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Europe's GPS program in trouble.
Thomas Borchert writes:
The counterargument for this runs like this: GPS has become way too much of a factor in common life and in the global economy that any US president could ever afford to switch it off or degrade it much. An Iranian nuke hitting the White House due to navigation signals provided by an 80 dollar Etrex GPS might change that view in a hurry, however. The view would quickly be forced back. Terrorists use telephones, but that doesn't mean that any country can afford to shut off telephone service. GPS is moving in the same direction. The EU real life answer does include the above, but also: pride and jealousy, complaints by EADS and other high-tech companies that mostly US companies are cashing in on the sat nav market and similar reasons. Pride and jealousy among the European tribes killed 100 million in the previous century; sounds like they still haven't grown out of it. As long as they cannot get a grip, the U.S., China, and India will continue to leave them in an ever-longer trail of dust. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Europe's GPS program in trouble.
Mxsmanic wrote in
: Tom L. writes: It's not a competition but an addition. It will be compatible with GPS (whatever that means), and, together with GPS, improve positioning accuracy and reliability worldwide. And unlike the GPS, it won't be free. They do want to use it. They just don't want to depend on it. They'd be better off depending on GPS than depending on something they cobbled together themselves. You're wrong agian, fjukktard Bertie |
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Europe's GPS program in trouble.
Mxsmanic wrote in
: Thomas Borchert writes: The counterargument for this runs like this: GPS has become way too much of a factor in common life and in the global economy that any US president could ever afford to switch it off or degrade it much. An Iranian nuke hitting the White House due to navigation signals provided by an 80 dollar Etrex GPS might change that view in a hurry, however. The view would quickly be forced back. Terrorists use telephones, but that doesn't mean that any country can afford to shut off telephone service. GPS is moving in the same direction. No, it isn't, fjukktard Bertie |
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Europe's GPS program in trouble.
Mxsmanic wrote in
: Robert M. Gary writes: On May 8, 1:01 pm, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6634285.stm This is the system that the EU put together to compete with the U.S. GPS system, right? Did we ever find out why they don't want to use the U.S. system? NIH syndrome Nope, wrong, again. Bertie |
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