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Re: Silicon 84
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 21, 10:54 -0400
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 21, 10:54 -0400
> Hi folks! Just got thru working no. 84! Working was a workout keeps you
> sharp especially when you finally figure the year!! One question arises:
> I noticed the absence of advancing LOPS to a common time . Any comments
> on that?
As you noticed, the way the problems are drawn up it's not necessary in
order to get the "right answer". That makes it much easier to draw up the
sight reduction problems in the first place.
From a practical point of view, in the middle of a voyage, on the open ocean,
with nothing nearby to find or to avoid, what is 5 or 10 miles?
--
Mike Wescott
Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM
