On 10 Sep 2004 04:14:24 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

dood, you are drunken idiot exposing yourself to little boys. go away.

Don't you ever tire of relating "The Life of JAX"? I mean, those
Speedos...talk about exposure.

We have achieved faith-based science,
faith-based economics, faith-based law
enforcement, and faith-based missile
defense.
What's next? Faith-based air traffic control?

With 85% of the Air Traffic Controllers being able to retire by 2006 and
very few being trained you might just have to have a lot of 'Faith' to fly
soon.

Hired right after the strike, retired the first day I was able. 21 years, 1
month, 10 days of experience out the door. My old area 1 year ago had 7
crews with 7 controllers on each, today they have 7 crews now the 5 or less
controllers on each. And it is not over yet, three more retire before the
end of the year I am told. That is a 46% reduction in workforce over 18
months.

as a pilot long ago, I never thought diddly squat of ATC people.

As a member of EAA, never met another pilot who felt any better of ATC people.

I was on the grounds of the EAA International Convention when President Regan
announced the firing of all ATC controlers. 100,000 pilots at the convention
cheered.

being an ATC controller takes no skill and damned little training. 18 year old
boys in the military just 10 months out of high school study hall do the job.

With 85% of the Air Traffic Controllers being able to retire by 2006 and
very few being trained you might just have to have a lot of 'Faith' to fly
soon.

Hired right after the strike, retired the first day I was able. 21 years, 1
month, 10 days of experience out the door. My old area 1 year ago had 7
crews with 7 controllers on each, today they have 7 crews now the 5 or less
controllers on each. And it is not over yet, three more retire before the
end of the year I am told. That is a 46% reduction in workforce over 18
months.

In article , JAXAshby wrote:
remember, the term entered this thread when some fraud claiming to be
a college professor totally misused the word.

Please do not call me a fraud. If you have any doubts about my identity,
just send an email to and ask for
confirmation.

I am quite astonished how a little comment by me created such a huge
subthread. Please pardon me for having distracted you from the original
topic of this thread with an obvious but not very helpful observation.
The speed is asymptotic simply because it cannot reach infinity and the
function that gives the speed in dependence of the power is assumed to
be monotonously increasing. We all know about c, the speed of light,
do we? I have never said that the hull speed would be that upper limit.

I made my point because the observation ``more power = more speed''
by Terry Spragg does not tell much as long as we do not know whether it
is asymptotic and, if yes, where the limit is. Or in other words: The
statement ``more power = more speed'' does not contradict the popular
(but incorrect) belief that the hull speed could be that limit.

Andreas.

--
Dr. Andreas F. Borchert, SAI, Universitaet Ulm | Habe Mut, dich deines
Helmholtzstrasse 18, E02, Tel +49 731 50-23572 | eigenen Verstandes zu
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/sai/borchert/ | bedienen! -- I. Kant

Subject: fuel use for sailboats
From: (Andreas Borchert)
Date: 09/20/2004 11:48 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

In article , JAXAshby wrote:
remember, the term entered this thread when some fraud claiming to be
a college professor totally misused the word.

Please do not call me a fraud. If you have any doubts about my identity,
just send an email to and ask for
c

Jax (here after referred to as Doodles) calls everyone a fraud .... to begin
with.
One learns quickly when dealing with Doodles, to take most of what he says as
the ramblings of a "Wannabe" who still hasn't decided what exactly he
"Wannabe".
For instance .... he still thinks that planes and boats react the same and that
the FAA is the only authority on navigation and all things "boating".
Doodles is the guy you'll see coming into an anchorage with his wireless
computer on his lap doing a "google" search for the Physics of tidal
computations versus proper catenary for various chain sizes, versus boat
displacement under given wind conditions using three strand or plaid line of
nylon or dacron poly of so many feet versus so many feet of chain with a
Fortress, Danforth, Navy standard, etc. anchor...... who ends up beaching,
cause he forgot to steer by compass (and we all know what Doodles thinks of
compasses) and couldn't trust his 4 GPS and two DGPS.

Shen

Shen44 wrote:
Jax (here after referred to as Doodles) calls everyone a fraud .... to begin
with.

Yeah, calling other people names seems to be all he's good for.

Doodles is the guy you'll see coming into an anchorage with his wireless
computer on his lap doing a "google" search for the Physics of tidal
computations

Nah, he's the kind that never goes anywhere because he's too busy
sneering other peoples boats & skills. As far as can be determined,
Jaxxie went sailing once on somebody elses boat, on a calm afternoon,
and didn't like it much.

DSK

andreas, you are indeed a fraud, as you so convincingly show below.

The speed is asymptotic simply because it cannot reach infinity and the
function that gives the speed in dependence of the power is assumed to
be monotonously increasing. We all know about c, the speed of light,
do we? I have never said that the hull speed would be that upper limit.

I made my point because the observation ``more power = more speed''
by Terry Spragg does not tell much as long as we do not know whether it
is asymptotic and, if yes, where the limit is. Or in other words: The
statement ``more power = more speed'' does not contradict the popular
(but incorrect) belief that the hull speed could be that limit.

Andreas.

--
Dr. Andreas F. Borchert, SAI, Universitaet Ulm | Habe Mut, dich deines
Helmholtzstrasse 18, E02, Tel +49 731 50-23572 | eigenen Verstandes zu
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/sai/borchert/ | bedienen! -- I. Kant

"DSK" wrote in message
...
|
| Nah, he's the kind that never goes anywhere because he's too busy
| sneering other peoples boats & skills. As far as can be determined,
| Jaxxie went sailing once on somebody elses boat, on a calm afternoon,
| and didn't like it much.

Nah, he's a liveaboard on an old Westsail 32 that leaks and the only
bluewater he has seen is either sailing magazines or movies!

Nah, he's a liveaboard on an old Westsail 32 that leaks and the only
bluewater he has seen is either sailing magazines or movies!

I have been on just two Westsails in my life, and each time was at the request
of a friend who was thinking of buying one. I really am not all that
interested in them, but if I were I think the Kendall-Westsail is a much better
looking boat.

I first saw bluewater as a young professional killer on my way to Viet Nam. I
was last on bluewater five weeks ago.

Jax who asked about your porta-pottie

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Nah, he's a liveaboard on an old Westsail 32 that leaks and the only
bluewater he has seen is either sailing magazines or movies!

I have been on just two Westsails in my life, and each time was at the
request
of a friend who was thinking of buying one. I really am not all that
interested in them, but if I were I think the Kendall-Westsail is a much
better
looking boat.

I first saw bluewater as a young professional killer on my way to Viet
Nam. I
was last on bluewater five weeks ago.