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From: elias@eosp1.UUCP (Doug Elias)
Newsgroups: net.movies.sw
Subject: Re: Re: 'Parsec' as a unit of time - (nf)
Message-ID: <592@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 09:43:00 EST
Article-I.D.: eosp1.592
Posted: Thu Feb 16 09:43:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 03:04:39 EST
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Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ
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...a smuggler might boast about how closely a natural hazard
(reefs, whirlpool, nova, asteroid-cloud, etc.) was skirted,
and thus how many {miles, parsecs} was shaved off the run...

...if the hazard was well-enough known to the shipping community,
just referring to the destination and the savings would be sufficient...

"...migod, it really IS  worth only 2c..."

doug