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From: Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl (Tako Schotanus)
Subject: Re: Fog of War
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In article <3qubck$7nn@cassandra.cair.du.edu>, Robert A. Uhl 
(ruhl@phoebe.cair.du.edu) says...
>
>In article <3qrl2g$nbb@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
>Jonathan McDunn <caribou@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
>>furlos@alum01.its.rpi.edu (Steve Furlong) writes:
>>>And, finally, today.  Communications have gotten so good that
>>>unless you need to stay off the air because the enemy has good
>>>interception equipment you can stay in touch pretty much all
>>>the time.  Maps are excellent, world over, largely because of
>>>the satellites.  Satellites also let even squad-sized units know
>>>their location to within a few tens of meters.  
>>
>>Actually, current GPS technology can differentiate between adjacent 
>>lanes on a highway.  It cannot estimate elevation very well yet; right
>>now it is about +/- 100 feet and getting better.
>
>  Better than that, from what I hear. I understand that it is ~50 ft.
>now. Dunno how truthful that is, though.
>
>  BTW, thank you for using the RealHuman System, not the Doltish
>Mathemtically Disinclined System. It is embarrassing when an officer
>in our armed forces uses meters. Sheesh.

Well I can say the same :) Thank you Steve, for using the internationally
accepted measuring system understandable by any (scientifically) educated
person in the world instead of that weird mixture of medieval body apendages,
crockery and other assorted household appliances. ;)

And talking about those scientifically educated people. If you're one and
you're American, it's probably easier for you to write xxx ft (yyy m) [or
the other way around, whatever you like] because you've probably learned both.
While I for instance have never learned the US or UK system (and I must say
I find it far from comprehensive) at school nor at the university.

SFBOT (or: Sorry For Being Off Topic ;)

Tako

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