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From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph)
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Subject: Re: Sarek's age
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 20:20:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 20:20:54 1984
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> From "Journey to Babel" (D.C. Fontana), Spock's father Sarek is 102.437
> TERRESTRIAL years old.  One notes that specifying the age to this precision
> (10^-3 yrs) implies that Sarek (the one who gives the age) knows his age
> with an uncertainty of approximately 8 hrs and 46 minutes.  One would
> think he'd know his date and time of birth more precisely, being the hard-
> guy Vulcan that he is.
> 
> 				George Raiche

He probably felt...sorry, thought that this answer was in the ballpark enough 
for the tastes of a mere human (Kirk).  After all, they get disturbed when 
Vulcans are too precise.

					-- Mark A.
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