Re: By George I think I've figured out a way for the Borg to hurt the Q

"Stephen Williams" wrote...
> John Leister wrote:
> > Now if Q messed with the Borg and they
> > were able to inject him with nanoprobes
> > well one can only imagine then they would
> > have access to the "Q group mind" and
> > then at some other stage the Q's power...
> >
> > What do you think?
> > Have I got onto the right track?
>
>   Perhaps, but first they would have to inject a Q with nanoprobes.  Not
> so easy when the Q are both omniscient and omnipotent.  Even if they
> succeeded, the Q in question would inevitably know what happened and
> could just snap his fingers to make the nanoprobes disappear.
>   For that matter, they could just snap their fingers and make the Borg
> disappear the moment they grew bored of this "invasion."
>   Assimilation is not instantaneous, and it would pretty much have to be
> in order to catch a Q.  Even then it may not be fast enough...

The flaw in the argument is in thinking a Q's physical body is relevant.  It
would be like the Borg trying to inject nanoprobes into a holographic
projection of someone ("Mr. Worf, were you going to shoot the viewscreen?").