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To: BlueCrab who wrote (8184)	2/25/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 71178

Jeff and Pete, About those spaceships. Don't you think 1967-68 Cougars would be a better choice than 1969 Camaros? After all, the Cougars are so much more futuristic in appearance, what with those neat, never-fail retractable headlights, and they are even listed in "The Official Catalogue of Cool!" My vote goes for the Cougars. Not only that, Bob the Cougar was a lot classier logo/mascot than was Bucky the Beaver. Now before you say anything, I know that Bucky the Beaver was just a cartoon and had nothing to do with Camaros an Bob the Cougar was a real live cougar. Small matter, really, I think. Holly

To: BlueCrab who wrote (8184)	2/25/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: username	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Yeah! good point! that's another thing that's gonna be way different that the movies. Work with me here. You have a ship, say you're a miner 49er (2349). You NEVER enter atmosphere. The only time you come close to atmosphere is the Miner's Rest on the Big Asteroid, that's a bubble, space dock has no atmosphere. Therefore you can make your ship look like whatever you want. no rules. Personally, I think the 67-69 Camaro is a superb choice. The thing is, if it can be constructed to hold a pressure without leaking and you can bolt stuff on it, it's a go. If it's big, you can leave it in orbit and take your gig down. My main argument with the Star Trek Universe is the above. There is some "idea" that if you go real fast in space you need a windswept vehicle. Not so. The Borg ship is poo too. If they were gonna do that, they would do a geodesic solid, not a dumb cube that has a lot of model parts pasted on it. Geodesic solids, which you can make any shape you want pretty much. Bolt on some headlight bezels and a couple of bumpers, spray it candy red and you be stylin'. Now about the faster-than-light drive, I've gotten in some wicked arguments about taht with a buddy that is a PHD in Physics. We sort of reached a stalemate until I can give him some proof. Just like a college professor. Tight ass. Anyway, I'm workin' on it.

To: BlueCrab who wrote (8184)	2/26/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 71178

TO All; Ophra Winfrey, ! now we got to get her on this thread, she done made them Texas cattle men look like sheep.. I'm going to vote for her as the next President, even if she don't run. --------------------------- As far as this faster than light thingy goes ask her as she knows, and it as simple as pie. And I done tested it, Gravity is faster then light, and it's the most basic energy source. If you don't think so just calulate the amount of energy it takes to move all the water in all the oceans the amount the forces of gravity moves them every day. It's more energy than if we exploded all the H bombs in the world at once, and all that really happens twice a day, but no one pays it much mind. -------------------- The government knows all about how we could all have free energy but don't want to let the details out. Just think if every one had free energy what a tragic thing that would be. What would the poor oil barrons do, the poor power companies ? , also there would be no way goverment could regulate it and we dare not have something the government can't regulate. ----------------------- If we can get Oprah Winfrey elected she will tell us how it's done. Then good by oil barrons, she will make them look like squirts. <G> Jim