Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:44:05 -0700, Ivan Van Laningham wrote: > >> Gary Kurtz at SunCon 77 explained that it was a test to see if Obi-Wan >> knew what he was doing; supposedly, Obi-Wan's expression indicated that >> he knew Solo was feeding him shit. > > Why the hell would the pilot care whether the passengers knew what a > parsec was? Did Concorde pilots quiz their passengers what Mach 1 means? > They didn't need to, since the aircraft's speed was displayed inside the cabin as a Mach number.
> Especially a pirate like Solo, who really only cared about one question: > "can the passenger pay?". > > >> I think Lucas didn't have a clue, myself; it's not credible that >> citizens of a starfaring civilization who deliberately set out to hire a >> starship wouldn't know the difference between time and distance. Occam's >> razor says Lucas screwed up and doesn't want to admit it. > > For sure. > > What's more, he won't pay dues so ILM can be a full sponsor member of the PSF. It doesn't seem credible to me that an organization of that size couldn't find $2,000 in its budget to support the language of which it may well be the largest single user in the world. Not that I seriously imagine George Lucas micromanages the budget down to that level. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
