Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!princeton!eosp1!elias 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 References: <135@iuvax.UUCP> Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 11 . ...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