Steve Baldwin wrote:

> > <FLAME SUITE ON>
> > For General Information (Everybody) :
> > Please, please quit talking about "a GPS" when you actually mean
> > "a GPS receiver". Saying that you are holding "a GPS" in your hand
> > is optimistic, because the GPS is the complete system consisting of about
> > 32 satellites around the world. It is like talking of an "LCD display"
> > <GRRRR>.
> > <FLAME SUIT OFF>
>
> <PEDANTIC>
> Let's not stop there.
> What you are really holding is an antenna optimized to the
> frequencies transmitted by the satellites of the Global Positioning
> System, several high gain amplifiers, filters, some Application
> Specific Integrated Circuits mounted on an epoxy / fibreglass
> composite material, mounted in a carbon impregnated polymer housing
> with a small transparent section, behind which is a Liquid Crystal
> Display providing a variety of time and position data.
> There's some software too.
> </PEDANTIC>
> :-)

Right you are!
Now let's make an acronym for it, shall we?
aottftbtsotGPSshgafsASICmoae/fcmmiaciphwastsbwiaLCDpavotapdTsst

<BG>
Do you think leaving some of the letters in lower case makes it more readable,
or should we change everything to higher case ?

Maybe I'll go make a call on my GSM now...

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