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Lyndrek
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Arc_DT posted:
I get greater lulz at the use of "Earth-independent" parsec units of measurement that are in fact tied more closely to Earth than a light year.
Parsecs are based on both the "Astronomical Unit" or AU, which is the distance of the Earth from the sun, and our 360 degree measurement of a circle, not even a more pragmatic measurement in radians.
At least with a light year, one might expect a planet with an ecology similar to Earth's to have a similar year. It might have a similar AU as well, but there's no reason to believe that it will split a circle into 360 equal degrees, each of those parts into 60 equal minutes, and each of those parts into 60 equal seconds.
the earth does not travel in a perfect circle around the sun. so you know.
if it did it would be 360 days in a year, not 365.25 
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Gilligan.USCG
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Lyndrek posted:
Arc_DT posted:
I get greater lulz at the use of "Earth-independent" parsec units of measurement that are in fact tied more closely to Earth than a light year.
Parsecs are based on both the "Astronomical Unit" or AU, which is the distance of the Earth from the sun, and our 360 degree measurement of a circle, not even a more pragmatic measurement in radians.
At least with a light year, one might expect a planet with an ecology similar to Earth's to have a similar year. It might have a similar AU as well, but there's no reason to believe that it will split a circle into 360 equal degrees, each of those parts into 60 equal minutes, and each of those parts into 60 equal seconds.
the earth does not travel in a perfect circle around the sun. so you know.
if it did it would be 360 days in a year, not 365.25
It's a good thing there's 365, then..
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Date Posted:
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Arc_DT posted:
I get greater lulz at the use of "Earth-independent" parsec units of measurement that are in fact tied more closely to Earth than a light year.
Parsecs are based on both the "Astronomical Unit" or AU, which is the distance of the Earth from the sun, and our 360 degree measurement of a circle, not even a more pragmatic measurement in radians.
At least with a light year, one might expect a planet with an ecology similar to Earth's to have a similar year. It might have a similar AU as well, but there's no reason to believe that it will split a circle into 360 equal degrees, each of those parts into 60 equal minutes, and each of those parts into 60 equal seconds.
Well, I think it is safe to say that quite a bit of fiction or sci fi takes place outside the possibility of english being spoken. it would be spoken in a galaxy far far away. Which means that the dialogue is auto translated by the author into the language we speak, anyways. There is little chance any of their measurements would be the same, but you can imagine those are translated, too.
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Kanga_Roo
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Registered: 2002-2-26 12:58:17
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Maybe 1.5x the speed of light?
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Ibbeh
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Kanga_Roo posted:
Maybe 1.5x the speed of light?
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NeoKarnak
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Kanga_Roo posted:
Maybe 1.5x the speed of light?
That's how I originally took the comment. 50% faster than light speed.
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caffeino00
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DunesVladHarkonnen posted:
Unarmed-Yarr posted:
The person who said it also survived riding out a nuclear explosion in a fridge.
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Kanga_Roo posted:
Maybe 1.5x the speed of light?
Seems pretty obvious to me...
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Poit-Narf
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Actually, "point five past lightspeed" meant that the Falcon had a Class 0.5 hyperdrive. Class 1 is the baseline, so 0.5 better than that is 0.5 (lower numbers mean faster).
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Kordirn
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Poit-Narf posted:
Actually, "point five past lightspeed" meant that the Falcon had a Class 0.5 hyperdrive. Class 1 is the baseline, so 0.5 better than that is 0.5 (lower numbers mean faster).
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