Re: [NTLK] unidentified pkg (was IDXnames)

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On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 01:03, Jon Glass wrote:
>
> on 11/23/01 11:37 PM, Robert Benschop at rbenschop_at_mac.com wrote:
>
> >> I *know* I've heard of ParSec before, can't for the life of me find it on
> >> my disk or on the web though...
> >
> > That's weird, but exactly the same here, that name stuck somehow, but I
> > don't remember for the life of me what it is....
>
> Isn't a parsec a measurement of space/time??

Main Entry: par·sec <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif>
Pronunciation: 'pär-"sek
Function: noun
Etymology: parallax + second
Date: 1913
: a unit of measure for interstellar space equal to the distance to an
object having a parallax of one second or to 3.26 light-years

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