any past episode or experience   
   > >they all have in common.   
   >   
   > Their names were all part of a search conducted in the very recent past (the   
   > same day)..   
   >   
   > "Item" is so vague that any database programmer worth his/her salt would   
   > make that default to a cross-reference of every piece of data in all four   
   > dossiers. aSpock would probably have been given a massive list of   
   > commonalities ranging from every word or image that was a match in all four   
   > dossiers down to every menu selection that all four of them had ever ordered   
   > from automated food servers. aThen he would have to filter the data by   
   > giving the computer more qualififying instructions based on his suspicions   
   > about Kirk's odd behavior. aOr maybe not, since he seems to be able to read   
   > very fast at times.   
   >   
   > GeneK   
   What the hell does Spock read; there is no [computer] screen at his   
   station?   
   Ron   
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