{"id":65,"date":"2008-09-29T22:33:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T12:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shields-online.net\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2022-09-23T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T00:56:34","slug":"warp-speed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.shields-online.net\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"warp speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"warpcalc.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once upon a time when I had too much time and too little to do I decided to work out an equation which be able to reproduce the speeds used in Star Trek: The Next Generation for specific warp factors. The results are reproduced here in the form of a JavaScript calculator.<\/p>\n<p>This calculator allows you to either find the speed corresponding to a certain warp factor, or the warp factor corresponding to a certain speed. Results may vary in accuracy and are limited by the precision of your software.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Avenir, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><center><\/p>\n<form name=\"warp\">\n<table style=\"border: 4px solid #354780; padding: 4px;\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#e6e6e6\">\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"center\"><b>Warp factor<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\"><input style=\"text-align: right; font-family: Avenir, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fff; padding: 8px; font-size: 14pt;\" name=\"wf\" size=\"10\" type=\"text\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\"><input style=\"color: #888; text-shadow: none; width: 120px; order: 1px solid #000044; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px;\" type=\"button\" value=\"Find speed\" onclick=\"WarpCalc(parseFloat(document.warp.wf.value));\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#e6e6e6\">\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"center\" height=\"18\"><b>Speed :<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\"><input style=\"text-align: right; font-family: Avenir, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fff; padding: 8px; font-size: 14pt;\" name=\"speed\" size=\"10\" type=\"text\">&nbsp;c<\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\"><input style=\"color: #888; background: #fff; text-shadow: none; width: 120px; border: 1px solid #000044; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px;\" type=\"button\" value=\"Find warp\" onclick=\"SpeedCalc(parseFloat(document.warp.speed.value));\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>To find what speed corresponds to a certain warp factor, enter the warp factor and press &#8220;Find speed.&#8221; Results will be displayed in multiples of the speed of light and will always be exact.<\/p>\n<p>To find what warp factor corresponds to a certain speed, enter the speed (in multiples of the speed of light) and press &#8220;Find warp.&#8221; Results from this calculation may vary in accuracy due to the methods used to determine them. To check the accuracy, press &#8220;Find speed&#8221; once the warp factor has been displayed to see if the result is close to the speed you originally entered.<\/p>\n<p>The calculator determines the speed according to the warp scale used in Star Trek: The Next Generation; Deep Space 9; and Voyager. Warp speeds in the original series were based on a different scale.<\/p>\n<p>The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 ms<sup>\u20131<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Warp factors are calculated using Newton&#8217;s method with up to 20 iterations. This page, its contents and code are protected by copyright. \u00a9 1998-2023, Martin A. Shields.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time when I had too much time and too little to do I decided to work out an equation which be able to reproduce the speeds used in Star Trek: The Next Generation for specific warp factors. The results are reproduced here in the form of a JavaScript calculator. 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