End of ADS-L Digest - 10 Aug 1995 to 11 Aug 1995

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There are 3 messages totalling 141 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. speed

 2. speed (fwd)

 3. NEH funding news again



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Date:  Sat, 12 Aug 1995 12:09:27 -0500

From:  Alan Williams <vanyel[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RHF.BRADLEY.EDU>

Subject: speed



(A friend and coworker of mine sent this little bit to me.)



>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:44:08 -0700

>From: Rima & Kim McKinzey <rkm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SLIP.NET>

>To: Multiple recipients of list ADS-L <ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

>Subject: speed

>

>I know I'm slow sometimes, but it just filtered through that for a while

>now, folks have been saying "warp" speed rather than "light" speed to

>indicate excessive rapidity. When did this start? Can it all be laid at

>the feet of Star Trek?

>

>Rima



Yes, actually, it is because of _Star Trek_. Before ST came along,

anyone who read science fiction might have said "supersonic" or

"hyperlight" speed when talking about moving fast (true science

fiction geeks would say "hyperlight" or something like that :-), but

the popularity of ST made "warp speed" a household term.



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