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Old 09-06-2010, 13:41   #1
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Instrument Reliability
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With panaramic (sic) views, large seating area and dining table,separate navigation/computer desk, and full array of electronics many with duplicity,
It brings a whole new take on the need for a sextant

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ROFL just too funny
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Old 09-06-2010, 14:27   #3
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G'day Fishwife,

Whaddya know??? Truth in advertising at last!

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Hmm, the Starship Enterprise perhaps

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Old 09-06-2010, 17:43   #5
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"full array of electronics many with duplicity,"
Headline reads, "CHINESE HACKERS CRASH HUNDREDS OF OIL TANKERS!" ?
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the problem with duplicity is that it often reduces redundancy to mere superfluity.

(we're talking about navigation, right?)
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