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Re: Looking for a terminology clarification
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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 23:34:20 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetdo/Spamcake/tau>
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Warp_drive
Here's an excellent description of the Star Trek warp drives - from what I
can see in it it has components which fulfil the requirements of being an
engine, and other components which fulfil the requirements of being a drive.
:-)
Google is quite a useful tool when it comes to treknology! :-D
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
"Rob Antonishen" <rob.antonishen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3644709b0511021150n756dae16l62aced3bf919f2b1@mail.gmail.com...
> And this is my question :) Is it a warp _drive_ or a warp _engine_?
> Peter's division would indicate that a drive needs an engine...
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> I've always called them "warp drives" ( and ion drives etc.) but
> was trying to think of why they are not correctly called "warp
> engines"...
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> -Rob A>
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