Re: Scotty

> Are you familiar with the phrase YATI?  It stands for Yet Another Trek
> Inconsistency.  That was one thing that had thousands of Trekkers
> screaming about the new movie.  The answer is, yeah, it's another goof
> by the writers.  Or, if you listen to the more hard core Trekkers, it's
> another example of Rick Berman's drive for money and power and his
> abandonment of Gene Roddenbery's vision of the future.
> Personally, I think they're human and they make mistakes.  It could be a
> little hard to keep track of everything done and said in every episode
> and movie.

     That's a pretty major goof to attribute to losing track of detail. With
all the money spent and computer routines available, I'd expect the studio to
show some professionalism and have the Continuity Historians earn their
salaries.