I could clean the windows
I'd intentionally do a bad job though, out of spite.

NOT SO GREAT LOOKING AT THAT LOVELY PLANET YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT THROUGH A GRIMY SMEAR IS IT CAPTAIN DICKARD
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:28, archived)

lol the enterprise only has windows in the series.
In the later films, they are replaced by forcefields.
( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:29, archived)

so if the power goes for a second,
they're all instantly dead? that's clever.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:29, archived)

I can only empasise this
IT'S NOT BLOODY REAL. WHO GIVES A RAT'S COCK?

*and breathe*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:31, archived)

science fiction is still supposed to make sense though.
Granted, Star Trek never did.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:31, archived)

There are large redundacy measures and most of the ship is separate from the few areas that have views into space.

( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:31, archived)

I guess.

( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:32, archived)

haha
why do they even need windows, anyway? The bridge just has an enormous telly at the front.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:32, archived)

Worf's always hogging it watching cash in the attic on BBC-HD

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:33, archived)

I NEED TO KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS TEAPOT
OR MY ANCESTORS WILL BE DISHONOURED.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:34, archived)

ALEXANDER!

( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:36, archived)

I think the windows are in recreational parts of the ship
and the observation lounge.

I'm sure the Trek wiki can tell you.
( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:34, archived)

I'm not going there,
I might catch something unpleasant.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:35, archived)

Presumably
The windows are for crew members who don't like Picard's taste in programmes to stare out of when he's watching the soaps.
( Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:37, archived)

and if they're naughty,
he can press a button and eject them.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:38, archived)

That might be difficult
Without depressurising the entire bridge. Possibly not a wise move.
( Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:40, archived)

what happens when they need to DIVERT ALL AVAILABLE POWER TO SHIELDS/GUNS/McGUFFIN #4?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:31, archived)

they all have to get in the wardrobe

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:32, archived)

I think it might only be the Captains readyroom, chambers, the bar and the observation lounge that have forciefields as well.
I'm not an expert though.
( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:33, archived)

any reason why?
I'm guessing there's a ridiculous plot element involved.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:34, archived)

I think the forcefield windows are only alluded to in
First Contact, as an example of how vast the gulf in technology is between the 24th century and the point of first contact.
( WormuIus, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:36, archived)

They catapult the dead bodies at their enemy's ships
Manly Kingon kids coz they've got bumpy hard heads.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:33, archived)