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Note that Longitude 140E and 140W are not contugous. If you were travelling around the globe on a line of longitude it would be contiguous with another line of Longitude where the sum of the two Longitudes would be 180. For example, Longitude 140W would be contiguous with longitude 40E {140+40=180}. | Note that Longitude 140E and 140W are not contugous. If you were travelling around the globe on a line of longitude it would be contiguous with another line of Longitude where the sum of the two Longitudes would be 180. For example, Longitude 140W would be contiguous with longitude 40E {140+40=180}. | ||
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| + | [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/?p=123&play=1#comment-20361 In a user comment] the folowing observations were made: | ||
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| + | "The writers should really do a little more research on their subjects. I’m a sailor and can tell you no one - NO ONE - says “They were sailing on the 140th longitude.” | ||
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| + | Jonas implies his parents bought a SatNav before leaving six years ago. The SatNav (a navigational instrument) was made obsolete by the GPS which was available over 10 years ago. No ocean-crossing sailor would buy a SatNav over a GPS. | ||
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| + | Now if the writers meant to say SatPHONE, that would mean they could have made a phone call to anyone in the world. Why on earth would they call a Humboldt County RANGER station? Ranger station? Get real. | ||
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| + | The assumption is that they were halfway to Hawaii (if they were “sailing on the 140th latitude”), so no VHF radio would have covered the distance to Humboldt (it’s a line of sight radio, much like FRS). Any other marine radio would have been picked up by the Coast Guard, not a Ranger station. | ||
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| + | If Jonas’ family was so rich, it’s unlikely they would have been sailing the boat across an ocean themselves in the first place. They would have hired crew, at the very least, and mom probably would have stayed home and flown in when the boat arrived. Shall we even ask why they left their young son at home instead of taking him along? Oh right, because then there wouldn’t be a new character to add." | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 30 November 2006
A line of longitude is a line that goes around the planet from North to South. Here are two hemispheres of the planet showing most Longitude 140 which is mentioned in the Jonas video at Thanksgiving.
Longitude 140W...............................................................................................Longitude 140E........................
Note that Longitude 140E and 140W are not contugous. If you were travelling around the globe on a line of longitude it would be contiguous with another line of Longitude where the sum of the two Longitudes would be 180. For example, Longitude 140W would be contiguous with longitude 40E {140+40=180}.
In a user comment the folowing observations were made:
"The writers should really do a little more research on their subjects. I’m a sailor and can tell you no one - NO ONE - says “They were sailing on the 140th longitude.”
Jonas implies his parents bought a SatNav before leaving six years ago. The SatNav (a navigational instrument) was made obsolete by the GPS which was available over 10 years ago. No ocean-crossing sailor would buy a SatNav over a GPS.
Now if the writers meant to say SatPHONE, that would mean they could have made a phone call to anyone in the world. Why on earth would they call a Humboldt County RANGER station? Ranger station? Get real.
The assumption is that they were halfway to Hawaii (if they were “sailing on the 140th latitude”), so no VHF radio would have covered the distance to Humboldt (it’s a line of sight radio, much like FRS). Any other marine radio would have been picked up by the Coast Guard, not a Ranger station.
If Jonas’ family was so rich, it’s unlikely they would have been sailing the boat across an ocean themselves in the first place. They would have hired crew, at the very least, and mom probably would have stayed home and flown in when the boat arrived. Shall we even ask why they left their young son at home instead of taking him along? Oh right, because then there wouldn’t be a new character to add."
