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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Word origins
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 15:51:24 +0000 (UTC)
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Stephen Leake wrote:
> Back in 1978 or so, there was a bad Science Fiction TV show
> "Battle Star Galactica". Every time they measured something, it was
> expressed in "microns"; distance to the nearest star, time till the
> bomb blew up, size of a molecule, anything.
> 

I don't know. Could be micro parsecs ?

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Preben Randhol                    http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/