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| date = April 7, 2008 | | date = April 7, 2008 | ||
| title = Cheap GPS | | title = Cheap GPS | ||
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| titletext = In lieu of mapping software, I once wrote a Perl program which, given a USB GPS receiver and a destination, printed 'LEFT' 'RIGHT' OR 'STRAIGHT' based on my heading. | | titletext = In lieu of mapping software, I once wrote a Perl program which, given a USB GPS receiver and a destination, printed 'LEFT' 'RIGHT' OR 'STRAIGHT' based on my heading. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|GPS}} is a system | + | {{incomplete}} |
+ | {{w|GPS}} is a satellite navigation system used to determine the location of a receiver based on its distance from at least three satellites. A common feature of GPS receivers intended to be used in motor vehicles is to provide directions to a specified location. | ||
− | + | [[Cueball]]'s has a "cheap GPS" which is only capable of telling him whether or not he is on the correct path using a cold to hot scale with hot being correct and cold being incorrect. The series of instructions spoken ("cold", "warm", "hot", then "cold" again) suggests that Cueball missed a turn and his GPS receiver now has to find a new route. | |
− | + | The title text describes another "cheap GPS", a Perl script that only shows whether to turn left, right or not turn at all. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball driving down the road, with a GPS reading "COLD | + | :[Cueball driving down the road, with a GPS reading "COLD"] |
:GPS: COLD... WARM... HOT! COLD... | :GPS: COLD... WARM... HOT! COLD... | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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