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Topic: Semaphore Code letter of the day

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #120,564

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boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,319,802

hmm, if the arms were clock hands, that could be 7:30.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 23 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,803

@previous (boof)
Good mnemonic device.

boof replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,805

and we reported the clockwise degrees from say, north, we could say 225/180

or as "pieces of eight", 5/4

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 32 seconds later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,806

@previous (boof)
Another zinger!

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,814

@1,319,802 (boof)

But which flag is the hour hand and which is the minute hand?

boof replied with this 1 year ago, 9 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,319,910

@previous (C)
it won't work consistently. there are arrangements in semaphore that don't occur on the clock.
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