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Old 02-25-2006, 08:08 AM   #4
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elspode
I did, of course, mean that I was going to interpret the distances travelled in a given time in parsecs as opposed to light years...I really do know that a parsec is a measure of distance and not velocity. :p
Ya, I figured. And knowing that travelling at c you'd only cover less than one third of one in a year lets you know that it's a true metric assload of distance too. :-)

Quote:
Originally Posted by "frink'
From: parsec
To: lightyear
Result:
3.2615637769712136975
"Thank you Frink, you may go."
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