Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site grendel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!zentec!qumix!qubix!ios!oliveb!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!grendel!avolio From: avolio@grendel.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <167@grendel.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 16:16:30 EST Article-I.D.: grendel.167 Posted: Thu Oct 25 16:16:30 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Oct-84 06:49:34 EST References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> Organization: DEC, DC Area Gov't Projects Group Lines: 16 warp 1 = fast warp 2 = real fast warp 3 = very fast warp 4 = very, very fast and so on... anything over warp 6 or 7 is only used to get a startled look from the helmsman. Anything over warp 9 is only to get a call from Scotty warning about the engines blowing up or some such terrible event. (You know.... "Cap'n, we canna take much more o' this. She's gonna blow!") -- Fred Avolio, DEC -- U{LTR,N}IX Support 301/731-4100 x4227 UUCP: {seismo,decvax}!grendel!avolio ARPA: grendel!avolio@seismo.ARPA