From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 1 3: 1:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E0537B41F for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 03:01:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g31B1BN37421; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:01:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:01:11 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS time. Message-ID: <20020401130111.B37363@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3CA80E9E.B091200F@mindspring.com> <47573.1017647416@verdi.nethelp.no> <3CA813AF.51ACF538@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3CA813AF.51ACF538@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 12:00:47AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 12:00:47AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > > Hopefully European GPS project (Galileo) will provide an alternative. > > > > It still has a long way to go though. > > > > > > Galileo strikes me as unnecessary, unless the receivers will be > > > cheaper to get the same resolution. The 1 meter resolution seems > > > a little poor, compared to differential. > > > > Galileo may be unnecessary *if* you trust the US. As a European, > > my view of US and European politics is that they're sufficiently > > different (both in methods and goals) that I don't trust the US > > that much. Thus I think Galileo is a good thing, even if it'll be > > very expensive. .. > nice target lock for transmitters at all U.S. commercial airports > that were installed to de-wiggle the signal. 8-). > > If it comes down to it, the U.S. has the capability of "turning > off" Galileo, if it ever felt that it needed to do so. 8-) 8-). While not stepping up to solve the world politics: the US government claiming the right to define the law for everything is unnerving to lots of non-US (and US I suppose) people alike. GPS is just one of these things.. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands We are FreeBSD. Resistance is futile. Prepare to be committed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message