Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2008-02-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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 t
On 2008-02-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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"
In article
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"[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:
> >
>
Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> No, even simpler: In the Star Wars galaxy, parsec is a time unit.
Yep, it's the Paradoxical Second, defined as the average length of
time it takes a person to figure out that the pilot they've
hired is feeding them a load of bull for the purpose of finding
out how lon
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
Lou Pecora wrote:
[parsecs]
> 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?
No, even simpler: In the Star Wars galaxy, parsec is a
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
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 g
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 woul
