rangerssuck wrote:

Y'know, I hear this a lot. Try out this metaphor:
Crazy Captain George is out driving his supertanker full speed towards
an iceberg. The passengers (yes, this supertanker has passengers) say
WTF? and replace Crazy George with Captain Barack. Now, Barack being
no dummy, sees that the ship is in trouble, so he calls for full speed
astern.

The ship creaks and groans as the propellers reverse, churning up
lots of foam.

Now. Does the supertanker immediately run 30 knots in reverse? Of
course not. There's a LOT of momentum in the wrong direction, and it
takes time to change the direction of something so big, no matter how
hard you push.

Well there is the problem, he should have said left hard rudder.

Wes
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When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:18:48 -0400, Wes
wrote:

rangerssuck wrote:

Y'know, I hear this a lot. Try out this metaphor:
Crazy Captain George is out driving his supertanker full speed towards
an iceberg. The passengers (yes, this supertanker has passengers) say
WTF? and replace Crazy George with Captain Barack. Now, Barack being
no dummy, sees that the ship is in trouble, so he calls for full speed
astern.

The ship creaks and groans as the propellers reverse, churning up
lots of foam.

Now. Does the supertanker immediately run 30 knots in reverse? Of
course not. There's a LOT of momentum in the wrong direction, and it
takes time to change the direction of something so big, no matter how
hard you push.

Well there is the problem, he should have said left hard rudder.

Wes


I thought he did? At least that's what I keep reading.
Cheers,

John D. Slocomb
(jdslocombatgmail)