Chapter 185: The Golden Cicada is a younger brother when it comes out of its shell
The lights of the entire city are on, and the hard skyline is hidden in the lights.
The high-rise buildings in the business district look like square cages woven out of light from afar, and a wide lake in the distance, adjacent to the lake, the elevated road is full of traffic, and the headlights are dusty.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Matthew felt that every bit of light in this stream of light was a living firefly, bound by this curved, slender elevated road, and could only rush forward to find an exit.
He wondered where his exit was, the goose that was struggling desperately.
After watching Bi Fang's live broadcast in the afternoon, Matthew's mind was full of the impulsive idea of going to nature to adventure, that is, the intestines twisted together after the onset of ascariasis, once the pain started, it couldn't stop.
Matthew looked at the city at his feet, took a deep breath, and looked at the city under the night sky, as if he was facing a cliff, feeling dangerous and light, like a bird flying high by the wind.
He was free here, enjoying the wind, the skylight, and the different smells of the city, sometimes irises, sometimes leaves, sometimes the sweet smell of oranges sold in the street below.
However, it always seems that something is missing, Matthew remembers the time when he was a war correspondent, every day is terrified, the first action when he opens his eyes is to touch his chest, to see if there is still flesh and blood beating inside, although it is dangerous, but he can clearly feel that he is still alive.
And now, going to work, clocking in, clocking in, clocking in, life is like a pool of stagnant water, without the slightest wave.
My heart was empty, as if I would make a hollow sound when I knocked on my chest.
"Hurry, you slackers! We are the most professional newspapers, and I want to see you all printed and show up at every newsstand by the wee hours of tonight! β
Fitz pulled on his tie and walked up to Matthew to enjoy the night view with him: "Matthew, you are such a genius, no one knows the news better than you, this is definitely the most touching deed of this month, it has been pushed on the webpage, and the paper has been printed, and it can be delivered to everyone's home early tomorrow morning." β
"Fitz, I want to resign."
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Fitz felt that he might have gone too long, that something was wrong with his ears, or that he was not in front of Matthew, but some alien with a different skin.
"I said I wanted to resign."
Now Fitz was sure he heard clearly, and he was dumbfounded: "Are you sick?" Are you kidding? Look at you now, you've made a name for yourself, and now say you're going to resign? I'm sorry, but if Matthew you are serious, then I suggest you see a doctor! β
"That's what I said." Matthew laughed, "Maybe I'll forget about it early tomorrow morning." β
"I hope so."
On the elevated road, a car pulls out of the exit and slowly stops at the lake.
Johnny opened the car door, stepped down and lit a cigarette, then shouted to his co-pilot colleague, "You can drive, I'll sleep first." β
Andrew had also been driving for a day and was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, but he looked at the smoky Johnny and coughed twice.
"I think it's better to forget it, now go back and tell them that we made a mistake in the report, and approve their permission, so that they won't continue to investigate, isn't it just a flock of birds, and let them move."
Andrew had reminded Johnny when he wanted to fool him with the report that it wasn't the first time Johnny had done this kind of thing, but no one expected that things would develop to this point, and almost everyone knew about it.
In the past, even if they were fooled with fake reports, no one would look for trouble, and even some people thought that the test was not up to standard, and took the initiative to spend money to get a qualified report.
Over time, no one will be uncomfortable with this, but this time it is really big, not only Johnny may have an accident, but even Andrew himself may not get out.
As a censorship agency, it was revealed that the report issued was false, and no one dared to imagine the consequences of this incident, even Johnny's father couldn't protect him, and he would definitely go in.
Johnny didn't respond, the cigarette in his hand was visibly shortened, and the dark car burned with a ghostly spark.
Seeing that Johnny didn't respond, Andrew gradually complained: "I warned you before, it's not good, but you never listened, if you listened to my ...... at that time"
"Enough!" Johnny roared, the long soot snapped off and fell straight on the blanket and shattered, "Let you drive and you'll drive!" β
"You're going to be okay if something happens to me? Don't think about it! None of you can escape, now all you have to do is drive, drive, drive! Then go after them, catch them, and shoot the damn geese all the fucking dead! β
Johnny finished his cigarette in one gulp, threw the butt of the cigarette on the mat of the car, and stomped it out.
Andrew's fingers on the steering wheel turned white, and without saying a word, he twisted the key to start the engine, turned the car around, and drove onto the viaduct again.
Like fireflies, they rushed forward, looking for an exit.
