Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!pesnta!wjvax!ios!qubix!sun!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: re: Warp Drive Message-ID: <2917@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 09:26:13 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.2917 Posted: Fri Jul 27 09:26:13 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:29:59 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 17 > I believe that the speed at > which the old sailing ships travelled was measured in "warps". > (Aha! I hear you cry) Therefore, an analogy is being made between > the Enterprise and a tall ship. > > Paul Summers The only nautical use of "warp" that I can come across is, to quote the AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY, "To move (a vessel) by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier" or "A towline used in warping a vessel". Nautical speed is measured in "knots" --- nautical miles per hour --- though I don't know how far back that term goes. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA