Bush Prepares for Possible GPS Shutdown

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
nk.net...

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I would expect that a shutdown of the
Internet will have totally unanticipated effects on the military networks.
Since so much of society is now interwoven into the Internet we probably
will be shooting ourselves in the foot if we shutdown the Internet in a
time
of crisis.


The infrastructures of society evolve slowly and do so with great inertia.
It is not easy to change direction quickly without unanticipated effect.

For example, trying to make a "sudden" move away from air travel after 9-11
caused a spike in automobile deaths. 1000 people more than normal died on
the roads in just the three months following (
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles...392244&cat=1_7 )
..

Any big infrastructure change.... whether closing the internet or closing
down the GPS system or moving away from an automobile-oriented society....
will certainly be "shooting ourselves in the foot", if done suddenly. So
the reasons for doing it have to be huge.

So also, are the reasons for trying to foresee where the current
infrastructures *should* be changing.... (power usage and/or power
generation, for one example)... so that their evolution can be planned, or
at least anticipated. It's gonna take a long time to get there.