Reply to: BDAVIDSO@nox.cs.du.edu

Hi.

Enjoyed your post on Dallas Semi.  On reflection, I agree with all you 
said.  But Dallas is there, and ... ... 

I was particularly interested in your references to ocean monitoring 
products.  I "touched" some neat stuff briefly in San Diego during my 
Navy years (early 80s) and have been curious what was going on 
commercially.  What I saw was essentially a wave buoy (free float or 
tethered) that computed wave information and squirted it to a satellite 
every day or so.

Back in those days it took a 1 meter buoy with a "waist band" full of 
lithium batteries to run for around a year.... Better now, I bet?

If you have the patience, drop me a note about the current state of the 
industry.   Thanks ... /s/ Bill