guys, you can argue idiocy all you want,

Is that particularly different than arguing with an idiot?

but it does not change the fact that
"dead" as used the context of navigation is incorrect usage as to what the
word
"dead" means.

With all that hogwash, you must own some very clean pigs. The meaning of any
word is what it is commonly understood to communicate. Nearly all naigators use
the term "dead reckoning" and understand what it means. Parsing the word "dead"
is a useful exercise only for NG trolls and those of us stupid enough to
respond to them.