Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

I wonder if anyone's gonna bother to let Coach Mitchell know that the light-year is a unit of distance, not time... unless he means it like 'he's miles away from playing'. But that's just silly, as that implies he's not even at the facility; it's like he's stuck in traffic, and he gets there when he gets there.

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

On that note, considering the ships in Star Wars are only operating with engines that can reach the speed of light or a little better, it would be almost impossible for them to get anywhere and have it matter. If the closest star to Earth is 4.8 or so light years away, you're looking at a little less time than that at the speed of light to get there in the first place, because time slows down as you approach the speed of light, or something to that extent.


ANYWAY. Tangent over; flame away if you like.

Originally Posted by EyePod (Post 5727979)

I wholeheartedly agree. This kind of shit bothers me all the time. Maybe the coach was just referring to the fact that Ziggy doesn't actually live where the D-Lineman practice? He could be saying that he lives 5.10334285 × 10^-13 light years (3 miles) from the practice facility!

Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

I wonder if anyone's gonna bother to let Coach Mitchell know that the light-year is a unit of distance, not time... unless he means it like 'he's miles away from playing'. But that's just silly, as that implies he's not even at the facility; it's like he's stuck in traffic, and he gets there when he gets there.

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

On that note, considering the ships in Star Wars are only operating with engines that can reach the speed of light or a little better, it would be almost impossible for them to get anywhere and have it matter. If the closest star to Earth is 4.8 or so light years away, you're looking at a little less time than that at the speed of light to get there in the first place, because time slows down as you approach the speed of light, or something to that extent.


ANYWAY. Tangent over; flame away if you like.

Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

I wonder if anyone's gonna bother to let Coach Mitchell know that the light-year is a unit of distance, not time... unless he means it like 'he's miles away from playing'. But that's just silly, as that implies he's not even at the facility; it's like he's stuck in traffic, and he gets there when he gets there.

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

On that note, considering the ships in Star Wars are only operating with engines that can reach the speed of light or a little better, it would be almost impossible for them to get anywhere and have it matter. If the closest star to Earth is 4.8 or so light years away, you're looking at a little less time than that at the speed of light to get there in the first place, because time slows down as you approach the speed of light, or something to that extent.


ANYWAY. Tangent over; flame away if you like.

Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

I wonder if anyone's gonna bother to let Coach Mitchell know that the light-year is a unit of distance, not time... unless he means it like 'he's miles away from playing'. But that's just silly, as that implies he's not even at the facility; it's like he's stuck in traffic, and he gets there when he gets there.

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

On that note, considering the ships in Star Wars are only operating with engines that can reach the speed of light or a little better, it would be almost impossible for them to get anywhere and have it matter. If the closest star to Earth is 4.8 or so light years away, you're looking at a little less time than that at the speed of light to get there in the first place, because time slows down as you approach the speed of light, or something to that extent.


ANYWAY. Tangent over; flame away if you like.

Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury (Post 5727945)

I wonder if anyone's gonna bother to let Coach Mitchell know that the light-year is a unit of distance, not time... unless he means it like 'he's miles away from playing'. But that's just silly, as that implies he's not even at the facility; it's like he's stuck in traffic, and he gets there when he gets there.

It's kinda like when George Lucas wrote the line 'You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!' Parsecs are units of distance. And I know Lucas tried to explain it away, but **** off, just admit you were talking out your ass when you wrote the script, that's one of the few things people aren't pissed at you about. It's not like Star Wars is legit sci-fi anyway. It's more fantasy.

On that note, considering the ships in Star Wars are only operating with engines that can reach the speed of light or a little better, it would be almost impossible for them to get anywhere and have it matter. If the closest star to Earth is 4.8 or so light years away, you're looking at a little less time than that at the speed of light to get there in the first place, because time slows down as you approach the speed of light, or something to that extent.


ANYWAY. Tangent over; flame away if you like.

Originally Posted by Braincase (Post 5727981)

But can Ziggy Hood make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs?

Originally Posted by KINGPIN CHIEFS FAN (Post 5728045)

Somebody is wasting their time being on CP. You should be busy working on cold fusion or some other Earth shattering project. Making fun of a football coach's terminology or a movie director's comparisons aren't going to win you any Nobel Prizes. I think the average football fan gets what he is trying to say. We won't be seeing Ziggy starting for the Steelers any time soon. Relax and concentrate on the important things in life. Like helping the Chiefs get back to being a dominating force in the NFL.