Tony Moss wrote: > Fernando Cabral wrote: > > >At first it came as a suprise to find that different > >compasses will show completely different readings. 2, 3, 5 or even 10 degrees > >east or west are quite common. > > In my collection of oddities I have a small compass that may have been > repaired or assembled incorrectly - whatever the cause it points the > wrong way! > > Or was it made for the Southern hemisphere? :-)
Or perhaps it was built to be used with a mirror? :-) - fernando > Alongside it is a hand-calibrated precision rule from a combination set > by Starrett, a world-famous maker, with one edge calibrated "10 20 30 > 40 60 50 70 ..." Many engineering disasters resulted before someone > spotted it. > Could this explain the sinking of the Titanic? :-)It is said that due to the bug of millenium compasses will be off by one century; the sun will rise at Azimuth 270 and set at 90; magnetic North will become Magnetic South at 0 h 0 m 0 s Jan 1, 2000; Every electro, electronic and atomic clock and watch will stop working and people will try to buy sundials of any size or make... just to find they show the time backwards; EOT will have to be recalculated or else you could use any almanac printed for the 1900's ... In Paris and Munich clouds of mosquitos will render the sundials unuseable. I'll not give the list of penalties we are doomed to because of software failure in the Y2K. I know things like woman becoming pregnant just because they see a condom on the TV screen; yellow fever will killing half of the world population; rats and snakes taking New York by assault; sharks swimming in the streets of Rome searching for food... these are all off-topic issues so inappropriate to the discussed here. :-) - fernando > Tony Moss -- Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fone: +55 61 321-2433 Fax: +55 61 225-3082 15º 45' 04.9" S 47º 49' 58.6" W 19º 37' 57.0" S 45º 17' 13.6" W
