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[Haible Juergen]

	>Then me wife and I watched Star Trek Insurrection last night, and
some dopey
	>alien ambassador corners Capt Picard and says "someday I must tell
you about
	>my latest theory on thermionic transconductance" and I say to my
wife, "Hey,
	>he's talking about vacuum tubes". She thought that was pretty
funny. Typical
	>Star Trek.

I know this episode - but the joke must be completely lost in the German
translation.
Thermionic transconductance. Great !

JH.