Chapter 912: Can't Be Provoked (640 votes plus more)
Through the charts and information provided by the Guò Rada, Hong Tao also came to a preliminary conclusion that the devil of Bermuda's Devil's Triangle is mainly reflected in its climate change. The high and low pressure zones here are very messy, and sometimes there are several high-pressure and low-pressure bands staggered. This requires the captain or pilot to always pay attention to the climate change in front of the course, and to stay slightly closer to the center if there is no way to avoid the high pressure zone, and as far away from the center as possible if the low pressure zone cannot be avoided. These two choices must not be confused, then it will really become a disaster, and you should send it to the door to find the wind blowing.
Why should the high-pressure zone be as close to the central area as possible, and the low-pressure zone should avoid the central area? This is a matter of common sense in meteorology. The movement of air currents in both high-pressure and low-pressure zones has a fixed pattern, and they are affected by the rotation of the Earth. The airflow in the high-pressure zone diverges outward in a spiral shape, while the airflow in the low-pressure zone converges inward in a spiral shape. In the Northern Hemisphere, the direction of rotation of the high-pressure zone must be clockwise, the direction of rotation of the low-pressure zone must be counterclockwise, and in the Southern Hemisphere they are in the opposite direction. This manifestation is called the Coriolisforce, or Coriolis force principle for short. We won't discuss the specific content, although Hong Tao is already Hong Taostan, but it's not all Meng.
But we can prove the principle of Coriolis at home, and everyone should be able to access the washbasin and bathtub, right? You fill them with water, and then open the drain plug, and look closely at the direction of the whirlpool, if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. The vortex must rotate counterclockwise, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. The whirlpool must rotate clockwise, and those who don't believe it can try it for themselves.
It is precisely because of this Coriolis force. Therefore, the higher the pressure belt goes, the lower the wind, and sometimes the sailboat has to find the edge of these high pressure belts to get enough wind power, while the low pressure belt is the more wind blows towards the central area, don't get too close, otherwise when you want to run, you may not be able to run out.
In Bermuda's Devil's Triangle, in addition to these high and low pressure air currents are a little chaotic, there is another tornado that has a great impact on navigation. This tornado came very suddenly. It often takes a few hours or a dozen hours to form. The big one will affect a radius of dozens of kilometers, and it can suck the seawater to a height of thousands of meters, and then run a distance of hundreds of kilometers with it.
Another important factor is the ocean currents, the current in the Florida Strait is very strong, it hides just a few hundred meters underwater, and can reach speeds of 5 or 6 kilometers per hour. Many shipwrecks are estimated to have been carried by these currents and I don't know which part of the Atlantic Ocean they were sent to, so there is really nowhere to find them!
As for the legendary magnetic anomalies affecting navigation, ionizing clouds affecting communications, mysterious rays and the like. Hong Tao stayed up all night and didn't notice anything. There is nothing abnormal about the electronic compass, shortwave communication and GPS equipment on the ship, and the direction should be correct, because Hong Tao has calculated several times in the way of constellations. The course is no problem. As for communication, it's even more of a problem, he has been talking to the United States, Canada, and China for the past few days. Except for the stubborn problem of very strict delays in maritime telephones, it has not been affected in the slightest.
Hong Tao also heard Eliza talk about aliens. It is said that an American pilot or captain has encountered aliens in this area. Hong Tao was so happy, he couldn't wait for the aliens to be taken away. You can also see what aliens are like. At that time, Hong Tao plans to talk to them about the conditions first, and see if he can let himself marry an alien daughter-in-law first, and after two years of having an alien child, he will use himself as an experiment. If they don't agree, then they will commit suicide, maybe they can be reborn again, and then they will even see aliens, isn't this Niu X to the sky!
It's a pity that the aliens have been on vacation these days, and they haven't even seen an alien dog, Hong Tao's eyes are dark, and the last thing he sees are the dolphins chasing the bow of the boat all day. They weren't too tired, and they just scurried through the water at the bow of the boat, as if they were racing against the boat. Once the sailboat approaches the island or the mainland, these thieves, robbers, and environmental polluters will come every second, pooping on your sails and decks, and stealing and stealing some of your little things by the way.
However, their appearance also means one thing, that is, the destination is almost here, so even if Hong Tao hates them to the core, he still can't bear to take out a big sniper to fire at them, not only can't take it, but also have to hide and lock these weapons and ammunition.
