Paddlewisers, Wanting a good current table example for a sea kayaking course I teach, I accessed the TideX program at <A HREF="http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/nph- tideshow.cgi">Tide/Current Predictor</A> and looked up the current tables for Deception Pass, WA. The tables show biiiiiig numbers and the footnote "Units of estimates are bogo-knots." This is a term I've never found before. Could anyone define "bogo-knots" for me, or refer me to a site with that info? Note: Bogo-knots should not be confused with "Bozo-knots" -- a unit of measure used for gauging the speed of micro-sized kayaks paddled by orange- haired clowns. Thanks again, Harold Tervort So. Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
harold wrote... snip >Note: Bogo-knots should not be confused with "Bozo-knots" -- a unit of >measure used for gauging the speed of micro-sized kayaks paddled by orange- >haired clowns. Sorry Harold, looks like your wrong again, "bogo-knots" are, in fact, "bozo-knots", yep, one-in-the-same. Apparently the colloquial mis-pronunciation stems from the term often being heard through a mouth full of the kayakers staple food, saltines and peanut butter. :) Jim *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>> 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I stand corrected >>> 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." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> 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." > Does this make them square knots? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Duh . . . . So *that's* what a FAQ is. Thanks Woody. I figured it was probably a really dumb thing to ask. One of these days I'll learn how to navigate this machine beyond the Dilbert page. :-) Now, if I could just figure out how to get these saltine crumbs and peanut butter out of the keyboard . . . Harold Chagrined in So. Cal. In a message dated 4/1/99 1:20:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, woodardr_at_tidalwave.net writes: << >> 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." >> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Isnt the bogo knot used to keep the anykey attached to my keyboard?? Scott Not chagrinned just north of Cuba *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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