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tenforward·TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Namebyjobbies

Is it 'Worf' like 'Cher' or is his full name 'Worf Roshenko"?

If Alexander's surname is Roshenko then surely his dad is the same?

In that case, why isn't it 'Commander/Lt Roshenko"?

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jobbiesreply
lemmy.zip

Bit of a mouthfull tbh. Starfleet probably went with 'worf' cos the surname field was 25 chars max

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taiyangreply
lemmy.world

Centuries in the future and government is still using a 25 character maximum for string data. Actually yeah, that tracks.

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Dionysusreply
leminal.space

So the isolinear chip stores a lot of data...

Hell, Enterprise D's 3 Core computers we suspect to hold ~483,840,000,000 TB to 3,870,720,000,000 TB depending on which canon reference you use.

They could store Worf's full name.

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It's not so much that the computers are incapable of storing it. Turns out the Starfleet records system just depends on a schema an intern implemented at the UN in 1997, and no one's had time to migrate it since then.

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Yeah but then they have to fax it to corporate, and with such a long name, it's such a bother.....

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medreply
sh.itjust.works

ZFS could manage that. You might have to split his name over a few files though :/

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BTRFS and immutability might be better, given how unwieldy it is and how often it changes.

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

but that raises further questions. Why isn't it "Alexander son of Worf, house of Martok, house of Rozhenko"?

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Skullgridreply
lemmy.world

this continues to raise further questions. When? At what age is he allowed to do that? Source?

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As of now I'm deciding that the Rozhenkos are from Vinci, Tuscany

Worf, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko, bane to the Duras family, slayer of Gowron da Vinci

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kieron115reply
startrek.website

Chamomile tea? Laaaame, what is he a Vulkan? Shoulda offered her prune juice. A warrior's drink.

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piefed.world

Worf, Son of Mogh

Through TNG/Early DS9. Later DS9

Worf, of the House of Martok

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infosec.pub

Maybe its a warrior name you get when you pass into manhood. Nom de guerre... Son just has not earned his?

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lemmy.ca

Alexander identifies more with his human upbringing, so he uses a more human name

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Fair but he's missing out on 'Alexander, son of Worf, house of none as he keeps getting shuttled about, bane of all that is interesting and fun... "

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