But the Difference Engine could only do rote calculations and was incapable of checking its results to alter course.
An American admiral, spotting a blip on the radar screen, ordered his radio operator, "Tell that ship to alter course fifteen degrees."
Fantasia : yes. i will also alter course to avoid the storm. out.
The researchers are sharing their real-time data on whale locations, transmitted from the buoys via satellite, with tanker captains, who can then slow down their ships or alter course to avoid whales.