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Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being?

Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being?
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Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being?

Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being?

I dont like to back out of commitments, Shatner said in his pretaped apology to the attendees of InfoSec. I was looking forward to coming to Orlando. But now youve got John de Lancie, and hes more handsome than I am.


Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being? – Q on the Shatner-Pickard Debate

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There are no meanings in sci-fi. There are no middle managers covering their asses, de Lancie said regarding his fondness for science fiction over more profound acting roles. There are no service-level agreements. Sci-fi is for outl


Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being? – Q on Roddenberry

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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry tracked de Lancie down and insisted that he play Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation. De Lancie protested, on the grounds that his schedule had him performing on stage in Tokyo on the same date that Q was n


Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being? – Mac or PC?

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Does Q use a Mac or a PC? a member of the InfoSec audience wanted to know. Mac, he said. I bought it in 1985 when the Mac Plus came out. I went to a c


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Star Treks Q: Is He a Mac or PC Kind of Omnipotent Being? – The Queue to Meet Q

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One day, de Lancies walking down the street, he told the InfoSec audience. There was a big guy walking the other way, coming toward him. De Lancie moves to one side, to get out of his way. The big guy moves to that side, too. De Lancie moves back, and th

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