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Looking for a good online family movie team or family movie review?
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The gps API provides a method for turtles and computers to retrieve their own locations.
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It broadcasts a PING message over [[Rednet_(API)|rednet]] and wait for responses. In order for this system to work, there must be at least 4 computers used as gps ''hosts'' which will respond and allow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateration trilateration]. You can set up hosts using the [[Gps (program)|gps program]].
 
   
 
   
Family movies sell lots of tickets at the box office and annually there are a single or far more blockbuster movies that are family motion pictures.
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But with the high price of movie tickets and theatre concessions, watching movies on DVD because a family group movie night in the comfort of the individual property, is truly quickly becoming very popular.
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Online DVD Movie Golf equipment
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Online there are a number of DVD movie golf equipment that include family movies within their rental libraries, but only a handful of actually specialize in providing leading family fare.
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|Tries to retrieve the computer or turtle own location.<br />
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''@param'' '''timeout''' the amount of time, in seconds, to wait for a rednet response<br />
While other companies produce some family pictures, none provides come close to the huge library of movies that Disney has offered us.  
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''@param'' '''debug''' if true, outputs debug messages<br />
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''@return'' the computer or turtle own location (x, y, z) or nil if it could not be determined
Walt Disney brought us Steamboat Willie in 1928 starring Mickey Mouse and in 1973, the Disney Studios gave us Snow Whitened, the first feature length animated movie.
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Disney Movie Golf club
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Online the Disney Movie Golf club presents their signature classic movies, recent releases, preschool dvds, sing-a-prolonged video and other popular family choices.
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Movie Golf equipment
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Other online family movie night clubs include Family Pass (formerly known since Mentura) which bills itself while "your priced to family entertainment." Family Pass carries a wide selection of movies, television plans, educational and place school vids and spiritual fare. Most targeted at a family group audience.
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Edited Movies
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Another popular source of movies well suited for family viewing comes through companies that specialize in editing movies to get rid of profanity, excessive violence and a lot more adult situations.
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Club users can rent the edited, version of popular movies desires to otherwise become far less than family friendly.
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Online night clubs that edit movies include CleanFilms, Flick'utes Membership, Family Edited DVDs and CleanFlix to name a number of.
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DVD Software Filters
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An enterprise called ClearPlay presents DVD software package that removes graphic violence, profanity and a lot more adult situations. Movie filters are build for particular movies and ClearPlay's list is maintained to grow.
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Family Movie Reviews
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Online can be another great place to discover family movie review sites which help parents when considering to deciding which movies to find out in theatres or on DVD.
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The Dove Foundation, lengthy a family group movie advocate, provides online movie and movie reviews. And if you're out shopping for movies or video tutorials at your favorite store, you can search for the Dove Foundation'utes Seal of Approval (much like the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval"). The Dove Foundation'ersus seal is only awarded to movies and video tutorials that meet certain family viewing standards and have been screened and evaluated by Dove Foundation reviewers.
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Other movie reviews available online include The Family Style Movie Guide, Movie Mom, Screen It!, Family Cow, Grading the Movies, Kids-In-Mind, and Ted Baehr'ersus MovieGuide which examines and rates movies through a Christian value stay point.
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Family Movie Night
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Watching movies at place on DVD because a special night for the complete family offers grow to be very popular.
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Exactly why use a simple fortune consuming your family to see a movie at a theatre when you can have leading fun time in the personal place? With a special movie night you control the movies your family views. No more unpleasant surprises! And you're full the supreme seat in the house.
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DVD Movie Membership
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It'utes easy to join a helpful online movie club that gives movies for the family or better yet "specializes" in family movies and video recording.
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So possess a look at what's on the internet and join a family group movie golf club. Most offer a variety of special benefits to membership users that make online membership a regular membership very convenient and affordable.
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Then pick upward some fabulous popcorn and some other treats and start the wonderful tradition of family movie night on your property, a tradition you and your kids will fondly remember for quite a few years to come.
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And remember, some of the best and most favored movies of almost all time have been family movies.
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Revision as of 04:39, 7 July 2012

The gps API provides a method for turtles and computers to retrieve their own locations.

It broadcasts a PING message over rednet and wait for responses. In order for this system to work, there must be at least 4 computers used as gps hosts which will respond and allow trilateration. You can set up hosts using the gps program.

Methods

Method name Description
gps.locate(timeout, debug) Tries to retrieve the computer or turtle own location.

@param timeout the amount of time, in seconds, to wait for a rednet response
@param debug if true, outputs debug messages
@return the computer or turtle own location (x, y, z) or nil if it could not be determined