Posted by Rik Wasmus on 12/05/07 16:04

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:32:27 +0100, Toby A Inkster
<usenet200712@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:

> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> OK, but he wasn't looking at one lightyear per fortnight (which violates
>> most current laws of physics). He was looking at a light fortnight -
>> the distance light travels in a fortnight.
>
> If I am the "he" that we're referring to, I can assure you I was talking
> about lightyears per fortnight. I wouldn't concern myself with light
> fortnights as they would be a ridiculously obscure way of measuring
> distances.

....which mili- or nanolightyears obviously aren't :P

Then again, this whole thread has been about 'obscure measurements of the
obvious' for some time now.
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Rik Wasmus

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