Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong, Computing Services) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <556@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 11:22:38 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.556 Posted: Fri Oct 26 11:22:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Oct-84 03:11:46 EDT References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> <2941@mit-eddie.UUCP>, <193@spp2.UUCP>, <49@unm-cvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 Surely D*(wf^3) has D dependent on (density of matter)^-1? Of course, this is an opinion rather than anything else. It assumes one could go faster where there's less to run into. Several episodes had minor statements to the effect that even in warp drive, one could run into things. Herb... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa BITNET: herbie at watdcs,herbie at watdcsu