Go and look up the word 'fathom'.
LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 11:57,
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:)You need to be aware of the original SW quote to appreciate that...
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Barbarossa is not my real name,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 11:59,
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The Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.But a parsec is a measurement of light time.
A fathom is about 6'.
(A fathom is about 6'.
LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:03,
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All well and good except that a parsec is not a measurement of timeA parsec is about 3 and a quarter lightyears
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Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:05,
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Which is therefore a distance no?
Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:06,
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Keep going... IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:15,
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I feel I should confirm my views on scienceas I apparently am Anti Science.
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Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:31,
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erma parsec is a unit of distance, "equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years."
This is a well-known mistake in the original dialogue, at which I suspect that Barbarossa was poking fun when choosing the word 'fathoms'
(This is a well-known mistake in the original dialogue, at which I suspect that Barbarossa was poking fun when choosing the word 'fathoms'
RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing,
Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:08,
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Go and look up the word 'parsec'....;)
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Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:01,
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