COW Nominations for the week of October 8th 2007

Okay, Asianfire, MM and RT stick out. Since MM had it already : P, lol anyone else want to take a stab at this, come on people. Let's get the names going... that and I need the help naming names lol.

All three of us have had it before.

Who cares - you guys still deserve it.

Jean

Hey, I just like to talk....lol. And I have no one here (at least while I am typing) to tell me to shut up.

Most of the information I give out was information that I got here in the first place, so I am just the messenager of old news.

But... You do in a very pleasant way. As does MM & RT.

I also meant to say that there are such great ppl here as well

There are great people here. But it's how the info is presented. So many people do a great job, the new guy dosen't know all the names lol.

around the POI-FACTORY website today and have noticed that there is another person giving excellent help.

Nominate bandaid.

here here! I second it

ty ty ty....however, I just had it . I'm not eligible and I too like to talk lol.

Miss Poi gives out Oak Leaf Clusters..

1 Bronze for each award
5 Bronze = 1 Silver
5 Silver = 1 Gold

or is this toooo much like the military service?

Miss poi,

how about JGLabelle and Summermug. Looking into there history. They would make a nice pick of the crop.

Like you, I just had the award. But thanks for the positive comment.

Agree about JGLabelle.

just close your eyes and pick one then...lol.

I think the COW should be moved around ... not repeat last weeks.

Miss POI, would it be feasible to have a 'Rookie COW', just for newbies? Racing has its Rookie recognition, football has it Rookie recognition, maybe that would work here. I don't know what member length would work ... maybe a month or less? Ideas??

RT

I been here for 7 or 8 mnths and I consider myself a newbie to GPS...lol.

I like Summermug idea for the fact that it will inspire people to be more active to get new Badges.

RT has a good idea, however if Miss Poi created the Cow Award. Let's just say I wouldn't mess with a women’s creation lol.

On my radar forum, you get "status" depending on how many post that you do.

I totally disagree; hence, my signature "It is quality rather than quantity that matters."

RT

The men and women of the armed forces that are giving up so much so that this land remains free and we have the abilty to have this open forum AND use our GPS's with the assistance of the military satellites. These folks never get enough credit IMHO.

We don't use military satellites hence the performance being as close as possible.

Not to ever knock the U.S. Military, but the tax payers money went into those satellites. Didn't they?

There's only one set of satellites (24 of them) for GPS. Each satellite transmit two different signals. The Coarse / Acquisition (C/A) code, which is freely available to the public, and the Precise (P) code, usually encrypted and reserved for military applications.

They also used to implement what is called Selective Availability (SA) that introduced intentional, slowly changing random errors of up to a hundred meters (328 ft) into the publicly available navigation signals for civilian equipments.

They're currently working on a 2nd generation system.

Right now the only programing that is happening behind the scenes is the new system that will totally change the way POI Factory runs. You guys are going to be blown away when we roll it out. Jon keeps showing me little snippets of what he is working on and it is blowing my mind. You guys haven't seen anything yet.

Once we get the new system up and running smoothly we will have a chance to look at all the fun stuff that has been suggested.

Miss Poi

Cool!

While I am sure the new system will blow all of us away, the real key is/ has been the contributions of many. Keep up the great work...

However,

As a retired military person of the US Air Force, I paid my share of income tax for the 20+ years I spent on active duty. I also pay income tax on my retirement.

That always got me, I'm paying myself, by paying income taxes. If the service men and women didn't pay income taxes, everyone else would be paying a lot more.

I do like the oak leaf cluster idea, perhaps that way, one could "keep" their COW, and Hon Men awards. The wind mill would still signify an active user.