GPS System Could Begin to Fail Within a Year

Ivan wrote:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165126/gps_system_could_begin_to_fail_within_a_year.html


More of a non story I suspect:

http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/waas-up/

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Cheers,

John.

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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:51:07 +0100, Peter Duncanson

wrote:

To get home they would look out for a vehicle with a Doncaster reg plate
(DT)

Ah, I wonder if there was an archive of those codes anywhere. They used to
publish it in the old AA books, but I threw that away years ago.
I often used to while away the tedious journeys as a kid looking for local
plates (AL and NN etc.) and special numbers.

We had LNN 31.

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:51:07 +0100, Peter Duncanson

wrote:

To get home they would look out for a vehicle with a
Doncaster reg plate (DT)

Ah, I wonder if there was an archive of those codes anywhere.
They used to
publish it in the old AA books, but I threw that away years
ago.
I often used to while away the tedious journeys as a kid
looking for local
plates (AL and NN etc.) and special numbers.

We had LNN 31.

Bill




This will bring back memories then.

http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Referenc...rs.aspx#byArea

Surely Bill you would have followed ET (sic) for Rotherham?


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Woody

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On Sat, 30 May 2009 08:50:06 +0100, Woody wrote:

http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Referenc...rs.aspx#byArea

Much obliged.

Looks like we are stuck with the (horrid) present system till 2049 at least.
I doubt I'll care much by then.

"Woody" wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:51:07 +0100, Peter Duncanson

wrote:

To get home they would look out for a vehicle with a Doncaster reg
plate (DT)

Ah, I wonder if there was an archive of those codes anywhere. They used
to
publish it in the old AA books, but I threw that away years ago.
I often used to while away the tedious journeys as a kid looking for
local
plates (AL and NN etc.) and special numbers.

We had LNN 31.

Bill




This will bring back memories then.

http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Referenc...rs.aspx#byArea

Surely Bill you would have followed ET (sic) for Rotherham?

We also had RET 406. Both vehicles were old ambulances. LNN 31 was a 1948
Morris and RET 406 was a 1956 Bedford.

Bill

"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
Ivan wrote:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165126/gps_system_could_begin_to_fail_within_a_year.html


More of a non story I suspect:

http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/waas-up/

These are the two geosynchronous reporting satellites, which for ease of use
in the system are treated by receivers
like regular GPS satellites except they **for some reason** don’t seem to
move in the sky.

**what part of "geosynchronous" does the author not understand?

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Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Sat, 30 May 2009 22:21:58 +0100, Graham. wrote:

These are the two geosynchronous reporting satellites, which for ease of use
in the system are treated by receivers
like regular GPS satellites except they **for some reason** don?t seem to
move in the sky.

**what part of "geosynchronous" does the author not understand?

Geostationary is the usual term for objects that don't move their apparent
position in the sky. Geosynchronous ones do move, but are always in the
same place at any particular time every day.
All geostationary satellites are geosynchronous - the reverse does not
necessarily apply.
Geosynchronus is, IMHO, more usually used only for non-geostationary
satellites, even though technically wrong. Perhaps this is what the
author doesn't understand.

In article , Peter Duncanson wrote:
How do homing pigeons navigate? They follow roads
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...low-roads.html

Researchers have cracked the puzzle of how pigeons find their way
home: they just follow the main roads.

Interesting ... I was expecting that to be dated 1st April, but it
wasn't.

I wonder whether the reason is that the birds just retrace the path
by which they were taken (presumably in a vehicle) when they were
released?

Cheers,
Daniel.