From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from europa.AD.HartBrothers.Com (unknown [50.46.86.110]) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4DF7200681 for ; Wed, 9 May 2012 14:04:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-bk0-f43.google.com ([209.85.214.43]) by europa.AD.HartBrothers.Com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 9 May 2012 21:04:22 +0000 Received: by bkty5 with SMTP id y5so1482086bkt.16 for ; Wed, 09 May 2012 14:04:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.154.214 with SMTP id p22mr568382bkw.115.1336597458982; Wed, 09 May 2012 14:04:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.142.146 with HTTP; Wed, 9 May 2012 14:03:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120509203719.GA3855@thyrsus.com> References: <02af01cd2daf$05b24bb0$1116e310$@navisys.com.tw> <20120509203719.GA3855@thyrsus.com> From: Dave Hart Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 21:03:58 +0000 Message-ID: To: esr@thyrsus.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2012 21:04:23.0113 (UTC) FILETIME=[4F35A390:01CD2E27] Cc: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net, veronica , tcf@navisys.com.tw, Jau-Yang Chen , gloria@navisys.com.tw, lily Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Article -- Macx-1: GPS receiver with standard USB connector and PPS support X-BeenThere: thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 21:04:25 -0000 On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Dave Hart : >> =A0At the same time, I feebly admit I don't see the connection between >> Eric Raymond and Dave Taht and the nickname Macx-1. =A0Perhaps the >> meaning or thought behind the choice was explained in email I didn't >> see? > > Lemme see if I can find it...ah, here it is > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/thumbgps-devel/2012-May/000194.ht= ml > > After that, Dave started calling the device the Macx-1. =A0Not my idea, h= onest! > > Navisys people: the context you may be missing is that I'm ridiculously > famous among Internet geeks, and Charles Stross is a very capable and > popular writer of science fiction who happends to have known me *before* > I was famous. =A0The resemblences between myself and the fictional charac= ter > Manfred Macx are sufficiently obvious that a lot of Internet geeks > can easily pick up on them - it's what's called in English an "in-joke", > a form of humor shared within a particular social group but opaque to > outsiders. Thanks, Manfred. I had a creeping feeling I had missed the connection, but didn't use the force (gmail search) with "macx" as I should have. Here's hoping wiring PPS to DCD in GPS pucks using 232-to-USB adapters becomes the standard. I would expect over time vendors would not see any reason to continue making designs without the extra trace. Cheers, Dave Hart