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Re: Ambiguous names

From Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: Ambiguous names
Date 2026-03-18 10:13 +1100
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References (6 earlier) <n1nr84Fhll6U1@mid.individual.net> <1rs0t3y.glen6ho5d3N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <n1pqeqFr1lvU1@mid.individual.net> <1rs33fy.hvo4utilnmarN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <n1sh2pF9b4tU1@mid.individual.net>

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On 17/03/26 19:18, Hibou wrote:
>
> ¹The core of an IN is a gyro-stabilised platform carrying three
> accelerometers at right angles to each other. By double integrating
> their outputs, one knows how far one has gone and in what direction.
> If one knows where one was, one knows where one is. Equally, if you
> were lost, then you're still lost.

The system theorist in me shudders at the thought of that double
integration. That's an unstable calculation, where small errors mount up
quadratically with time.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-14 07:00 +0000
  Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-14 22:22 -0600
    Re: Ambiguous names Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-03-15 01:09 -0700
      Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-15 15:20 -0600
        Re: Ambiguous names Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-03-15 20:51 -0700
    Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-15 10:07 +0000
      Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 13:13 +0100
        Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-15 13:41 +0000
          Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 20:53 +0100
            Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-15 21:53 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 23:34 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-15 22:40 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 12:00 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 15:13 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 21:08 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 22:28 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-15 17:38 -0600
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 00:14 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 12:00 +0100
              Re: Ambiguous names Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-03-17 09:44 +1100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 23:00 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-03-17 08:55 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 11:36 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-03-17 11:12 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-17 11:53 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-03-17 13:01 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 11:32 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-18 14:03 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 11:34 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-18 14:03 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-18 16:00 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-18 19:48 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 21:03 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-19 01:12 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
            Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-16 07:40 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-16 10:50 -0600
              Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 22:24 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-17 01:51 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-17 06:29 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-18 09:52 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-17 08:18 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-17 19:29 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-03-18 10:13 +1100
                Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-18 06:32 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-18 19:52 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-18 21:41 +0100
    Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 11:09 +0100
    Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-15 20:16 +0000

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