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Re: anachronisms?

by Erik Max Francis <max@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 13, 2008 at 01:48 AM

bernardZ wrote:

> Why?
> 
> In the days of sailing ****ps to navigate you used dead reckoning. It was

> accurate. However it took much work.

Right, because in the open ocean, dead reckoning works really well.

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anachronisms?
 bealoid <signup@[EMAIL  2008-01-12 11:05:33 
Re: anachronisms?
 John Schilling <schill  2008-01-12 07:07:49 
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 mcv <mcvmcv@[EMAIL PRO  2008-01-12 21:11:47 
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 bernardZ <BernardZ@[EM  2008-01-13 19:48:31 
Re: anachronisms?
 Erik Max Francis <max@  2008-01-13 01:48:56 
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 Steve Hix <sehix@[EMAI  2008-01-13 10:52:36 
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 mcv <mcvmcv@[EMAIL PRO  2008-01-14 07:57:57 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-13 16:45:42 
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 John Schilling <schill  2008-01-15 16:55:12 
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 nebusj-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-14 08:39:06 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-14 14:50:57 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-15 21:46:50 
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 John Schilling <schill  2008-01-16 17:34:13 
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 bernardZ <BernardZ@[EM  2008-01-17 20:43:02 
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 John Schilling <schill  2008-01-17 17:54:26 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-15 21:48:24 
Re: anachronisms?
 James Burns <burns.87@  2008-01-16 11:26:30 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-16 15:13:32 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-16 15:12:36 
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 John <themasterJ@[EMAI  2008-01-17 15:59:20 
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 bernardz <bernardz@[EM  2008-01-17 21:05:37 
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 Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-01-12 17:08:29 
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 wrosecrans <wrosecrans  2008-01-12 15:47:04 
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 Eivind Kjorstad <eivin  2008-01-15 06:42:36 
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 David Johnston <david@  2008-01-15 07:15:38 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-13 19:48:23 
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 Steve Hix <sehix@[EMAI  2008-01-13 17:20:31 
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 Samuel Penn <sam@[EMAI  2008-01-13 21:18:01 
Re: anachronisms?
 Dr J R Stockton <jrs@[  2008-01-14 19:36:25 
Re: anachronisms?
 bernardZ <BernardZ@[EM  2008-01-15 21:00:34 
Re: anachronisms?
 Erik Max Francis <max@  2008-01-15 03:02:20 
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 nebusj-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-15 11:21:20 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-14 23:53:37 
Re: anachronisms?
 bernardZ <BernardZ@[EM  2008-01-15 20:52:14 
Re: anachronisms?
 David Johnston <david@  2008-01-15 07:12:27 
Re: anachronisms?
 Erik Max Francis <max@  2008-01-15 03:01:00 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-16 01:13:49 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-01-16 07:20:28 
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 bernardZ <BernardZ@[EM  2008-01-16 23:25:13 
Re: anachronisms?
 Michael Ash <mike@[EMA  2008-01-16 10:55:13 
Re: anachronisms?
 Dr J R Stockton <jrs@[  2008-01-18 22:05:11 

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