Shoran uff it's a word
I do have an extensive vocabulary, but sometimes in Scrabble and Words of Wonder I just make guesses. Like "Oh, this sounds like a word," or "Oh, I wonder if this is a wor- IT IS!?!? o_O" or else I just string letters together on Words of Wonder until they start rocking back and forth to indicate I have discovered, randomly, a real word. Today's
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Before GPS was invented, there were a number of other systems for providing location information to ships and planes. Beginning in the period between the two World Wars, and accelerating greatly during WW II, a number of systems using radio transmitters were invented. The better-known one is LORAN, an acronym for LOng RAnge Navigation. It was widely used by both aircraft and ships, and still exists - there now seems to be a plan to modernize the equipment and use the system as a backup in case something goes wrong with GPS.
More or less at the same time as LORAN, SHORAN was also invented - it stands for SHOrt RAnge Navigation. While it was originally intented as a system for directing bombers to their targets, it quickly became useful for other purposes, such as indicating the way to a specific godforsaken location. It's still used today, also, mainly by oil-exploration teams in remote areas ( ... )
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