At noon on August 12th, the Crazy Mouse III finally entered the Mia Codehead, but none of the four people went ashore to hang out, but took advantage of the time to replenish water and refuel, hurriedly purchased some fruits and vegetables at the supermarket outside the dock, and only stayed for an hour and a half, and left in a hurry before the local media could react. As for where they will go next, only a trace can be found on the homepage of Crazy Mouse, which has a brief message from Hong Tao at the dock post office: See you in New York!
The flight from Miami to New York was not far, just over 1,600 kilometers, but the Crazy Mouse III ran for 8 days, and the reason was the headwind, all the way to the headwind. The sailboat is not afraid of the headwind, but the headwind will increase the distance traveled by the sailboat, and it must take a Z-shaped course, using the method of taking turns on both sides to eat the wind, turning the headwind into a crosswind. Although the speed did not drop too much, the frequent changes in the sail angle made everyone on board exhausted, and they had to stop for two nights to rest.
The reason why Hong Tao wanted to rush to New York so desperately was mainly because Tan Jing told him on the phone, and the president of Microsoft was angry, he was very dissatisfied with Aigo's practice of stepping on two ships, and he had officially expressed his dissatisfaction to Tan Jing, and he wanted to withdraw the observer qualification of Aigo and Microsoft on the USB pretext agreement signed before. To put it bluntly, Bill is full of envy and jealousy of the Netscape Navigator browser, because his windows95 is about to be released, although a huge amount of promotion money has been invested, but there is obviously a big flaw in it, that is, there is no browser suitable for browsing the web.
Microsoft was actually aware of this problem before the release of Windows 95, but Netscape was growing so fast that no one expected that a small company that started with a few million dollars would be able to successfully pass the listing review in just over a year. What I didn't expect was that it took only one day after the listing to reach a market value of $2.2 billion, which became a myth in the nascent industry of the Internet.
The Wall Street Journal, which has witnessed the development of mankind in the past century, gave Anderson and Clark a big photo on the front page, and wrote a sentence underneath: It took General Motors 43 years to increase its market value to $2.7 billion, and it only took them one day!
Although the Internet has been in people's lives for several years, most people are not aware of its enormous value, including most of Wall Street's elite. But the success of Netscape just reminds them not to focus on those traditional industries, the emerging industry of the Internet is full of gold, it depends on whether you can find it. Obviously, someone has already found it, and it is a huge piece of dog's head gold, which is difficult not to envy and hate.
Of course, Bill didn't hate Hong Tao because he made money, what made Bill angry was that the Netscape communication that Hong Tao invested and supported happened to block the road to the global domination of Microsoft's Windows system, forcing Microsoft to invest huge sums of money to accelerate the development of their own browser software. This disrupted Bill's deployment a bit, and according to his habit, he should buy whoever has the best software. However, the current browser market is almost monopolized by Netscape Communications, and it has also been successfully listed, and then wants to acquire Netscape Communications, Bill is a little painful, and the price is too great. And the mastermind behind this qiē seems to be the big rat Hong Tao! He stole the benefits that originally belonged to Microsoft from Microsoft's mouth, no matter what others thought, anyway, Bill thought so.
If others are angry, Hong Tao may not pay much attention to it, be angry, it's good to be angry, and there is one less person on the earth to grab resources with himself! But Bill is angry, Hong Tao really doesn't dare to brag about this bull X. Although he became a well-known investment star in the United States and even the world overnight, compared with the behemoth of Microsoft, he is still a bit small, and it is difficult to take advantage of it.
Hong Tao is also reluctant to fight hard with Microsoft, he doesn't hate this company too much, although its style is more domineering, but it has also made outstanding contributions to mankind. Hong Tao still has a respectful attitude towards people who are really stronger than himself, no matter whether they are arrogant and domineering, as long as they don't have to be on himself, he will not be hostile. Of course, it's impossible to become friends, and two people with similar styles and temperaments can never get too close, because they have too many and too long thorns on their bodies, and if they stick together, they will hurt each other, even if they don't mean to.
So Hong Tao made a phone call to Bill, and now he is qualified to be an equal with Bill and talk to him on an equal footing. On the phone, he didn't explain much, mainly because it was troublesome to chat with this maritime phone. He just told Bill about his itinerary and asked Bill to see if they were going to meet in New York or to go back to the West Coast on his own. As for the issue of Netscape Communications, Hong Taojian still met and discussed.
For Hong Tao's objective reasons, Bill still understands and knows that he has been floating on the sea, and this cannot be faked. Bill is not a man with a small belly, and given that Hong Tao has a perfect reason, he said that he will meet with Hong Tao in New York, and after the two have talked, he will decide whether to retaliate against Aigo's actions. (To be continued......)