Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 ggr 02/21/84; site bentley.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!bentley!ran From: ran@bentley.UUCP (RA Novo) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: WHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!!!! Message-ID: <555@bentley.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 09:15:52 EDT Article-I.D.: bentley.555 Posted: Tue Aug 6 09:15:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 03:01:29 EDT References: <2160@sdcc6.UUCP>, <1348@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway Lines: 26 > > Okay everyone, here's a challenge. Everybody knows > sound doesn't travel through space and therefore > outside space scenes shouldn't make any noise, but we > all have seen scenes from sci-fi where the spacecraft > makes a whooshing noise as they go by. My challenge to > you is this... > Has anyone seen a space scene in Star Trek > where they have noise? I haven't. > Steve Lau > UCSD Academic Computing Center > ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc6!ix925 > True, sound doesn't carry in space so you can't hear a whoosh as the Enterprise goes by, but then again what business do you have being in a vacuum where you can't breathe? In that case, the intro to Star Trek should be a blank screen with credits. And don't tell me that this is being watched from some nearby class M atmosphere, because then I can say that a starship of that size passing by so closely is bound to cause some vibration. -- Robert A. Novo "Captain! They put creatures AT&T Bell Labs in our ears! They made us say Piscataway, NJ things that weren't true!" ...bentley!ran