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Let me be the 43,297th person to say:
The writers on LOST completely do not grok the concept of triangulation.
You don't need three sites. You need two. And you don't find out if the object is inside the triangle, you create a triangle formed by the two sites and the emitter.
I am Daniel's Lost screencap.
How very Fight Club.
Can you delete it, Daniel?
Yes, I just did.
Was I the only one who thought, "Mmmm. Heroin-smoked barbecue"?
Was I the only one who shouted, "Inhale!"
The writers on LOST completely do not grok the concept of triangulation.
You don't need three sites. You need two. And you don't find out if the object is inside the triangle, you create a triangle formed by the two sites and the emitter.
I didn't know that, Betsy. Thanks. I think they did it the Literal Way in Reign of Fire as well.
The writers on LOST completely do not grok the concept of triangulation.
You know, Betsy, I didn't even stop to think about that, but you're right. It's how a number of different forms of navigation work, Loran being one that comes to mind since my cousin was a Coastie.
Well, I know we have some real engineers around here; I'm just a half-assed CS major.
Was I the only one who shouted, "Inhale!"
Go Smackhead!Betsy!
