RE: [Paddlewise] Wasa Bogo?

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 16:19:35 -0500
>> Could anyone define "bogo-knots" for me, or refer me to a site
> with that info?

>From the XTide FAQ:

Q: What are bogo-knots?

A: Way back before I found out that hydraulic current stations generate
results that are actually in units of knots squared, I didn't know what
units they were, so I called them "bogo-knots." Since that time, I have (1)
changed the units in my source data to knots squared, and (2) added
functionality to XTide version 2 to convert these to regular knots.
Therefore, if you are still seeing bogo-knots, then you are definitely using
obsolete data and an obsolete version of XTide, or accessing a web site that
is using obsolete data and an obsolete version of XTide. I am not the
maintainer of any such web sites, and I recommend upgrading to XTide 2,
which will barf all over any harmonics files that still contain
"bogo-knots."

http://www.universe.digex.net/~dave/xtide/faq.html

Woody



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