I'm unconvinced Clarke's Law is operative here. A more appropriate model is the Swiss Army Knife... a single tool to be all things to all people. In reality, such a tool or program does nothing very well. Examples abound.
YMMV, -John ================= > Any competent engineer could have told the powers that be that a satellite > system based in LEO has a relatively high risk profile from the > Universe/hostile activity/spoofing and jamming > > Yes GPS is/was oversold. > > Trouble is Clarkes law applies here (any sufficiently advanced technology > is indistinguishable from magic). And this applies double to the > technological illiterates in DC > > See Sen 'Tubes' Stevens for the canonical example > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 29, 2013, at 12:46 PM, "J. Forster" <j...@quikus.com> wrote: > >> It seems to me that GPS has been oversold as the be all, end all system >> that made all other systems obsolete and GPS has become all but an >> indespensible utility. >> >> Reports like this, could well be used to promote a backup, like LORAN or >> eLORAN, just as public buildings have backup generators. >> >> YMMV, >> >> -John >> >> ================== >> >> >>> >>> http://www.economist.com/news/international/21582288-satellite-positioning-data-are-vitalbut-signal-surprisingly-easy-disrupt-out?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/outofsight >>> >>> -Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.