Re: Kate on the Radio (UK)

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From: shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
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Subject: Re: Kate on the Radio (UK)
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Date: 16 Aug 1993 21:35:52 GMT
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In article <9308161837.aa14063@APG-9.APG-9.APG.ARMY.MIL>,
kstauff@APG-9.APG.ARMY.MIL (Kimberly Stauffer AMSTE-LGS 4900) wrote:
> So, I assume the UK gets demos first???  Does that mean that the demo is 
> somewhere here in the US also or do we usually get things light years later?

Kerry's pet peeves, #348: "Light years" are a unit of DISTANCE! Not TIME!
You don't wait light years for anything! AAAAARRRGGGHHH!



OK. I'll calm down now...



A light year is the distance traveled by light in one year, or about 9.5
million million million kilometers. (I woulda said 'quadrillion', but a
British quadrillion is much bigger than an American one. Too confusing.)

The usual habitat of this particular pet peeve is bad sci-fi. Imagine my
horror at finding it creeping outside that genre into the quiet, safe haven
of gaffa land.

-Kerry