Hallöchen! Grant Edwards writes:
> On 2008-02-06, Gary Duzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> >> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> >>> Ouch. Two demerits for using the distance unit "parsec" in a >>> context where a quantity of time was required. >> >> No demerits for Andrew; it is a Star Wars reference, which is >> quite on topic for this subthread. >> >> http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kessel_Run > > Silly me. > > I wonder if George Lucas intended it as a joke or if he thought > a parsec was a unit of time. The latter because it was corrected in the novelization. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (See http://ime.webhop.org for further contact info.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list