On Jan 17, 3:26 am, James Burns <burns...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> bernardzwrote:
> > On Jan 16, 12:13 pm, thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Wayne Throop) wrote:
>
> >>that you can only measure "speed and direction" wrt the ocean surface.
> >>The difficulty (*amongst* our many difficulties) is that there are
ocean=
> >>currents, which can displace you an unknown distance and direction of
> >>tens or hundreds of kilometers per day.
>
> >>Now sure, if you've charted all the mid-ocean currents you can maybe
> >>correct for some of that. But there's a boostrapping problem.
>
> > If you read the article I quoted you can see that Columbus took that
> > into account in an area he knew nothing about.
>
> >>And a fanatical devotion to the pope.
> > ???
>
> > Please explain
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_%28Monty_Python%29
> : After entering, the Inquisition frequently got bogged down
> : in recitations of their weapons ("Amongst our weaponry are
> : such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> : an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red
> : uniforms!"). Xim=E9nez would state the number of weapons they
> : had ("Our two/three/four weapons are..."), then list one more
> : than he had counted, then start again using a higher number.
> : After several attempts, Xim=E9nez would state, "I'll come in
> : again...", and herd The Inquisition back off the set. The
> : straight man would then deliver the cue line again, the
> : Inquisition would burst back in (complete with jarring chord),
> : and the introduction tried again. This was repeated two or three
> : times before Xim=E9nez gave up and moved on.
>
> HTH
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