28 thoughts on ““un verdadero marinero sólo necesitan las estrellas para navegar.””
"What'd he say?"
"He says a real sailor only needs the stars to navigate with."
And so he guided us silently through the convoy of warships.
And we later learned they were bound for a little known destination.
– 'White Squall', 1996
IANAL, but pretty sure this brings in the Law of Sines or the Law of Cosines, and with SCOTUS divided 4-4, there may be problems resolving things. Let's see: "Oscar Had A Heap Of Apples".
But you're being so quaint with your planar trigonometry. I don't know about Colorado Springs, but I don't think the Navy teaches that the earth is flat.
Well, if it's good enough for Pythagoras …
Are we going to get into the parallel postulate? Is that where this is heading? And here our beloved Editrix is heading for Euclid Avenue …
USAF Academy is currently teaching that the Earth was created in six days, and Jonah was swallowed by a whale. You got a problem with that, Mr Fatwah Al-Jihad?
To confound the infidel! How can you navigate by the stars when you're still stumbling over simple star names such as "Rasalhague" and "Zubenelgenubi"?
"What'd he say?"
"He says a real sailor only needs the stars to navigate with."
And so he guided us silently through the convoy of warships.
And we later learned they were bound for a little known destination.
– 'White Squall', 1996
US Navy motto: Traditio non coerceri progressionem.
A Navy Squid, apparently?
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You know, at first I thought there was a star above the squid at a glance then realized it was a nipple.
Why don't the sillies just look and see [ which side of the tree the moss grows? ]
Sexytant time.
Ummm, c'mon people. Use a topo.
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IANAL, but pretty sure this brings in the Law of Sines or the Law of Cosines, and with SCOTUS divided 4-4, there may be problems resolving things. Let's see: "Oscar Had A Heap Of Apples".
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/na.php
There are enough tables that all you need to know is how to add and subtract.
Also Too: | Bowditch. |
Accept no substitutes.
Straight from the publisher:
http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=tru…
They also have sight reduction tables.
Great find. Thanks!
EDIT Bowditch is everywhere. | JUST LIKE ELVIS |
He knew how to get around.
Well, sure, everything's fine when it's
a^2+b^2=c^2
but then you get
a^n+b^n=c^n n>2
And then where are your tables?
They're written in the margins.
But you're being so quaint with your planar trigonometry. I don't know about Colorado Springs, but I don't think the Navy teaches that the earth is flat.
Well, if it's good enough for Pythagoras …
Are we going to get into the parallel postulate? Is that where this is heading? And here our beloved Editrix is heading for Euclid Avenue …
USAF Academy is currently teaching that the Earth was created in six days, and Jonah was swallowed by a whale. You got a problem with that, Mr Fatwah Al-Jihad?
Rats, you caught me. I'm secretly an agent of al-Magest.
Bravo!
Celestial Navigation is back. Can Cannibalism be far behind?
Scurvy!
Flogging!
Scrimshaw carving!
| Squeezing Sperm! |
Ew! (poor whale!)
Keel hauling!
Really! (what a disturbing chapter)
Marooning!
To confound the infidel! How can you navigate by the stars when you're still stumbling over simple star names such as "Rasalhague" and "Zubenelgenubi"?
Did you compromise on Alpha Librae Glass?