This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Doug S. Machina: There was an example in Discworld, but I have no idea where. Granny Weatherwax faced someone resistant to magic, who scoffed "A magic knife? That won't work." She stabbed him with it. "A knife always works."
Daibhid C: Closest I can think of is Mightily Oats versus Count Magpyr, round two. The count points out an axe isn't a holy symbol, and Oats decapitates him.
Borg vs Tommy Guns: I thought Borg couldn't adapt to non-energy weapons.
Big T: It's never specifically stated what the Borg can adapt to. I'd assume that they would eventually adapt to any repeatedly used attack. But even if they can't adapt as you say, it still doesn't matter. The bullets were from the Holodeck, and, thus, would have been created with light and force fields, and would, therefore, still be "energy weapons." Sure, the Holodeck can create real matter (like water and food), but I'm hard pressed to find a reason for lethal projectiles moving at supersonic speed to be created as real, even with "disengage[d] safety protocols."
Mark Z: The holodeck is a physics simulator. Holodeck "matter" interacts realistically with people and objects brought in from outside. The bullets don't need to be "created as real", they just need to cause real injury, which any holodeck object can do.
