Re: what happened to this group?

On Feb 10, 7:37 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Geez, isn't anyone talking about GPS any more?

You stay away for a few years and when you look in all the articles are
flame wars relating to a highly creative interpretation of relativity.

For emacs/gnus users:  

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   Hand held GPS receivers (in my opinion) are becoming less capable
   in terms of useful system and navigational information--being
   dumbed down, if you will. As embedded gps becomes more prevalent
   in cars, ipods, cell phones, computers and cameras... separate
   handhelds will start to disappear.

   Along with that transparency is the need for technical discussion
   in these newsgroups. USENET quality, in general has delined in the
   last ten years (again my opinion). However, I'm not giving up on
   USENET yet.

   Thanks, Wolfgang, for your contributions in the past and the dgpsip
   server you operate.

  -Sam

I think my GPS60CSx is an order of magnitude better than my old emap.
Just what exactly has been dumbed down?

I know what you mean about embedded GPSs. I'd hate to have to depend
on a cellphone GPS for hiking. The database and firmware are half the
product. It simply isn't enough to be able to receive GPS signals, but
rather you need a box that makes the information useful.

.

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