Anyway, in Africa, distance is measured in days, not kilometers.
Victorian age maps were frequently marked with the word MAMBA: Miles And Miles of Bloody Africa.
Well, actually a GPS will develop legs and run away soon after arrival. (To Westeners, that means it will get stolen immediately after arrival in Africa).
Also, a GPS with a flat battery is just a paper weight, but a paper map with a hole in it, is still a map. I would get the best maps and satellite photos possible, then use a compass to take sightings of mountain peaks and triangulate.
"Have fun, don't leave electronics (or anything plastic) on your dashboard - it will melt, and good luck with spelling the village names! It sounds like a fun project."
No, it won't melt. It will get stolen looooong before it can melt.
General rule of thumb: Anything that won't fit in your backpack, will get stolen and if you let your backpack out of sight for 0.000001 seconds, then it will get stolen together with everything in it.
Note that for protection, it is a good idea to carry a hunting knife, but since some places object to knives, consider carrying a small axe instead - there are no laws against axes and it will ensure that you'll be a very popular guy whenever you set up camp and need a fire...
Laws? It is Africa - they don't have laws, not in the sense a European softie is used to anyway. The only law is to be very polite to the guy with the AK47......and don't try to pet the animals...
Aaaaah, geeezzz! You should not have told him. Now you spoiled all the fun when he would plug his brand new gear in...
Actually, a Magellan handheld GPS will work fine anywhere in the world, provided that you have spare batteries, or a charger for that country.
However, I would start with a good set of satellite photos - chances are that the villages are on the photos, in which case, you'll have more time to spend with your girlfriend...
For that I keep one floppy drive in my junk box and plug it in when needed, but mostly, older machines have floppy disk drives, while new machines simply don't need them.
Order of magnitude??? A 128MB USB stick costs about $25 which is about the same cost as a floppy disk drive, plus 100 floppies and a damn sight more convenient.
Remember the Madrid Bombing? A US lawyer was arrested since his fingerprints sort-of matched, despite abundant evidence that he didn't leave the country at the time.
There is nothing modern about it. The original Bullshit How-to Guide is Aristotle's Poetics, written around 350BC. It describes in exquisite detail, how to create religious texts...
Alternatively, you could have bought a diesel. Even less fuel consumption than a hybrid. Diesel is cheaper than petrol too. The trouble with hybrids is that they simply don't make ecomomic sense.
Just like when Ford claimed that it took 4 Billion Dollars to develop the Taurus in 1995 - pure bull.
Exothermic devices are old hat. In Japan it is used to heat saki. The military use it to heat rations. Canadians use it to warm their hands in winter.
I once had a long talk with a developer of Corel Word Perfect and asked that they please put in a master on/off button for the Auto Fuckup features, since it causes problems with legal documents which have no rhyme or reason to the numbering. He promissed they would add one but I don't think they ever did, despite always claiming to be lawyer friendly.
Well, the 'Bypass HR' process is part of the Big Picture Problem Solving and Networking Capabilities tests which Experienced Professionals are supposed to be good at...;-)
Powerline data transmission has been proven to be not cost effective so many times before. It is even ineffective in Europe, where the voltage is higher and transformers are much further apart - so how the hell would it ever be profitable in North America?
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Well, so when will it get to 200%? That would be a real achievement.
The internet is bigger in Texas.
Anyway, in Africa, distance is measured in days, not kilometers. Victorian age maps were frequently marked with the word MAMBA: Miles And Miles of Bloody Africa.
Well, actually a GPS will develop legs and run away soon after arrival. (To Westeners, that means it will get stolen immediately after arrival in Africa). Also, a GPS with a flat battery is just a paper weight, but a paper map with a hole in it, is still a map. I would get the best maps and satellite photos possible, then use a compass to take sightings of mountain peaks and triangulate.
"Have fun, don't leave electronics (or anything plastic) on your dashboard - it will melt, and good luck with spelling the village names! It sounds like a fun project."
No, it won't melt. It will get stolen looooong before it can melt.
General rule of thumb: Anything that won't fit in your backpack, will get stolen and if you let your backpack out of sight for 0.000001 seconds, then it will get stolen together with everything in it.
Note that for protection, it is a good idea to carry a hunting knife, but since some places object to knives, consider carrying a small axe instead - there are no laws against axes and it will ensure that you'll be a very popular guy whenever you set up camp and need a fire...
Laws? It is Africa - they don't have laws, not in the sense a European softie is used to anyway. The only law is to be very polite to the guy with the AK47... ...and don't try to pet the animals...
Aaaaah, geeezzz! You should not have told him. Now you spoiled all the fun when he would plug his brand new gear in... Actually, a Magellan handheld GPS will work fine anywhere in the world, provided that you have spare batteries, or a charger for that country. However, I would start with a good set of satellite photos - chances are that the villages are on the photos, in which case, you'll have more time to spend with your girlfriend...
If they need to electrolyze seawater to make the sodium, then all is for naught.
For that I keep one floppy drive in my junk box and plug it in when needed, but mostly, older machines have floppy disk drives, while new machines simply don't need them.
Order of magnitude??? A 128MB USB stick costs about $25 which is about the same cost as a floppy disk drive, plus 100 floppies and a damn sight more convenient.
I wonder how much of that cooler operation is due to the inefficient code? ;-)
Wow man, what a troll. AFAIK the Pentium was developed in Haifa Israel. They modelled the whole thing with FPGAs. No stolen schtuff there.
Last I checked, AMD is an American company too. So, your point is what exactly?
Remember the Madrid Bombing? A US lawyer was arrested since his fingerprints sort-of matched, despite abundant evidence that he didn't leave the country at the time.
How do you change your bio data? You find a random homeless drunk and chop off his finger, or remove his remaining eyeball...
There is nothing modern about it. The original Bullshit How-to Guide is Aristotle's Poetics, written around 350BC. It describes in exquisite detail, how to create religious texts...
Real rickshaws are human powered carts. The little motorcycle engined trikes inherited the name, but that doesn't make them real rickshaws.
Alternatively, you could have bought a diesel. Even less fuel consumption than a hybrid. Diesel is cheaper than petrol too. The trouble with hybrids is that they simply don't make ecomomic sense.
WTF would a rickshaw do with CNG - Swallow it and then light his farts?
even then, that is way too much for a primary school science kit.
Just like when Ford claimed that it took 4 Billion Dollars to develop the Taurus in 1995 - pure bull. Exothermic devices are old hat. In Japan it is used to heat saki. The military use it to heat rations. Canadians use it to warm their hands in winter.
Who cares? No-one is going to see it - ergo, no-one will put any in orbit.
I once had a long talk with a developer of Corel Word Perfect and asked that they please put in a master on/off button for the Auto Fuckup features, since it causes problems with legal documents which have no rhyme or reason to the numbering. He promissed they would add one but I don't think they ever did, despite always claiming to be lawyer friendly.
Well, the 'Bypass HR' process is part of the Big Picture Problem Solving and Networking Capabilities tests which Experienced Professionals are supposed to be good at... ;-)
Powerline data transmission has been proven to be not cost effective so many times before. It is even ineffective in Europe, where the voltage is higher and transformers are much further apart - so how the hell would it ever be profitable in North America?