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Re: Calculator dunking
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2015 Jun 13, 16:59 +0000
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2015 Jun 13, 16:59 +0000
Well put, Francis!
We have people in this group who eschew calculators and Law of Cosines sight reduction (or GPS) because "electronics are unreliable." While it's certainly true that a sextant is probably "more reliable" (ie, has fewer possible failure modes) than electronics, one can certainly question the "reliability" of non-electronic sight reduction techniques.
From: Francis Upchurch <NoReply_Upchurch@fer3.com>
To: luabel@ymail.com
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:26 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Calculator dunking
