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Old 01-21-2016, 08:00 PM   #16
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Using 3 words to describe a location from a random dictionary of 40000 words does not communicate effectively that an incorrectly delivered package actually is for your neighbor's brother in law who is visiting. Without the decoder it is not very useful. Kind of like the output we got from a piece of software dealing with collision avoidance for satellites. It was based on the difference between the predicted collision event and a starting time in 1970. The output of the software when originally written gave the results in minutes to the nearest thousandth since this date in 1970. You weren't sure if it was today, tomorrow, or next year. I know that 61.17N 149.88W is very close to me and I know 61.17S and 149.88E is not in the same hemisphere without having to look it up.
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