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[Stars can also measure latitude and longitude? γ
[Isn't it, so exaggerated? Stargazing at night, contemporary Zhuge ? γ
[It's awesome, this big night, can there be a shadow on the stick on the ground? ] γ
"Not with shadows, have you ever heard of the sextant? This is an optical instrument used to measure the angle between two distant targets, and the principle was first proposed by Newton. β
"In the field, we can simply make a sextant and use it to measure latitude and longitude, all we need is a night when we can see the North Star, a piece of paper, a thread and a pebble."
Bi Fang fixed the crossbar of the plane and began to operate, he first took out a piece of paper, then used a pen as a radius, drew a quarter circle in one corner, and then carefully tore along the edge to get a quarter round piece of paper.
Bi Fang then carefully marked the scale on it, dividing it into two and marking it with 45 degrees.
"The accuracy of the scale marking is related to the accuracy of the sextant, the higher the accuracy, the more accurate our positioning, here we can use the dichotomy, and then mark the rest of the scales little by little."
After marking the scale, Bi Fang found a small pebble out of nowhere, tied it with one end of the thread, and pressed the other end on the center of the circle.
"We will naturally hang down the arc of the disc, and the center of the circle will be aimed at the North Star."
Bi Fang aimed at the North Star, allowing the stone to droop naturally, and the taut rope naturally showed a scale.
"At this time, the altitude of the celestial body and the latitude of your location have actually come out, note, you can only use the North Star here, and you can't calculate the latitude if you measure the sun with this method, because the height of the sun changes throughout the year, and with the height and latitude of the celestial body, the longitude is naturally the same as before, which is very simple."
Bi Fang knew that there was an error in this method, but it was enough to determine the general direction.
[Very ...... Simple? γ
[, how do I feel familiar when you do this, it's a bit like the plot in the movie where Stallone escaped from prison, and it seems that he also made a sextant]
[I know, it's the silver cicada that is out of its shell! γ
[It's different, I feel that Lao Fang's this seems to be simpler, and I don't even need lenses]
Seeing the comments of netizens, Bi Fang was shocked, there is also this movie in this world?
He has also seen this movie, which tells the story of Stellone, who is a master of escaping prison, who was framed and imprisoned and then escaped, and has a deep memory: "Yes, the principle of the two is similar, but the movie is always a movie." β
In the movie, the prison where Sylloon is held is a mobile cruise ship, and in order to know where he is to be picked up, he uses a homemade sextant to let a prisoner go to the deck to measure the data, and then calculate the latitude and longitude.
"The protractor in the movie is hand-drawn like me, but his sextant is reflected through two plane mirrors, so that the image of the star and the image of the sea level coincide, not to mention where the plane mirror comes from, the bigger problem is that his reflector in the movie is made of glasses!"
"Needless to say, the key is that it is not flat at all, and all connections will eventually be wobbly, even if they are tight, and they have not been calibrated before use. And you have to see the sea level, that Arab can see the sea level when he stays in a patio-like place? β
"Even Brother Nuo asked whether it was the Southern Hemisphere or the Northern Hemisphere, which is actually redundant, I just said, you can't see the North Star in the south, but it's also quite interesting to look at the water vortex to judge the northern and southern hemispheres."
[, awesome! γ
[You have to blow hard, you can do it, what? Are you Fang Shen? That's fine. γ
[It is strongly recommended that the director of this kind of movie in the future invite Fang Shen to be a consultant, this is the real master of survival!] γ
[I think Fang Shen can shoot it himself...... Handsome and fierce? γ
[Why do you want to shoot, I feel like I'm already watching a movie. γ
What if I don't have anything on hand? γ
"It's okay if there's nothing."
The so-called master is what people can't, without pen and paper, there should always be hands, right?
If he doesn't even have hands, with all due respect, it will be difficult for him to survive in the wilderness in this situation, so it's better to dig a pit and wash and sleep.
Bi Fang stretched out a hand, stretched out his best to the distance, and stretched out his index finger: "A beginner astronomy enthusiast can easily quickly measure the height of celestial bodies through his fingers, joints and palms, and the accuracy I estimate is similar to that of the simple sextant in the movie." β
"First of all, we will stretch the arm as far as possible, the index finger is pointed out, the width of the fingertip is 1 degree, the index finger is hooked, the width of the three joints is 2 degrees, 3 degrees, 5 degrees, the hand grasps the fist, the thumb should not be clenched to death, the width of the fist is about 10 degrees, the width of the thumb is about 8 degrees, the hand is compared to the gesture of six, the width of the thumb tip to the tip of the little finger is about 20 degrees."
"Latitude can also be measured by this method, and the accuracy may vary from person to person, but it is simple and convenient, and the error is about five percent."
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