"Capt.American" wrote:

"Simple Simon" wrote
It's pretty much a waste of time anymore.

No Sailor can call himself a unlimited master without it.

Agreed, with an emphasis on "unlimited". ....

Have you no sence of self reliability?
No pride in doing something on your own?
Or have you become a dependant of the system?

*Everybody* is dependent on "the system" to one degree or another. The
only pride to be had is in being *slightly* less dependent than the dude
next door.


If the GPS system ever goes down, any person with Celestial navigation
experience will be worth his weight in gold.

But it will never go down. If the Yellowstone Caldera pops or the
recently reported astroid hits, wiping out all life on Earth, GPS
satellites will keep chirping away. http://www.trimble.com/gps/