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Be afraid, be very afraid...
DYNAGOD:
--- Quote ---WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the White House said Wednesday.
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This is obviously a sign..you just dont go planning on shutting down a huge piece of infrastructure like that because you might think it could be used..its because you have credible information that someone is using it currently to guide "insert weapon here" to a target using the grid...
dont want to be the poor bastard lost in the woods,or the soccer mom lost in dorchester when her Nstar shuts down lol ;D
Hoagie_one:
as sad as i am to hear this....if it can save lives, im ok with it...given a true reason to use it that is.
Overall, this stinks of too much Government.
Tailgunner:
Not exactly news, as I remember they've had the capability to do so for a good while now. They admitted as such back when they stopped limiting how accurate civilian GPS units were allowed to be.
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on December 16, 2004, 11:12:20 am ---dont want to be the poor bastard lost in the woods,or the soccer mom lost in dorchester when her Nstar shuts down lol ;D
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Well said. I like to get in and out of Dorchester as quickly as possible. I've gotten lost there taken the scenic route a couple of times, with the wife wondering why I decided to go through Dorchester in the first place. Of course, I knew exactly where I was going :P
She always makes sure all the doors are locked as soon as we even get close. As if car-jackings of '92 Chevy Lumina's are really common anywhere.
DYNAGOD:
hows that thousand dollar 1200$ a year onstar subscription feeling now :P