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Markus Hanke said:
I only meant it locally ...
I assumed that you knew that, my point was that your statement, sans caveat, might be confusing to less informed members reading your post.
 
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GPS means, Global Positioning System... Not, Global Positioning System sys ... bah, never mind.

Get some cash from an ATM machine, too...... :oldgrumpy:
 
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phinds said:
I assumed that you knew that, my point was that your statement, sans caveat, might be confusing to less informed members reading your post.

Point taken. I'll be more careful in the future :wink:
 
OCR said:
GPS means, Global Positioning System... Not, Global Positioning System sys ... bah, never mind.

Get some cash from an ATM machine, too...... :oldgrumpy:
Actually, the original name was the Global Positioning Satellite System, so GPSS used to be correct, but "GPS System" has never really been correct.