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1 centimeter,
2 centimeters,
3 centimeters...
No! Not the money
thing. It is accuracy,
like in ‘being accurate’.
Got it?
Thomas, what are you
doing? You look like a crazy
person, measuring the crops!
Ha ha ha ha
Not crazy, Kevin. Crazy was
what I heard my father say today:
that he sprays the crops with two centimeter
accuracy. I didn’t really get it, but I’m
measuring it now!!
Accuracy? Like a
currency that is very
cool? It isn’t that, is it?
We’re trying to figure
out what ‘spraying with
two centimeter accuracy’
means.
Got it. But how is it
possible? Is it good?
Oh. It means
that the machine is so
accurate that the maximum
error in the crops will be of two
centimeters.
Hey, boys!
What are you
laughing about?
Oh, yes. It receives
satellite signals. That little
yellow hat thing on top of the
tractor talks to the antenna
and they trade data.
I think nowadays we have such modern things that the
risk of error is smaller and smaller. The same works for
machines. I heard my father say that it is good because we
save money on pesticides and the pesticides go right where
they are supposed to go. You know that little antenna
there? It helps with it all.
That’s cool. I just
hope the antenna isn’t a
girl ‘cause the satellites will go deaf
with all the talking she’ll do.
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