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
<[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:
> >
>
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
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
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 passe
