On Feb 8, 2:53�pm, Lou Pecora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > �Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2008-02-08, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > � � � A Parsec is a fixed value (which, admittedly, presumes the culture > > > developed a 360degree circle broken into degrees => minutes => > > > seconds... or, at least, some units compatible with the concept of an > > > "arc second", like 400 grads of, say, 100 "minutes", each of 100 > > > "seconds") > > > It also presumes a standard diamter of that circle. > > Which is the Earth's orbit. �So, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far > away did they know about the Earth and decide to use it as the basis for > length in the universe? �Even before people on earth defined it? � > > Or (ominous music builds here, switch to low voice) is it as some now > contend? �We are the decendents of a long, lost civilization who > colonized Earth and used it as a base for their operations to the point > of adopting it as their own home? > > ... �You Betcha! > > :-)
How come they spoke English? > > -- > -- Lou Pecora -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
