Lion Hearted Man
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But can you make a Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? Didn't think so.
(It always baffled me why Lucas used a unit of length instead of time for that one...)
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Here's an interesting Wiki entry on Parsec with some of the numbers spelled out.
Parsec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But can you make a Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? Didn't think so.
(It always baffled me why Lucas used a unit of length instead of time for that one...)
But can you make a Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? Didn't think so.
(It always baffled me why Lucas used a unit of length instead of time for that one...)
I think the universe is just the right size. A nice cozy little place. Nice temperatures and lovely scenery, too. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Not sure about my own stance on hell's existence for human beings, but I have though of it this way:
If a road sign warns you of a cliff edge, whose fault is it if you disregard it and drive off the cliff?
The road makers since they allowed such features?
The geology, for having cliffs?
Gravity for pulling you to your death?
Or your own, for disregarding a warning concerning a real danger. One which is dangerous because of basic laws of nature.
I don't know, it could be a warning akin to 'don't jump off a skyscraper'. Not because the warner wishes to be lauded or because he wants to punish those who do not heed the warning, but because nature's nature.
So the way I see it this warning could be more effective in the guise of a religion which emphasizes the good aspects man needs in order to avoid such consequences. You know, love, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, patience, peace... And yes, I know many "Christians" are more into defending their property rights or their nation's supremacy or even their own infallibility in a most narcissistic fashion. But to be honest I don't consider that even remotely close to the example Jesus set down.
Just another angle to throw into those considerations concerning this particular topic.
I think the universe is just the right size. A nice cozy little place. Nice temperatures and lovely scenery, too. I'd recommend it to anyone.
I can see that. The thing is that he WAS talking about distance. He ran the millennium falcon very close to a cluster of black holes apparently. Cutting a few parsecs off the total distance.
He found a shortcut. A daring-do one.
Now, I'm not a starwars fan. I found this here: Kessel Run - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Nice temperatures? The universe is 3 degrees above absolute zero (if you exclude proportionately insignificant regions of burning gas we call "stars")
Speaking of that, it was a major scientific discovery when they realized space is slightly warmer than absolute zero. The reasons for it are quite interesting.
Well, it's a good thing -- because if the weather was terrible, I'm sure scientists, who like to exclude all things Biblical and sacred, would then go and blame the bad weather on what they call either the Christ Child (El Nino), or His sister (La Nina).You're wrong, the universe is 76 degrees (F) this afternoon. Very nice.
You're wrong, the universe is 76 degrees (F) this afternoon. Very nice.
Well, it's a good thing -- because if the weather was terrible, I'm sure scientists, who like to exclude all things Biblical and sacred, would then go and blame the bad weather on what they call either the Christ Child (El Nino), or His sister (La Nina).
They want our Bibles out of their schools -- they can keep their [blasphemous] clipboards out of our sacred territory.
I think the universe is just the right size. A nice cozy little place. Nice temperatures and lovely scenery, too. I'd recommend it to anyone.
I think you're stretching your analogies. You usually have some good zingers but this one isn't one of them
Supreme can we get a ban here? This is just over the top.
I guess I should have added "I prefer Star Trek"?
NERD!
*counts items of star wars memorabilia at desk, grows pale*
And proud of it!
I play D&D, and just finished a set of Magic the Gathering game with a friend who was over. Last night I arranged a LAN for the student organization for nanotechnology master students and let's see.... Whatelseisparticularlygeeky.... I regularly visit xkcd, I know my way around the windows registry and use mac os for it's UNIX core as much as for it's no-hassle GUI. Plus, when I write anything worth reading, be that letters, CVs, applications, papers, articles... Whatever, I use LaTeX. Ohyeah. And if I draw something in my papers, graphs, figures charts... I use tikz. (GUI? For graphics processing? How quaint!)
Then again, I suppose it's enough to say "I study nanotechnology. Come on! Let's discuss electron microscopy and quantum effects!"
Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" might well have been written about me.
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