I understand distrust of the availability and governance of GPS services by parties outside (and inside) the US, but there is a valid PoV that the rest of world rides free on those demonic US DoD funded satellites.
Let's use up more discussion bandwidth cursing the darkness. David Schlesinger wrote: > I wouldn't have imagined I'd see a less productive contribution than the > _rest_ of this discussion, but I guess it goes to show how mistaken one can > be. > > I won't be hurt if you don't use GPS. > > > On 11/8/07 8:08 AM, "kenneth marken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 08 November 2007 16:44:45 Randall Mason wrote: >>> iPhone doesn't have GPS, so how does that fit your mythical project? >>> >>> GPS works in the US. It is a US invention. It is owned by the US. It is >>> run by the US. We donate it to the world. Why would it not work in the >>> US? It works EVERYWHERE, that's why it's called Global Positioning System. >>> >> donated, under the condition that "you" (as in the nation) have the sole >> right >> to turn it of at any time. lets never forget, its a military system, designed >> to guide weapons and soldiers. that its being used for civilian uses are a >> afterthought more then anything else. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenMoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Bill Weinberg - Embedded and Open Source Analyst / Consultant http://www.linuxpundit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 831-662-2857 (p) | 408-568-2492 (m) | 831-662-2852 (f) Blogs: http://activeanalysis.net/blog/18 http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/mobile _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community