Comments on: sweet! http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/ Strip o this, Strip o that... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Wolfy http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-586 Wolfy Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:38:06 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-586 In a couple hundred k years Polaris won't point to north. And you only need a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer" rel="nofollow">time piece</a> for determining <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_Prize" rel="nofollow">longitude</a>. But <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine" rel="nofollow">this was first divised </a>as a way to accuratly and quickly calculate the time tables. <blockquote>Today a sailor has a number of choices for determining accurate positional information, including radar and GPS, the satellite navigation system. Even with all these modern methods of determining longitude, a marine chronometer is also normally carried as a backup.</blockquote> I like the account of Shackleton's sail from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton#1914_-_1916_Endurance_Expedition" rel="nofollow">Elephant Island to South Georgia Island</a> in a huricane and guaging the height of the sun through thick clouds and hitting their mark deadfrickingon. -M In a couple hundred k years Polaris won’t point to north. And you only need a time piece for determining longitude. But this was first divised as a way to accuratly and quickly calculate the time tables.

Today a sailor has a number of choices for determining accurate positional information, including radar and GPS, the satellite navigation system. Even with all these modern methods of determining longitude, a marine chronometer is also normally carried as a backup.

I like the account of Shackleton’s sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island in a huricane and guaging the height of the sun through thick clouds and hitting their mark deadfrickingon.

-M

]]> By: flux burner http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-585 flux burner Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:37:57 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-585 i'm not sure you need star charts. you just need to know which is the north star (if your in the northern hemisphere). that gets you lattitude, for longitude you need an accurate clock set to gmt. i used to be a pirate. but the health bennifits were week. i’m not sure you need star charts. you just need to know which is the north star (if your in the northern hemisphere). that gets you lattitude, for longitude you need an accurate clock set to gmt.

i used to be a pirate. but the health bennifits were week.

]]> By: Wolfy http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-579 Wolfy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:27:42 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-579 You still need star charts. And those DO become obsolete over time. -M You still need star charts. And those DO become obsolete over time.

-M

]]> By: reedster http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-578 reedster Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:48:45 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-578 Being able to repair it is indeed a beeautiful thing. I was bummed to find out I needed a repair, but I was glad it was steel and could be fixed. Besides, I think I am getting a little more blue to go with my orange, so that's a bonus. You mean to use that old school stuff I have to know my stars and constellations? I better start studying. Being able to repair it is indeed a beeautiful thing. I was bummed to find out I needed a repair, but I was glad it was steel and could be fixed. Besides, I think I am getting a little more blue to go with my orange, so that’s a bonus.

You mean to use that old school stuff I have to know my stars and constellations? I better start studying.

]]> By: japhyrider http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-584 japhyrider Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:03:00 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-584 nothing was wrong with my Vulture, just that 3.5 years of Japhy ridering it has taken a toll on the seat stay-seat tube braze. it's fully repairable - not terminal. just a repair, which is like a scar, a badge, or a milepost. i consider the frame durable goods. it's intended use is abusive XC-1 for a long time. repairs are to be expected, and ain't that the beauty of steel. asfarastheastrolabegoes, the uber rad thing about old school, is it's always gonna work. another 10 years and stem-mount GPS heart rate barometers will be obsolete. or inoperable. as long as the world turns, we'll be able to plot our position and trajectory via Astroman, Venus, Uranus, and The Bacon Strip... now that's worth somethin' nothing was wrong with my Vulture, just that 3.5 years of Japhy ridering it has taken a toll on the seat stay-seat tube braze. it’s fully repairable - not terminal. just a repair, which is like a scar, a badge, or a milepost. i consider the frame durable goods. it’s intended use is abusive XC-1 for a long time. repairs are to be expected, and ain’t that the beauty of steel.

asfarastheastrolabegoes, the uber rad thing about old school, is it’s always gonna work. another 10 years and stem-mount GPS heart rate barometers will be obsolete. or inoperable. as long as the world turns, we’ll be able to plot our position and trajectory via Astroman, Venus, Uranus, and The Bacon Strip… now that’s worth somethin’

]]> By: reedster http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-583 reedster Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:05:06 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-583 What was wrong with the chainstay? My Vulture should be back in my hands tomorrow after getting a repair. I've missed it. I don't know what that tool is, but I remember using a map and compass in my Outward Bound days. It was pretty fun plotting courses on a topo and then trying to follow them. I should probably go do it again. ~R What was wrong with the chainstay? My Vulture should be back in my hands tomorrow after getting a repair. I’ve missed it.

I don’t know what that tool is, but I remember using a map and compass in my Outward Bound days. It was pretty fun plotting courses on a topo and then trying to follow them. I should probably go do it again.

~R

]]> By: Wolfy http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-582 Wolfy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:46:29 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-582 My ability to get lost has never been never hampered by having the proper tools. -M My ability to get lost has never been never hampered by having the proper tools.

-M

]]> By: flux burner http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-581 flux burner Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:46:29 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-581 kids these days. in my day we just got lost, a we liked it! kids these days.

in my day we just got lost, a we liked it!

]]> By: Wolfy http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-580 Wolfy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:09:12 +0000 http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2007/04/26/sweet/#comment-580 Looks like you need to have the Vulture Weld on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnacle" rel="nofollow">Binnacle</a> while he's fixing the chainstay. -M Looks like you need to have the Vulture Weld on a Binnacle while he’s fixing the chainstay.

-M

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