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    Re: Pub. 229 vs. 249 table formats
    From: Greg R_
    Date: 2008 Jun 6, 00:07 -0700

    --- Anabasis75@aol.com wrote:
    
    > Oh I don't "grade" so much as post my answers and let people figure
    > out where things are different.  I only do a write up when something
    > is way off  base.
    
    Ah, so I suppose I should feel "honored" then...  ;-)
    
    > Not to worry though, my Star fix solution will be typed out tonight
    > along with the actual GPS fix at 1900 ZT.
    
    Excellent - a very accurate known position to compare our results to (I
    do the same thing when taking practice shots at the beach, and use the
    GPS position as the AP. Intercept lengths then reflect how
    accurate/inaccurate the shots really were).
    
    --
    GregR
    
    
    > Greg wrote "BTW, are you planning to grade the exercises that you
    > posted,  or just leave everyone to their own devices?...  ;-)"
    >
    >
    > Oh I don't "grade" so much as post my answers and let people figure
    > out where things are different.  I only do a write up when something
    > is way off  base.
    >  It's hard to say with various reduction methods to say which is
    > "more
    > correct."  Not to worry though, my Star fix solution will be typed
    > out tonight
    > along with the actual GPS fix at 1900 ZT.  My computer  program,
    > called SkyMate
    > Pro, had a different answer then most others, but I used  a slightly
    > different
    > AP (the actual GPS fix) as well, so that could figure  into the final
    > fix.
    >
    > Jeremy
    >
    > PS I just looked at my "corrected" electronic pubs CD (current
    > through
    > Notice to Mariners 52-07, and the 249 errors in Volume 2 are still
    > there.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    > with
    > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.
    >
    (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002)
    >
    > >
    >
    
    
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