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In my opinion, there will be no effect until the 1930's or so, when we would have the technology to be able to see them whipping by. By the time of the manned missions, we might even be able to capture them, and take a look at what makes them tick. Of course, if their orbits decay and they...

Reading the other English Aaahhh...my brain hurts. (Mind you, my success at reading French is about 50/50).

Even if they send their fleets, I'm not sure it would do much good anyway. Generally, I pin the defeat at Wolf 359 on the fact that the Federation couldn't hustle enough reinforcements to the area fast enough, and Wolf 359 had to be fought with whatever ships they had on hand. After all, in...

Resurrection Day would be perfect as a movie. You might have to tighten the story up a bit, but it could be done. The Years of Rice and Salt, to me at least, seems like one of those arty films, or, more sensibly, a 6-7 part miniseries on public TV. You might have to cleave some of the...

Not exactly. According to ST:VOYAGER, the Borg seemed to have taken a first glimpse of humanity when the S.S. Raven started poking around in Borg space. There was another episode that mentioned a ship, the U.S.S. Tombaugh, I believe, that was assimilated pre-TNG. Q just introduced humanity to...

Continuing on "The Cold War" Here are a few more ideas about this TL: -The Bajorans will still probably get the shaft here, despite whatever trade the Federation is having with the Cardassians. If the Cardassians decide to dig in around Bajor, they will probably not leave for quite some...

A prolonged Cold War Of course, it is also entirely possible that the Klingons maintain the 'cold war' of the late 2290's by strengthening ties with the Romulan Empire, trading off more technology in exchange for assistance. The Romulans, while not thrilled with dealing with the Klingns, go...

He grabs your forearm and asks if you want to swap bodies. He constantly moans about how he can't buy an off-the-rack pair of pants with a tail sleeve. He looks at a picture of a Coelophysis in a dinosaur book and goes "Aww...a baby vakesi". He kneels and averts his eyes whenever he...

Personally, with regards to a WWII Command & Conquer, they could have done it, but would probably have to walk on eggshells with some of the ingame material if they expect it to sell in Germany. What I mean is, the intro movies will have to be carefully shot, staying away from the controversial...

Granted, I'm not an expert on viral biology, but wasn't there some research done a few years bck that shows that Ebola tends not to fare well outside of tropical climates, which medieval Europe (and present-day Europe and most of America) are not?

He gives you a panicked stare when you talk about Reagan's administration, and constantly mutters "They made the guy with the puppets a president?". He keeps asking where the coal duct is on his car. He wonders why the floppy disks are so small and hard.

This is from part of an interview with former Westwood Studios head Brent Sperry on Gamespot.com: "Red Alert actually started as an idea I had for a Command & Conquer game that, in retrospect, would have been in poor taste. What I wanted to do was re-create the whole World War II phenomenon...

This may not work, but after the Diaspora of 70 AD, why not have a greater majority of Jews migrate south and east, into Africa and India? Somewhat of a cheat, but it could work.

What happened in 1894? If the possible POD is good, you can throw it in.

Anyone ever read this? It's something of a combination of ST:TNG and AH, with three distinct alternate TNGs colliding with one another. Q features prominently.

I thought that the Japanese were using the same method of refining uranium that the Germans were using, which was fairly difficult and inefficient compared to the American method.

Throughout the 20th century, Korea has recieved what is colloquialy known as "the shit end of the stick". First a Japanese occupation that lasted for most of the first half of the century, then a brief hot war in the 1950's, followed by a protracted cold war between a capitalist South and a...

Any way they could be more expansionist in North Africa? If I recall, Egypt only managed to hold the western part of the Middle East and hunks of Nubia at its greatest extent. Perhaps more growth along the Mediterranean coast to the west could help out.

Ah, ah, ah. Without Star Trek, Futurama will have less to mock. There's actually quite a bit of Star Trek in that show. Too bad it's gone...

A few more to play with 1) At various periods during the 20th century, the leaders of the USSR, the PRC, and communist southeast Asia all attempted to restructure the agricultural system of the country, despite the fact it never seemed to work. Ever. 2) Despite brutalizing the Soviet people...