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Percy
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Message 37 of 45 (409898)
07-12-2007 4:22 AM
Reply to: Message 33 by IamJoseph
07-11-2007 10:28 PM


IamJoseph writes:
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No, they're not in any way interchangeable. It's as much nonsense to say "eons of light-years" as it is to say "a month of miles."
A month of miles is not the same.
Crash did not say that "a month of miles" is the same as "eons of light years." He said that "a month of miles" is as nonsensical as "eons of light years."
IamJoseph writes:
The cluster of Virgo is not merely so many miles away, but expressed in the time it takes that light to reach earth. That is why it is termed light YEARS.
It is difficult to tell whether the problem is garbled syntax or garbled comprehension, but a light year is a measure of distance, and is equal to the distance light travels in a year. Since a light year is equal to 5.87x1012 miles, saying something like "eons of light-years" is the same as saying "eons of many miles," and makes as little sense.
So when you said back in Message 23 that "the dust of earth's matter does not result in life by itself, even given eons of light years," that's equivalent to saying, "the dust of earth's matter does not result in life by itself, even given eons of many miles."
Is that really what you meant to say?
--Percy

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Percy
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From: New Hampshire
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Message 39 of 45 (409903)
07-12-2007 5:29 AM
Reply to: Message 38 by IamJoseph
07-12-2007 4:30 AM


IamJoseph writes:
The dif is that unlike light years, 'many miles' is not a quotient of years. My usage may be novel, but not nonsensical. Everyone understood. English is a pliable language, not a wooden one - get with it, folks!
Said Humpty-Dumpty to Alice.
Your reply is as resistent to interpretation as your previous ones. No one will know what you mean by, "The dif is that unlike light years, 'many miles' is not a quotient of years." The original suspicion that you don't understand that a light year is a measure of distance remains and is getting stronger. When you say, "My usage may be novel," put through an IamJoseph translator it comes out as, "My usage is wrong."
I suggest, as I've suggested before, that if you wish to be understood that you express yourself clearly and plainly so that discussion can focus on the topic instead of on, once again, "What is IamJoseph trying to say?"
--Percy

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