> I find it interesting that the Warp speed
option is the second lowest chosen as of this
time. To me it seemed like the coolest one.

For me, the key to answering this poll was the
phrase "in real life." I considered what would
be the coolest thing to add to my life, as it is
now.

My answer was "cloaking device."

Warp speed would be pretty useless to me in
my life as it is now. For one thing, you can't
really use warp speed to go from place to
place on the planet's surface. And even if you
could use a slowed-down version of warp
drive to get around down here, I wouldn't use it
very often because to me, getting there has
always been half the fun.

Same thing for the transporter. It would
actually be useful, but since I enjoy travelling, I
probably wouldn't use it for much other than
commuting to and from work, which is only a
ten-fifteen minute drive anyway, so why waste
the power?

The holodeck would be neat, but it'd probably
ruin me. I already spend enough time and
money doing things that serve no purpose
besides recreation. If I had a holodeck, I might
go in and never be seen or heard from again...

Androids? It'd be nice to have a friend like
Data, but since I'd also have to worry about
characters like Lore, I'd just as soon stick with
real people.

A universal translator wouldn't see much use
in my real life. Everybody I know, everybody I
interact with already speaks the same
language as me.

But a cloaking device! That would be COOL to
have in my current everyday life. If I saw
somebody coming who I didn't want to talk to, I
could turn it on and disappear. Ever wish you
could be that fly on the wall? With the cloaking
device you could be! If a cop tried to stop you
for speeding, you could turn on your cloaking
device and never get a ticket! The cloaking
device would be the coolest AND the most
useful Star Trek technology to add to my
everyday life.

Gri"it's probably best that I never get my hands
on one"shny