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Nav technical? Not necessarily
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Dec 6, 02:10 +1100
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From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Dec 6, 02:10 +1100
George also proposes:
You've hoped in vain, George.
And yet only a few hours ago we were presented with the quite astounding tale of those almost-twin sailors who appear to have directed their tiny outrigger, without the benefit of any instruments, across the Atlantic to planned landfall on an island 3-miles by 10-miles in size.
Navigation technical? T'aint necessarily so.. Navigation includes whatever assists. In the real world - as opposed to the view from the armchair. No boundaries.
Let's assemble a few facts first, that can, I hope, be agreed on.
You've hoped in vain, George.
The topic of navigation is, in most respects, a technical matter, which
calls for clarity and precision of meaning.
And yet only a few hours ago we were presented with the quite astounding tale of those almost-twin sailors who appear to have directed their tiny outrigger, without the benefit of any instruments, across the Atlantic to planned landfall on an island 3-miles by 10-miles in size.
Navigation technical? T'aint necessarily so.. Navigation includes whatever assists. In the real world - as opposed to the view from the armchair. No boundaries.
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