Six years ago, that would've made me proud.
Now, it kind of makes me really depressed.
I have not logged in to Slashdot in years. But felt moved enough log in and agree with your statement.
I hope our reputation is not tarnished beyond repair.
GPS can be turned off by the US government, and is done so regularly in hostile countries, and all the time in countries the US is at war with.
The last half of this statement makes no sense. Since the GPS system was developed by the US military to precisely deliver military assets, why the hell would they turn it off in a place where they would use it the most i.e. " in countries the US is at war with"????????? Do you mean TURNING ON Selective Availability? And I don't think they use SA that much now anyway because many of the troops are using commercial versions they bought for themselves. Even with SA on the GPS is still pretty useful (probably not for making precise maps, but definitely good enough to show Point A relative to Point B and the route in between when the distance from A to B is measured in miles or kilometers.)
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Six years ago, that would've made me proud. Now, it kind of makes me really depressed. I have not logged in to Slashdot in years. But felt moved enough log in and agree with your statement. I hope our reputation is not tarnished beyond repair.
The last half of this statement makes no sense. Since the GPS system was developed by the US military to precisely deliver military assets, why the hell would they turn it off in a place where they would use it the most i.e. " in countries the US is at war with"????????? Do you mean TURNING ON Selective Availability? And I don't think they use SA that much now anyway because many of the troops are using commercial versions they bought for themselves. Even with SA on the GPS is still pretty useful (probably not for making precise maps, but definitely good enough to show Point A relative to Point B and the route in between when the distance from A to B is measured in miles or kilometers.)