Captain of the ship

Uncertainties always combine according to equations like 6.28 even if the quantities are subtracted (i.e., the squares of the uncertainties are always added). This is why a calculation that eventuates in the subtraction of two large numbers of nearly equal magnitude (e.g., weighing the captain of the ship by weighing the ship with the captain on board and subtracting the mass of the ship when the captain is not on board), is notoriously beset by large uncertainty. 

Seton emerges into history briefly in 1601, when he rescued the crew of a Dutch ship foundering off the coast of Scotland. He visited the captain of the ship in Holland the following year, and performed a transmutation for him. Seton then became something of an alchemical missionary, and travelled through Europe demonstrating his powers — often in public — to anyone who took an interest. He was imprisoned by Christian II, Elector of Saxony, and was... 

It was widely reported that the captain of the ship was intoxicated. Although he had indeed been drinking before the ship sailed, at the time of the accident he was asleep in his cabin. Therefore, his condition did not contribute directly to the event except that he allowed subordinate officers to be in charge of the ship. 

An analogy that is frequently drawn in Japan is that an organisation s investment in inventory is like a large, deep lake (see Figure 5.11). Well below the surface of this lake are numerous jagged rocks, but because of the depth of the water, the captain of the ship need have no fear of striking one of them. 

The comparison with business is simple the depth of the water in the lake represents inventory and the rocks represent problems. These problems might include such things as inaccurate forecasts, unreliable suppliers, quality problems, bottlenecks, industrial relations problems and so on. The Japanese philosophy is that inventory merely hides the problems. Their view is that the level of water in the lake should be reduced (say to level B in Figure 5.11). Now the captain of the ship is forced to confront the problems - they cannot be avoided. In the same way if inventory is reduced then management must grasp the various nettles of forecast inaccuracy, unreliable suppliers and so on. 

Whatever the ethical and psychological outcomes for the team, from a legal standpoint, under the "captain of the ship" doctrine,... 

The Captain of the ship was misinformed about the nature of the firing scheduled for center gun, Turret II. He was told that the gun would fire a reduced charge versus an unauthorized projectile/propellant combination. 

Doughnuts are made in many shapes but the ring shape has acquired some folklore. It is said that a ship s captain had them made like this to allow them to be put on the spokes of the ship s wheel. There is a more prosaic explanation. If the product is fried the heat can only travel slowly through the product because it is a poor conductor of heat. The hole in the middle prevents a situation where the outside becomes over cooked before the middle is cooked. 

My very first sea voyage was in a small merchant vessel out of New York called the Alba. I was only twelve years old at the time, and full of dreams of boundless adventure upon the high seas. I was to serve as the ship s boy. I was given the post by my Uncle Joseph, the weath-(V ered old captain of the Alba who uttered few words, choosing to speak... 

Figure 18. Two rocket ships are at rest. Then one ship, the Traveler, starts its rockets and travels at the speed of 0.1c to a star one lightyear away, turns, and comes back. During the travel both ships produce flashes at exactly one flash per second. The traveler (the Traveler s captain) counts the flashes from the other ship, the Rester, and finds the frequency to be lower during the first 10 years and higher during the other 10. However, the captain of the other ship, the Rester, finds the Traveler s flash frequency to be lower during 11 years and higher during only 9 years. They have counted different numbers of flashes, as if the Traveler s time went slower.

The blue flame cloaking Mauer dribbled away as the last of the ship-suit was consumed. With a simple wave of his hand, Quinn healed the captain s bums, restoring skin, nails, hair to their former state. Mauer became a picture of vitality. 

Component interaction accidents can usually be explained in terms of incorrect process models. For example, the Mars Polar Lander software thought the spacecraft had landed and issued a control instruction to shut down the descent engines. The captain of the Herald of Free Enterprise thought the ferry doors were closed and ordered the ship to leave the mooring. The pilots in the Cali Colombia B757 crash thought R was the symbol denoting the radio beacon near Cali. 

He ordered the captain, Pedro Sarmiento, to undertake the responsibility of this voyage of discovery with the title of Superior Captain of both ships and Pedro Sarmiento, to serve His Majesty, accepted it, notwithstanding many things which might have made him decline. But as his habit always was to risk his life in the service of his King and natural Lord, it was not for him to turn back nor excuse himself, for fear of death nor of the dangers that were notorious, nor because it was a service from which all others turned away. Rather, he offered himself the more willingly to the service of God and of your Majesty, so that if his deeds should equal his will your Majesty will be certainly well served. 

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