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GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010
adamengst writes "A US Government Accountability Office report raises concerns about the Air Force's ability to modernize and maintain the constellation of satellites necessary to provide GPS services to military and civilian users. TidBITS looks at the situation and possible solutions."
Why move to Europe? I mean, its not like they'll not be restricting the system so that it only works over Europe. Why not just buy a Galileo receiver (when they become available)?
Also, isn't Galileo supposed to be backwards compatible with GPS?
The whole move to Europe thing is usually someone ranting about fat US people or something. Fact is, proven by the strengthening of the US dollar against the Euro since the recession, the world considers the US and US currency a safer place to store their money than in Europe. Europe has banking, and few other serious industries. That's why they were hit so hard with this housing collapse. Double whammy because people stopped traveling so much. Venice would die first, what would they produce? I mean do they even have internet there? The entire city is nothing but one giant romantically-overrated tourist attraction.