Data has always understood humor. He may not experience the emotion of mirth, but you don’t need that to understand humor. He is pretending not to understand as a practical joke.

At least Alexander got to join the House of Martok. All Kurn got was a memory wipe.

Arguably, that’s what happened. The three estates (noble/clergy/commoner) were summoned by the king to an Estates General to discuss political changes, which led to the establishment of revolutionary government.

How many assholes have we got on this planet anyhow?

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

Define “chicken”

The overwhelming majority of the people guillotined during the French revolution were innocent commoners.

Almost certainly. You’d have to go out of your way to find a keyfob system that doesn’t. I administer a keyfob system at work, and I can tell you exactly whose key was used on which doors and at what times.

It almost certainly will record every usage of the keyfob. It may also record opening the door from inside.

A standard reference model in 3d modeling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot

In emergency cases most holograms can be shut off to match increased energy demands by weapons and shields.

Disengage the safety protocols and suddenly you’ve got weapons and shield emitters than ought to work just as well as their material counterparts, but can’t be damaged (or any damage can be instantly reset). We know that holograms can be projected into space so the only limitation would be the range of the holoemitters.

Hyperbole to emphasize the importance of following orders in battle, even if you think it’s a mistake.

Ours is not to reason why; Ours is but to do and die

From a national security standpoint of the government, it absolutely does matter who has the data.

You can collect unemployment after quitting if you have a good cause for quitting.

PSA: gog.com sells versions of Armada and Hidden Evil that work on modern systems.

The Voyage Home is the first movie I remember seeing. I was around 3 years old and my parents took me to see it at a drive in theater. It remains my favorite Trek movie.

But also note that 99% of the victims of the guillotine during the French revolution were innocent commoners, most of the nobility escaped abroad long before the reign of terror started, and the final victim of the terror was the guy who had been in charge of it.

It’s telling that no member of the Supreme Court was willing to put their name on that decision.