In a message dated 8/27/00 9:38:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mark_hb@hotmail.com writes:

<< acceleration is negative or positive - there is no such thing as
 deacceleration... I lost points on a test once for thinking there was -
 teacher was a hard a##.
  >>

OK, MarkeyMark. Don't get technical unless you're really going to get
technical. For Vanagon purposes he means going faster or going slower. For
your purpose it's actually a change of speed and direction. That way, the
teacher won't ding you again.

BenT