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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|GPS}} is a system | + | {{w|GPS}} is a satellite navigation system used to determine the location of a receiver based on its distance from at least three satellites, theoretical, in practice the receiver requests more satellites for calculating an accurate result. While the system was invented by the U.S. military it is now common used in planes, ships, or cars to provide the current location and the directions to a specified location. |
− | + | [[Cueball]] just has a "cheap GPS", which is only capable of telling him whether or not he is on the correct path using a cold to hot scale. "Hot and Cold" refers to many child games, "Hot" is a correct direction, "Cold" is just wrong. | |
− | + | The series of instructions spoken ("cold", "warm", "hot", then "cold" again) suggests that Cueball either missed a turn and his GPS receiver now has to find a new route, or that he just passed his destination. | |
− | + | The title text describes an "cheap GPS" written in Perl, that only shows whether to turn left, right or not turn at all. A joke about many annoying phrases modern navigation systems do spell, still in bad computer languages. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball driving down the road, with a GPS reading "COLD. | + | :[Cueball driving down the road, with a GPS reading "COLD".] |
:GPS: COLD... WARM... HOT! COLD... | :GPS: COLD... WARM... HOT! COLD... | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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