On Thu, 30 May 1996 wbaird@NMSU.Edu wrote:

That's how the A. Warp Drive works.  Place a positive mass in front (it 
contracts space) and place a negative mass behind (it expands it) and it 
squirts ya right along.

And just how are you supposed to stop, hmm?

(On the bridge of the USS Cochrane...)

Ensign: Ok, we finally got those planets in front of us... we're starting 
to move!
......
Computer: Warning! At current acceleration, hull stress will be critical 
in 3 minutes.
Cochrane: Ahhh! What do we do?!
Weapons Officer: Sir, I suggest we fire our weapons to break up the planets.
Cochrane: Make it so.
Weapons Officer: Firing...

A volley of mega missiles (tm) shoots out of the Cochrane and blows up 
the planets. The ship stops accelerating.

Navigation Officer: Uhh sir, how do we get back now that we blew up our 
warp drive?
Cochrane: ... Weapons Officer! YOU'RE FIRED!

The scene fades out as Cochrane picks up his chair and throws it at the 
Weapons Officer in a mad rage.

Ok so I was a bit bored. :)