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Hi Bill,

Pretty much on the mark, and most refreshing. I don't remember when cocked
hats wet out of style as clothing, but it was none too soon. Thanks ...

Henry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:57 PM
Subject: [NavList 2399] Re: Cocked hats, again.


>
> From the famed missile-guidance-systems tutorial:  "The missile knows
where
> it is by knowing where it isn't."
>
> Now I believe with 99% certainty that there is a 75% chance I am not where
I
> think I am if I think I am within the cocked hat.  And with diminishing
> probability I can be anywhere on the surface of the earth EXCEPT in the
> clocked hat 3 out of 4 times.
>
> Also, if I have used celestial objects within a 180 azimuth range, AND I
> know of  personal or systematic errors then I bisect the LOP's to find my
> position which almost certainly will be outside the cocked hat.
>
> Also that bridges and underpasses may ice up before the road surface.
>
> "The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is
> difficult to class them separately.  One step above the sublime makes the
> ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime
> again."--Thomas Paine
>
> The academic analysis, now a running gun battle in a corner is
enlightening.
> Certainly a warning to the prudent navigator to not bet the ship, her
cargo
> and souls on the fix if potentially in harms way.  In the bigger picture
is
> the goal to coastal pilot and/or find your lobster pots via cel nav? Or
> perhaps find your way across a large expanse of water and make landfall
then
> work on your short game?  In either case, wayfinding and other clues (a
> prudent navigator makes use of all available information) might be useful.
>
> As this thread continues on ad infinitum, please keep in mind the
following:
> "I used to be into necrophilia and bestiality....but then I realized I was
> just beating a dead horse.--The Cellar Restaurant, VA
>
> Bill
>
>
> >
>


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