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Right. But just because the date you are allowed to purchase alcohol is the day you turn 21 does not mean that you have no rights before that. The 14th amendment defines who is a citizen for the purpose of US laws. It also lists some basic rights all people have. It does not define the term "people."

It's been a while since I checked the forums, but I came across this post and thought I'd add a little more information. The latest FlySight hardware uses the NEO-M8Q module, which supports 10 Hz update while tracking both GPS and GLONASS satellites, or 18 Hz while tracking a single GNSS constellation. There's nothing magical about 18 Hz, so I think the GoPro is probably also using a u-blox M8 chip. The main limitation with the latest FlySight hardware is processor speed. I haven't checked to see if we can run at 18 Hz, but it might be possible, especially if we disable audio output. However, I would say that we've seen some really good results with GPS + GLONASS tracking. Roughly speaking, this doubles the number of satellites in view, which makes the fix a little more accurate and a lot more robust. If I had to choose, I would probably go with 10 Hz and two constellations as opposed to 18 Hz and GPS only. My guess is that the GoPro is using GPS only at 18 Hz. This could be confirmed by looking at the number of satellites used in the fix (assuming this is reported). If you see a number around 8-12, it's likely GPS only. If you see a number more like 12-18, it's probably tracking GPS and GLONASS. There is one other thing I would pay close attention to. One of the things I like most about the u-blox module inside the FlySight is that it reports 3D velocity, so there is no need to calculate velocity from differences in position (which is notoriously error prone). This may very well be the same interface that the GoPro uses, but it's very common for consumer GPS units to use the NMEA interface instead. This is an old interface which doesn't have native support for 3D velocity, which means vertical speed needs to be calculated from differences in elevation. You can probably tell which method GoPro is using by looking specifically at vertical speed. How clean are the measurements? If you hold the GoPro in your hand and wave it over your head, up and down, etc., do you see clean velocity measurements on all three axes (even though position may not reflect that motion)?

A cowboy was herding his cows in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?" The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?" You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says the cowboy. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows... Now give me back my dog."

That's so cool. Can I be on your ash dive?

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