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Re: The Darn Old Cocked Hat - the sequel 1
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Mar 13, 04:11 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Mar 13, 04:11 -0400
On 3/11/2013 6:56 PM, Hanno Ix wrote: > 2. If you please will forgive me: below there is a remark of yours > that makes no sense to me: > What counts most at sea is not your best estimate of where you are, > but the confident knowledge of where you're not. Hanno I did not seen answer to your question. Perhaps this classic explanation of missile-guidance systems (it knows where it is by knowing where it is not) will shed some light on the subject. It certainly cleared things up for me ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bby5pOVZJ0 Bill B