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« on: December 30, 2008, 07:38:28 PM » |
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Ok, not just Jack Bauer. He is just the first tv and movie hero that springs to mind when thinking of this.
Almost every tv show these days has a chase scene where the star says something along the lines of "I am heading north east........." or "Get a team into position in the south west stair well".
I can understand if the person giving this information is looking at a global positioning device, cell phone with a fancy gadget built in or even a good old fashioned compass. Without a second thought, the character being given the order gesticulates at his minions to move into position. How the heck does he know what direction south west is after just coming out of a building?
Do they look at the moon or sun without me noticing?
Do you know the direction you are currently facing or are you like me and head through life without the slightest clue of your global position?
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kinboshi
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 07:39:20 PM » |
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I'm heading nowhere.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2008, 07:40:30 PM » |
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coz hes Jack fkin Bauer.
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celtic
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2008, 07:41:53 PM » |
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err cos it says so on the script he learns maybe?
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Sark79
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2008, 07:42:31 PM » |
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coz hes Jack fkin Bauer.
Good point. In a similar way to James Bond, he can do everything . |
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Sark79
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2008, 07:46:21 PM » |
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err cos it says so on the script he learns maybe?
I don't understand. Isn't he a real guy? This is like 2003 when I learned Santa was a fake . Ok, my point is that surely this is humanly impossible to know your direction without electronic help. I know sailors used star chats and the sun before electronics, but Bauer doesn't do that, lol |
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2008, 07:49:12 PM » |
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err cos it says so on the script he learns maybe?
I don't understand. Isn't he a real guy? This is like 2003 when I learned Santa was a fake . Ok, my point is that surely this is humanly impossible to know your direction without electronic help. I know sailors used star chats and the sun before electronics, but Bauer doesn't do that, lol its not humanly impossible. if you have a rough idea of the area you are in then you can work out which way is which quite easily. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2008, 07:56:29 PM » |
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For us rough and ready types we always know our bearings, its a second nature thing
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2008, 07:58:42 PM » |
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If you know the time of day and you know where the sun is, you can have a fairly accurate guess
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kinboshi
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2008, 08:04:42 PM » |
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He might have got a watch with a built-in compass for xmas from his lovely daughter?
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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2008, 08:06:15 PM » |
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I'm just watching star trek voyager and can't understand why the borg gave 7of9 huge t*ts  |
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2008, 08:09:21 PM » |
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she was borg?? I never looked above her tits tbh
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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2008, 08:26:05 PM » |
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dont know how you missed it
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2008, 08:26:20 PM » |
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don't most cars in the US have a little indicator thingy on the rear-view mirror which says which displays the direction you're going in?
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2008, 08:36:16 PM » |
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7of9 is my favorite alien. I also like Commander T'Pol from Enterprise, she is high up on my favorite alien list as well.
I wasn't aware that US cars had that Claire. I wonder why we don't have a similar thing. Inspector Morse would have been better if he could give directions 24 style
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