> Anybody wrote:

>> In article supernews.com>, "Mac
>> Breck" yahoo.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Obveeus wrote:

>>>> "Barry Margolin" alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>>>>> There have been so many novels, TV shows and episodes, and feature
>>>>> films about virtual reality that I doubt any single one could
>>>>> claim ownership of the concept.

>>>>
>>>> Agreed...and if one could claim ownership to the concept, it
>>>> certainly would not be Star Trek.

>>>
>>> ...but TNG and VOY did depend on it a lot.

>>
>> So did DS9, which was the stupidest of all when they were in the
>> middle of a war, sitting on THE most important part of space ... and
>> yet ALL the command staff go and play in the holosuites. :-\
>>
>> Probably the only reason Enterprise didn't is because the holodeck
>> was invented in that time period (not that that would normally stop
>> Bevis & Butthead - they just change "history" to suit themselves).

>
> Speaking of, give this a listen:
>
> http://65.186.65.233/sounds/televis/startrek/luc_beavis.mp3