[NSRCA-discussion] Program for generating Aresti Sequences

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

Verne Koester wrote:

> Don't know for sure, but I suspect the guy at the terminal just copies and
> pastes them in place from the FAI catalog.

Is the FAI catalog online?

> That's what I do when I'm
> creating unknowns for Andrew. It goes pretty quick. The tougher part is
> making everything flow together and remembering what you used in the
> previous schedules so the current one uses different maneuvers.

That's pretty trivial.

If we assign a unique number to each maneuver,
every series of maneuvers would have a unique
sequence of ID numbers.

It's a piece of cake to compare one string of numbers
to another to find out whether they are identical.

Similarity is harder to detect.  Is it worthwhile to
practice with just one pair of maneuvers reversed?
The fingerprints would be different, but the actual
learning experience might not be worthwhile.

  If there IS
> an actual program, I'm aware of four callers that would love a copy to
> expedite getting our team ready for the World's.

Understood.

What we need first are the graphics.

I hear they come in pairs--one for upwind, one for
downwind.

Then we can talk about how the graphics get laid out
on a page, how to hook them together, how to total
K-Factor, etc.

				Marty