Re: U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo GPS

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, der Mouse wrote:

> > > How can a closed, for-pay system be an "answer to" a wide-open
> > > system that still works perfectly well?
> > A) it's more accurate, and
>
> As far as I can see, a system that won't tell me where I am at all is
> far less accurate, in practice, than a system that can tell me where I
> am to within a dozen metres.
>
> > B) if Bush decides that open access helps the "turists" then they'll
> > close it, and we'll be left without a GPS unless we make our own.
>
> For what values of "we"?  Certainly not any including me.  If you mean

For all values of we that the US Gov could decide include terrorists, 
which includes (of course) US citizens (e.g., Oklahoma bombing).

> "Europeans", well, do you really expect all, or even approximately all,
> Europeans to buy into this silly closed-for-pay paradigm?  I don't.
>
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