You have no beginning reference and you have no map (you picked the chainsaw). It doesn't say if you have a timepiece or any way to position from Greenwich. You have a compass you haven't disclosed?
You also have no access to Tom Hanks films which may tell you the only way to determine longitude is by a (broken) wristwatch and a radio. You don't need a map, and you don't need a radio, and you don't need Fourier transforms. The Taylor series approximation of sin(x), however, is invaluable (clue) as is a working knowledge of celestial mechanics. The inner teacher in me wants to see you find a way of working this out.
One concession I will make is that if you don't know the date to within six months, you could be in one of two antipodal locations on the earth and not know which.
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Think harder. You can work out both.
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You have no beginning reference and you have no map (you picked the chainsaw). It doesn't say if you have a timepiece or any way to position from Greenwich. You have a compass you haven't disclosed?
I guess you want to use Fourier also?
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You also have no access to Tom Hanks films which may tell you the only way to determine longitude is by a (broken) wristwatch and a radio. You don't need a map, and you don't need a radio, and you don't need Fourier transforms. The Taylor series approximation of sin(x), however, is invaluable (clue) as is a working knowledge of celestial mechanics. The inner teacher in me wants to see you find a way of working this out.
One concession I will make is that if you don't know the date to within six months, you could be in one of two antipodal locations on the earth and not know which.
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You say most of what you do just to annoy me.
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I only provoke because I know if I don't, you'll get in there and provoke me first. :P