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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."
There he is! No, wait...
Maybe people will stop looking at me funny when I carry a compass everywhere.
Maybe they'll stop looking at me even stranger when I tell them which way is north WITHOUT a compass.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
North is ALWAYS that way ... --->
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You must be using your computer wrong.
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I'm Catholic you insensitive clod! I can't use it!
You're probably reading he wrong end of the needle.
Every nerds favorite hobby could be in jeopardy!
The musings of just another geek and his junk.
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Maybe people will stop looking at me funny when I carry a compass everywhere.
People used to do the same to me. When someone does, I stab them with the pointy end and draw a circle on their face.
Now they don't look at me funny.
"What about Goecaching!?" Every nerds favorite hobby could be in jeopardy!
"Everyone" is subjective, "hobby" is misleading and "favorite" is relative... very relative. ;)
"nerd" was right on, however.
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Oooh, a new acronym!
RAFES - Redundant Arrays of Fucking Expensive Satellites.
John
So did I. But some companies still wanted two digit years because it was "too hard" to enter four digit years.
In 1998 I made a killing :-)
Ha! I made my killing in 98, not 1998.
John
Well, that wasn't really a cent sign. He might have meant it was just his 5 995 849.16 m/s.
It's spelled RAFES, but it's pronounced "ralphs".
Heh. Naming a bunch of things that orbit the earth after Galileo. Irony :-)
Repton.
They say that only an experienced wizard can do the tengu shuffle.
Maybe they'll stop looking at me even stranger when I tell them which way is north WITHOUT a compass.
Telling North is pretty easy using the stars if available at night or the sun if you are reasonably sure of the season and approximately what time of day it is.
As for the old boyscout adage, I think it should be changed to "Moss always grows on the outside of the tree", that's how useful it is. And of course, a rolling stone gathers no moss, so no matter which way it is rolling, that is no indication of which way is north.
If you are ever going hiking and want to be sure not to get lost, be sure to pack your fiberoptic cable and a shovel. If you get well and truly lost, dig a trench and bury the cable. When the backhoe comes to dig it up, simply follow the backhoe back to civilization.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
Yep, or to put it another way, just his .02 dollars.
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