Astronomical brain frying

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roscowgo wrote:Now if i was doing real electronics.... then hex and binary would help me. Maybe even a touch of octal here and there.
Blimey is octal still used for anything other than calculators? its a long long time ago since I learnt multiplication in numbers with other bases and how to convert 1 base to another. Nowadays its pretty much all good old fashioned denary
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Nibblet99 wrote: This is equal to roughly 658 357.706 Parsecs
So like 54863 times the length of Han Solo's kessel run? Nice..
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storysunfolding wrote:
Nibblet99 wrote: This is equal to roughly 658 357.706 Parsecs
So like 54863 times the length of Han Solo's kessel run? Nice..

Sooo I can't remember was there a stated time he did that run in? If so, is the millenium falcon faster or slower than the galaxy?
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Nibblet99 wrote: Blimey is octal still used for anything other than calculators? its a long long time ago since I learnt multiplication in numbers with other bases and how to convert 1 base to another. Nowadays its pretty much all good old fashioned denary
I have no idea..... i havent messed with anything other than binary, and base 10 in a long while. And even binary is pretty rare.

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so...does this mean I have time to build a shelter?

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No. helters are like helmets, by the time you really need one, it's too late to start getting one.
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