Re: [CON] ECC VIII Preregistration starts December 1st

You know, I thought it was 40 megawatts, too.  But it's not.  Here's the
clip from the movie:

http://datacore.sciflicks.com/the_terminator/sounds/the_terminator_40_wa
tt.wav

My guess is that all us geeks heard "watts" and thought -- "That's
stupid, 40 watts is nothin'.  He must have said megawatts and I heard it
wrong."  So we all edited it in our heads and have been quoting the
movie incorrectly all these years.

OB-FullThrust:	However, the Space 1889 ships I am using for my game
will have 40 watt phased plama beams -- 40 watts was all they could get
out of the steam engines!

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Warbeads@aol.com
Sent: Dec 1, 2004 5:45 AM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [CON] ECC VIII Preregistration starts December 1st

 
 
In a message dated 11/30/04 5:03:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
laserlight@quixnet.net writes:

From:  "Nicholas Caldwell" 
> Phased-plasma rifles in the forty watt range at  50 paces, then?

<helpfully> That's supposed to be 40 *mega*watts,  Nick.  
;-)

I think I see the problem...
 
Gracias,

Glenn  "warbeads"