Andy J, post: 455263, member: 44 wrote: Interesting history and discussion! but I'm left wondering .... why? Curiosity.

As [USER=640]@John Hamilton[/USER] posted, mark-to-mark is the best way to archive distances. As [USER=225]@JOHN NOLTON[/USER] said, there are severa...

Nice site. And a nice problem. Keep us updated.

Here's a link with some nice pictures of Antonio (EV3805) and some historical pictures of the baseline measurement. Don't know if this is the OP's sit...

Fascinating concept. The sea level distance, 35,373.21 meters, is the ellipsoidal distance on the Clarke 1866 ellipsoid. This can be duplicated by INV...

Tom Adams, post: 454366, member: 7285 wrote: I follow the "rules of operation" because it is a "rule". However it is not real math logic. Like a leg...

The algorithm for calculating dynamic height is here: It's better to calculate in the metric system and then convert to feet at the end. Doing that g...

Orion always rises due east. PK nails, on the other hand, can rise in any direction from any surface at any time.

That's a lonely monument. The data sheet coordinates were scaled from a map and published to the nearest second. Compared to the recovery coordinates,...

As Kenny Rogers said ..... [MEDIA=youtube]Jj4nJ1YEAp4[/MEDIA]

An easy way to see the probabilities is to play the game. Here is one simulator (there are many others) that can generate lots of plays in a short tim...

[USER=87]@Bill93[/USER] has it right. The initial pick is wrong 2/3 of the time and Monte's subsequent offer does not change that.Dave asked which cho...

Gene Kooper, post: 448966, member: 9850 wrote: Hmmm....all these years I thought the clich??s were, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." and "Facts...

Information is in the eye of the beholder.