In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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? Because they taught it to us. It's obvious. -- -- Lou Pecora -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
