So, this is not something we've researched in the Tech Club, but it
is Tech Related, and some of you may find
it informative. I had an interesting encounter this weekend with a friend of mine that says that GPS stands for "Global Positioning
System". I argued that it stands for "Global Positioning
Satellite". His counter was that in a car, you have a GPS, or at least that's what they're referred to as, and "you wouldn't have a satellite in your car." My counter-counter was that the American public is lazy and has shortened the actual term "GPS Receiver" to merely (pun intended... MIR!) GPS. Well, after doing some research (not on
Wikipedia Mind You) I discovered that the two are used interchangeably.
When I worked in the industry in the 90's, we were developing GPS systems, or more accurately, systems that used GPS... they used Global Positioning Satellites. However, the 21 Global Positioning
Satellites that orbit Earth are collectively called the Global Positioning System, because their collective data are used in a coordinated effort to determine the location of
one GPS Receiver.
When I looked at
Garmin's website, they astonishingly referred to GPS as Global Positioning System, But then I found countless
other reliable websites that refer to it as Global Positioning Satellite... so... I guess the jury is still out. (but I'm right).
Here's a List of Credible References that I used.
while trying to install linux on an iPod, I found this useful blog. With the brief instructions:
If all else fails, we can put FreeDOS or BasicLINUX on the machine and see just what we can accomplish!
So today, one of our school's administrative assistants donated an HP Pavilion 4535 and a Sony Model CPD-100ES CRT. Shoniece & Jasmine decided they'd put a new OS (gOS of Course!) on it and try to get the thing working at top-speed and in tip-top shape.
it informative. I had an interesting encounter this weekend with a friend of mine that says that GPS stands for "Global Positioning System". I argued that it stands for "Global Positioning Satellite". His counter was that in a car, you have a GPS, or at least that's what they're referred to as, and "you wouldn't have a satellite in your car." My counter-counter was that the American public is lazy and has shortened the actual term "GPS Receiver" to merely (pun intended... MIR!) GPS. Well, after doing some research (not on Wikipedia Mind You) I discovered that the two are used interchangeably.
Satellites that orbit Earth are collectively called the Global Positioning System, because their collective data are used in a coordinated effort to determine the location of one GPS Receiver.
Nate had a pretty intense game of chess against the older Dell and the thing just wouldn't let him win, so we put an ancient snake game on both of the Dells and played around with them. The goal is to figure out the Machine's algorithm for moving it's own snakes and then you can beat it.
