OT: Star Wars and parsecs [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

[Lou Pecora]

In article 
<9635c9ed-ba6e-4172-932f-01d88a625452 at f10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
 "mensanator at aol.com" <mensanator at aol.com> wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2:53?pm, Lou Pecora <pec... at anvil.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> > In article <13qotf2mgpvk... at corp.supernews.com>,
> > ?Grant Edwards <gra... at visi.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2008-02-08, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr... at ix.netcom.com> 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.

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-- Lou Pecora