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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:18:16 +0000
Subject: Re: Method default argument whose type is the class not yet defined
From: Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com>
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On 12 November 2012 01:10, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 12/11/2012 00:31, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Plain wrong. Vectors are not defined *from any origin*.
>>
>
> So when the Captain says "full speed ahead, steer 245 degrees", you haven't
> the faintest idea where you're going, because you have no origin?

As Steve has just explained, the origin has nothing to do with the
orientation of the coordinate system.

But then I'm assuming you meant that 245 degrees was a bearing
relative to North. Was it supposed to be relative to my current angle?
Truthfully I wouldn't know what to do without asking the captain a
couple more questions.


Oscar