tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post7188684796034090779..comments2022-12-04T17:45:18.788+05:30Comments on The Arguments within: Management lesson from the GPS Satellite Navigation SystemManishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707310788082472814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post-57133823248800341882010-03-20T16:57:27.936+05:302010-03-20T16:57:27.936+05:30Regretfully, on the use of logs, you are mistaken,...Regretfully, on the use of logs, you are mistaken, mate.<br /><br />Logarithms were invented by Sir Isaac Newton (16th century circa) to make scientific calculations (esp. related to the movement of heavenly bodies). Use for long by chron and similar navigational applications came about 200 years later (that is also the time when the Grenwich observatory held that famous contest on awarding a prize to the person who could make a clock which would be able to keep time even in heavy seas on a ship - chiefly, as you correctly point out, to calculate long by chron)<br /><br />So you are about 200 years off. I wish I could give us mariners credit for "practical" use of logarithms, but sadly cannot do so.Mandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965251424362668003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post-47097342177432479132010-03-20T16:57:27.935+05:302010-03-20T16:57:27.935+05:30Regretfully, on the use of logs, you are mistaken,...Regretfully, on the use of logs, you are mistaken, mate.<br /><br />Logarithms were invented by Sir Isaac Newton (16th century circa) to make scientific calculations (esp. related to the movement of heavenly bodies). Use for long by chron and similar navigational applications came about 200 years later (that is also the time when the Grenwich observatory held that famous contest on awarding a prize to the person who could make a clock which would be able to keep time even in heavy seas on a ship - chiefly, as you correctly point out, to calculate long by chron)<br /><br />So you are about 200 years off. I wish I could give us mariners credit for "practical" use of logarithms, but sadly cannot do so.Mandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965251424362668003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29771411.post-33203388996613353182009-12-23T15:52:18.808+05:302009-12-23T15:52:18.808+05:30A clever management of these satellite keeps them ...A clever management of these satellite keeps them working in sync all the time. This concept in turn teaches an observer the great lesson that- what and individual cannot achieve independently.<br><a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=117290" rel="nofollow">Mio Navman Spirit S500THF</a>09smithjamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841114215300863414noreply@blogger.com