Ever wonder where you are?

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  • Mr__Bill
    Veteran Member
    • May 2007
    • 2096
    • Tacoma, WA
    • BT3000

    #1

    Ever wonder where you are?



    Click here for a story about a scientist at the Observatoire de Paris who basically invented GPS for interstellar travelers.


    bill, who does not yet need a gps to find his way home from the doughnut shop
  • Shep
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 710
    • Columbus, OH
    • Hitachi C10FL

    #2
    I think I can see my house from here.
    -Justin


    shepardwoodworking.webs.com


    ...you can thank me later.

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    • radhak
      Veteran Member
      • Apr 2006
      • 3061
      • Miramar, FL
      • Right Tilt 3HP Unisaw

      #3
      Thank you, THANK YOU!!!

      Finally I can place myself, and can go home!
      It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
      - Aristotle

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      • mineengineer
        Established Member
        • Feb 2005
        • 113
        • Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
        • BT3000 and BT3100 Frankensaw

        #4
        one question

        Who took the picture?
        Link

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        • Bill Stock
          Established Member
          • Nov 2006
          • 186
          • Canada, Eh!
          • BT3100

          #5
          Originally posted by mineengineer
          Who took the picture?

          Me!

          Be afraid, be very afraid. I'm here to steal all your wood.

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          • Ed62
            The Full Monte
            • Oct 2006
            • 6021
            • NW Indiana
            • BT3K

            #6
            I pretty much always know where I am. Knowing where I'm going is another matter entirely.

            Ed
            Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

            For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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            • BerniePA
              Established Member
              • Nov 2007
              • 377
              • San Tan Valley, AZ
              • Grizzly 0575

              #7
              Well, if that's where I am, somebody point out Texas for some of our Texan friends. Oh, wait a minute, I think I spotted a Trebuchet down to the left there........
              Bernie

              Owww -- That spinnin' thang hurt!!

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              • Uncle Cracker
                The Full Monte
                • May 2007
                • 7091
                • Sunshine State
                • BT3000

                #8
                No matter where you go, there you are...

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                • Richard in Smithville
                  Veteran Member
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 3014
                  • On the TARDIS
                  • BT 3100

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ed62
                  I pretty much always know where I am. Knowing where I'm going is another matter entirely.

                  Ed
                  I just ask my wife.
                  From the "deep south" part of Canada

                  Richard in Smithville

                  http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/

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                  • Uncle Cracker
                    The Full Monte
                    • May 2007
                    • 7091
                    • Sunshine State
                    • BT3000

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Richard in Smithville
                    I just ask my wife.
                    Mine tells me where I'm going without my having to ask...

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