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["Jones, Jack (AZ75)" <jack.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He's just basically giving a tongue-in-cheeky statement there, that he's
just eyeballing it. That's the method I mostly use when I'm writing a
description although I'm not doing the "rigorous" math. My field of view on
my 9 Nag is 24', so I should be breaking it up into four quarters of 6'
bites, then break up the 6' into individual minutes. Cool! Consider that
stolen too!

Jack

> 
> > Bill and Thad have described more rigorous methods, but it 
> is usually
> > sufficient to just use fractions.
> 
> Tom, et al,
> 
> I realize that this is another method to accomplish this, but 
> I have to
> comment on the above comment. (!)
> Taking a template, placing it on a sketch (Well, OK, you got 
> me, sketching
> is rigorous...), and using a pencil to draw a line from that 
> template is
> really not all that rigorous.  It takes all of say, 3 
> seconds, 5 if I have
> to find the right template.  I'm not claiming that this mothod is
> easier/better/superior, just that it isn't rigorous. (If 
> you're already
> doing the sketch that is...)
> 
> At any rate, it's all about the observer and what works for them.
> Obviously, there is no "one-size-fits-all" method, just what 
> works in each
> individual case.
> 
> Thad
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