From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net,
veronica <veronica@navisys.com.tw>,
tcf@navisys.com.tw, Jau-Yang Chen <cjy@navisys.com.tw>,
gloria@navisys.com.tw, lily <lily@navisys.com.tw>
Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Article -- Macx-1: GPS receiver with standard USB connector and PPS support
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 13:02:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120509170227.GA2323@thyrsus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA93jw6gVxEg+gHC66n3p4kf-2X7eMMGO6OW1toY6htx1HBSsg@mail.gmail.com>
Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>:
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>:
> >> What would be the change in cost and delay in manufacturing to switch to
> >> using a supercap, rather than battery?
> >
> > Why would a supercap be better?
>
> Effective lifetime of... forever. no need for replacement. insanely
> fast recharge. smaller (probably). What's not to like?
Good points.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-09 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-09 6:43 Jau-Yang Chen
2012-05-09 15:23 ` tz
2012-05-09 16:39 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-09 16:47 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-09 16:55 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-09 17:02 ` Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2012-05-09 17:12 ` tz
2012-05-09 17:50 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-05-09 18:21 ` tz
2012-05-09 18:35 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-09 20:41 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-05-09 20:46 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-09 20:58 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-05-09 20:59 ` Dave Taht
2012-05-09 22:57 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-05-09 21:14 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-09 22:30 ` tz
2012-05-09 19:43 ` Dave Hart
2012-05-09 20:37 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-09 21:03 ` Dave Hart
2012-05-09 21:18 ` Ron Frazier (NTP)
2012-05-09 21:38 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-09 22:02 ` Dave Hart
2012-05-10 6:31 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-10 7:28 ` Dave Hart
2012-05-10 14:55 ` tz
2012-05-10 17:59 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-05-09 21:20 ` Eric S. Raymond
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