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#1 2006-10-12 22:25:26

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
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MOCK (Mach) speed

Google counts on Oct 12, 2006
1,460,000 “Mach speed”
2240 “mock speed”

Mach speed is measured in multiples of the speed of sound in a medium. Whereas few planes fly at supersonic speeds, “mach speed” is generically used to describe high speed transport. “Mock” can mean “having the character of imitation: simulated.” Perhaps there is the incorrect notion that very high speeds can only be achieved in video simulations—with unrealistic visual effects—and that the highest speeds imaginable are (therefore) just beyond reality, and lie in the realm of “mock” speeds.

Examples:

ARCADE GAMES – Free Classic Arcade GamesAs you fly at mock speed, you must avoid the pyramids in your way. Jet Slalom · SnakePit Gobble up the mice, but avoid the walls. Otherwise, you die! ...
www.freeclassicgames.com/games/listGame … e&track=10 – 14k – Cached – Similar pages

chrissyruiter.comAfter a day of super duper fantastic good times riding roller coasters, swings, water slides, mock speed spinning things, hanging upside down spinning …
www.chrissyruiter.com/journal/7-9-06.htm – 17k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages

Master electrics flyer Model Airplane News – Find ArticlesThe mock Speed 400 pylon race on Saturday had models whipping up and down the field; their quick, nimble shapes were almost a blur. ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3819/is_199803/ai_n8788103 – 29k – Cached – Similar pages

GEM-SETI was going mock speed and slammed into a wall that I couldn’t get around. Or like I was making great progress climbing a mountain when suddenly someone …
www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050125q9.htm – 34k – Cached – Similar pages

QUICK REVIEWS FOR 01/21! [Archive] – NEWSARAMAEverything seems to be moving at mock speed and there is absolutely no time to develope characters. JSA #57: God this storyline seems so appropriate for …
forum.newsarama.com/archive/index.php/t-8463.html – 20k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages

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