More Programming

I was working on one job today. The client very specifically told me I needed to send two characters at the end of each line. VERY SPECIFICALLY. OK. For some reason that does not work well. What is going on here?

Well, it works when I type it by hand. Very strange, Hmm… Ignire the instructions. Just send the one character that would be sent if I had typed it by hand. Hey, that works. WOW. Time to amend the instructions.

I also have a problem with the GPS position… The position the device is sending is about 12,500km off, directly due west. It almost doesn’t really matter if it is east or west… At this sort of distance the difference is minor. The point on the left side of the map should be in Sydney.

This problem is probably related to the GPS receiever that I use. I tend to use a Garmin GPS16, and this uses different numbers of decimal places than some other devices. This means that sometimes software gets slightly confused.

Meeting this morning

I have a meeting with a new client today at the Stamford at Double Bay. From what I have heard this is a nice place to stay. I will be interested in what my client has to say. I believe it is only about $450-$500 per night. I would guess I will be back from the meeting well before lunch.