I think this was addressed explicitly on TNG even! IIRC there was an episode where a kid has ptsd thinking he caused his ship to wreck. It comes out that while the ship was shaking he pressed his forearm up against the panel for balance. One of the enterprise crew tells him at the climax he couldn’t have messed anything up because he’s not crew or something
And the designers of LCARS informed the cast that any button they pressed was the correct button, because the system was smart enough to present a custom smart interface that was intuitive to the crew member using it. Presumably, it’s also smart enough to recognize Riker’s ass.
Oh, it is very familiar with Riker’s ass.
Same.
Us and half the alpha quadrant
The idea that the computer can tell who is interacting with the panel, authenticate them, and distinguish a command from something set/leaning on it makes sense. Riker is trusting that system. They could have made a throwaway joke about Riker breaking a prototype replacement in testing when he leaned on it.
They have psychic doors, so ass detection should be a piece of cake.
And prescient com badges.
Edit: Im sure the com badges can also recognize Rikers ass.
Apparently Johnathan Frakes had hip issues which is why Riker stepped over chairs and he was always leaning on things.
Plus it’s a totally alpha move. BDE (big dilithium energy) move if I ever saw one.
Plus he’s fucking tall.
Only 6’3".
He’s fucking tall.
Source: 5’4".
I’ve seen it all, yet never seen that. wow.
They’d likely have similar technology with their touchscreens as well do ours. It’s not meant to react against any pressure, but only recognizes conductive material.
And Starfleet would make sure NOT to have the ass of their uniforms made of that kind of material for these exact reasons
And yet a touchscreen that doesn’t explode is still beyond all of their technology.
Do you want explosion free screens, or screens you can sit on? You can’t have it both ways.
That’s what happens when your computer designers seem to have a microtape loose, and decide that connecting the multi-exawatt power system directly to all the powered systems is a good idea.
Prssumably the same people who build a malevolent AI that takes over the ship every few decades, or makes it so that starships explode if they bonk into anything hard enough.
Look, there’s a reason you can wire almost any heavy machinery into any random console or wall panel… When you run this much power to every station, exploding panels are gonna happen.
It’s either that, or we run our ships like Vulcans, and that’s just boring.
Username checks out.
Data: “Commander, you just vaporized the Vulcan supply convoy.”
My phone already knows the difference between handpalm and fingertips, so that’s already covered.
Although I once saw a guy shutdown a factory by sitting in the edge of a desk and they mouse that was lying there. He managed to use his behind to click shutdown and press ok on the confirmation screen. Even the most improbable will happen one day.
I was at a party in a small apartment many years ago. I was leaning against the oven/range with my ass while hanging out in the kitchen. I managed to turn on one of the back burners high enough that it set a box of teabags on fire. We were so damn confused for a little bit.
Everyone be checking out Riker.
I count three.
Riker’s best day ever:
He fucked every one of the other Rikers. Every single one.
Even this guy.
Especially that guy.
I was actually gonna post “four” (people checking him out).
I was number three.
Ohhhh! Yeah, definitely four then.
Five. You forgot Billy-boy himself.
Wait, is that Beverly in an engineering uniform?
I was thinking she looks like Bryce Dallas Howard
Ah, yeah, it probably is!
She would have been around 8ish years old, so it’s not her, but looks a lot like her.
Ope. Had no idea who that was! Any idea why Beverly is in yellow?
That’s not Crusher, it’s probably Diana Giddings.
It’s not Diana Giddings either, there was a whole debate on this very scene within the last few days. That’s ensign Kellogg played by regular stand-in Cameron
Oh wow - thanks!
Ah, good to know!
I’m pretty sure that is Patricia Tallman. She appeared on a number of Star Trek shows. She also played Lyta Alexander on Babylon5.
