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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (94509)	1/10/2005 11:02:22 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 793800

Thanks! Since the Pacific (or more specifically, the "under" side of it) is so vast, I would imagine that some parts are better mapped than others? Story says "about 350 miles south of Guam". "Near" Guam is probably well-mapped since we've been around there so long, but perhaps 350 miles out may not be? Or is 350 miles "close" in the relative sense, as in the maps are accurate to "xxx" miles out, which may be 500 miles or only 150? I'm trying to get a sense of what expectations are on the Capt. I guess the expectation is that he's never supposed to run into anything at all, anywhere, ever. Certainly desirable given the cost of boat and crew. <g> Does it work something like ... within xxx radius, he has a 95% chance of being right, but xxx + yyy his probability goes down to, say, 50%? Or are there certain designated areas (regardless of radius) that should always be correct and he just shouldn't ever be outside those designated paths?