[3220] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: the verb "taH"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 16 09:27:39 1994
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From: Teodoro Gelabert <teodoro@eden.rutgers.edu>
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 09:23:19 -0500
erich@bush.cs.tamu.edu said:
>The enemy vessel's coordinates are one-oh-four mark negative fifty-two
Not to be nit-picking but we won't arrive at the answer with
mis-information (certainly not implied to be intentional) so....
Coordinates are supplied as locations on an X,Y,Z grid (with the
center of the galaxy being 0,0,0. Bearings are supplied as a point on two
circles. One around the horizontal plane of the the ship and the other around
the vertical plane of the ship (the vert. is said first and the horiz. is
the mark degree).
I don't think either is what is meant by a negative angle. Of course I am
working with Federation techniqes here - who knows what Klingons do for
navigational purposes - though I don't imagine it to be much different.
Personally I think the negative angle thing comes form two dimensional
thinkers (no insult intended). In other words it is an outright mistake.
Most often I have heard it used when a vessel was starting to move with
regards to pitch towards its "underside."
Hope this helps some.
Teddy
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