OT: Star Wars and parsecs [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

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On Feb 8, 2:53�pm, Lou Pecora <pec... at anvil.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> In article <13qotf2mgpvk... at corp.supernews.com>,
> �Grant Edwards <gra... at visi.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2008-02-08, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr... at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > > � � � A Parsec is a fixed value (which, admittedly, presumes the culture
> > > developed a 360degree circle broken into degrees => minutes =>
> > > seconds... or, at least, some units compatible with the concept of an
> > > "arc second", like 400 grads of, say, 100 "minutes", each of 100
> > > "seconds")
>
> > It also presumes a standard diamter of that circle.
>
> Which is the Earth's orbit. �So, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far
> away did they know about the Earth and decide to use it as the basis for
> length in the universe? �Even before people on earth defined it? �
>
> Or (ominous music builds here, switch to low voice) is it as some now
> contend? �We are the decendents of a long, lost civilization who
> colonized Earth and used it as a base for their operations to the point
> of adopting it as their own home?
>
> ... �You Betcha!
>
> :-)

How come they spoke English?

>
> --
> -- Lou Pecora