New Unit of Measure in Astronomy
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@George-K said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
@89th said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
I could see you were pwn3d from a half-giraffe away.
You figured it out in about half a parsec.
Parsecs are units of length, not time. C'mon, man, you read a lot of sci-fi, too.
@Aqua-Letifer said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
Parsecs are units of length, not time. C'mon, man, you read a lot of sci-fi, too.
You don't really think I didn't know that?
I was referring to the classic gaffe in Star Wars, where Solo say that his ship "Made the Kessel run in 3 parsecs."
Oh, and this...
As nouns the difference between distance and length is that distance is (countable) the amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line while length is the measurement of distance along the longest dimension of an object.
As verbs the difference between distance and length is that distance is to move away (from) someone or something while length is (obsolete) to lengthen."Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
Parsecs are units of length, not time. C'mon, man, you read a lot of sci-fi, too.
You don't really think I didn't know that?
I was referring to the classic gaffe in Star Wars, where Solo say that his ship "Made the Kessel run in 3 parsecs."
Oh, and this...
As nouns the difference between distance and length is that distance is (countable) the amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line while length is the measurement of distance along the longest dimension of an object.
As verbs the difference between distance and length is that distance is to move away (from) someone or something while length is (obsolete) to lengthen.@George-K said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
@Aqua-Letifer said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
Parsecs are units of length, not time. C'mon, man, you read a lot of sci-fi, too.
You don't really think I didn't know that?
I was referring to the classic gaffe in Star Wars, where Solo say that his ship "Made the Kessel run in 3 parsecs."
I know you know, but the comment was right there. Had to get it out.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
Parsecs are units of length, not time. C'mon, man, you read a lot of sci-fi, too.
You don't really think I didn't know that?
I was referring to the classic gaffe in Star Wars, where Solo say that his ship "Made the Kessel run in 3 parsecs."
Oh, and this...
As nouns the difference between distance and length is that distance is (countable) the amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line while length is the measurement of distance along the longest dimension of an object.
As verbs the difference between distance and length is that distance is to move away (from) someone or something while length is (obsolete) to lengthen.@George-K said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
@Aqua-Letifer said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
I was referring to the classic gaffe in Star Wars, where Solo say that his ship "Made the Kessel run in 3 parsecs."
I'm sure we had a post here that explained why the measurement parsec in Star Wars was used correctly.
Yes, it is a unit of distance, not time, but the two are connected.
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"Light year" is a unit of distance and yet the phrase contains a word describing a unit of time. Coincidence? I think not.
"Space time continuum" also validly elucidates this connection, subtle though it may be. Probably the only people to truly understand are Einstein and TNCR conservatives.
Education is extremely important.
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Btw a subdivision of a half giraffes length is of course a half a giraffes dick, although this length, as all einstenian space time units, will tend to contract and lengthen depending on relativity, in other words is a female giraffe present in a nearby galaxy.
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"Light year" is a unit of distance and yet the phrase contains a word describing a unit of time. Coincidence? I think not.
"Space time continuum" also validly elucidates this connection, subtle though it may be. Probably the only people to truly understand are Einstein and TNCR conservatives.
@Horace said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
"Light year" is a unit of distance and yet the phrase contains a word describing a unit of time.
Miles per hour is a unit of speed, and yet the phrase contains words describing both time AND FREAKING DISTANCE!
What are the odds?
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@jon-nyc said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
Didn’t we just talk about this a half a Scaramucci ago?
I've just been watching the ok series Space Force on Netflix, and there's a character in it called F. Tony Scarapiducci. The 'F' apparently stands for 'Fuck'.
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@George-K said in New Unit of Measure in Astronomy:
I see NASA is learning the fine art of internet trolling.
