> Huh, I'm a little confused about whats being spoken about here, but > the GPS satellites are effectively giant orbiting atomic clocks, its > the basis of GPS. >
> Hey, > > According to wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS ), every GPS > satellite carries an atomic clock, providing every receiver on earth with > really precise clock. The radio clock systems > you describe are different and kinda useless when you have GPS onboard. > > As an engineer I'm stunned by the level of performance achieved of the GPS > system : the description of Einstein's relativity compensation on the WP > article is really scary :) Doh, people. You've spoiled all the fun! :( _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community