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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:22:20 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:


"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message

You could just as easily break your compass, lose your paper charts
overboard or a variety of other mishaps that are at LEAST as likely to
happen as your fantasy about the satellites.

Ah, you saw Captain Ron, didn't ya.


GPS satellites being shot down seems very unlikely compared to the
frequency of mishaps that actually DO happen.

Far less likely than the other things you mentioned, obviously. Not to
mention the fact that virtually every country on Earth uses *our* GPS train
of satellites.


What if Magnetic North suddenly moves?

It moves every minute of the day, fortunately not very far.

Max



Try explaining all of this to Katy. She doesn't trust GPS's because she's afraid
that all of the satellites might get shot down. This is like being afraid that
the sun won't rise tomorrow. My guess is that if the most technologically
advanced country on the world attempted to shoot them all down, they would
"maybe" graze two or three of them. And why would they do it?

CWM





CWM
Now wait a minute...I did not say that at all...I asked what
if....sailor's should have the basic skills and not have to rely on
electrical equipment...Be Prepared, as the Boy and Girl Scouts
say...your interpretation skills are rather shoddy...

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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:00:36 -0500, katy wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:22:20 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:



"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message


You could just as easily break your compass, lose your paper charts
overboard or a variety of other mishaps that are at LEAST as likely to
happen as your fantasy about the satellites.

Ah, you saw Captain Ron, didn't ya.



GPS satellites being shot down seems very unlikely compared to the
frequency of mishaps that actually DO happen.

Far less likely than the other things you mentioned, obviously. Not to
mention the fact that virtually every country on Earth uses *our* GPS train
of satellites.



What if Magnetic North suddenly moves?

It moves every minute of the day, fortunately not very far.

Max



Try explaining all of this to Katy. She doesn't trust GPS's because she's afraid
that all of the satellites might get shot down. This is like being afraid that
the sun won't rise tomorrow. My guess is that if the most technologically
advanced country on the world attempted to shoot them all down, they would
"maybe" graze two or three of them. And why would they do it?

CWM





CWM

Now wait a minute...I did not say that at all...I asked what
if....sailor's should have the basic skills and not have to rely on
electrical equipment...Be Prepared, as the Boy and Girl Scouts
say...your interpretation skills are rather shoddy...


It's your critical thinking skills, not my interpretation skills that are
failing here.

CWM
No...if that were so then all the rest of the group here wouldn't have
the same problems with you as I do...it would be a sin gular
event...only skills in question here are yours...

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"katy" wrote in message
...


Now wait a minute...I did not say that at all...I asked what
if....sailor's should have the basic skills and not have to rely on
electrical equipment...Be Prepared, as the Boy and Girl Scouts say...your
interpretation skills are rather shoddy...

Just take a Bowditch's and a plastic sextant along. If everything
electronic fails you can at least find a use for your spare time.

Max

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Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:28 -0500, katy wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:00:36 -0500, katy wrote:



Charlie Morgan wrote:


On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:22:20 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:




"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message



You could just as easily break your compass, lose your paper charts
overboard or a variety of other mishaps that are at LEAST as likely to
happen as your fantasy about the satellites.

Ah, you saw Captain Ron, didn't ya.




GPS satellites being shot down seems very unlikely compared to the
frequency of mishaps that actually DO happen.

Far less likely than the other things you mentioned, obviously. Not to
mention the fact that virtually every country on Earth uses *our* GPS train
of satellites.




What if Magnetic North suddenly moves?

It moves every minute of the day, fortunately not very far.

Max



Try explaining all of this to Katy. She doesn't trust GPS's because she's afraid
that all of the satellites might get shot down. This is like being afraid that
the sun won't rise tomorrow. My guess is that if the most technologically
advanced country on the world attempted to shoot them all down, they would
"maybe" graze two or three of them. And why would they do it?

CWM





CWM

Now wait a minute...I did not say that at all...I asked what
if....sailor's should have the basic skills and not have to rely on
electrical equipment...Be Prepared, as the Boy and Girl Scouts
say...your interpretation skills are rather shoddy...


It's your critical thinking skills, not my interpretation skills that are
failing here.

CWM

No...if that were so then all the rest of the group here wouldn't have
the same problems with you as I do...it would be a sin gular
event...only skills in question here are yours...


Further evidence that your critical thinking skills are lax.

CWM

Further evidence that you don't know youe butt from a hole in the ground...

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
...

And then the satellite gets shot out of the sky when you're in the
middle of the Gulf Stream....

All 30 of them?

CWM

Actually 2 well placed nuclear bursts in the ionosphere would take out the
whole constellation.

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:09:51 -0100, "Ty Lenol"
wrote:


"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
. ..

And then the satellite gets shot out of the sky when you're in the
middle of the Gulf Stream....

All 30 of them?

CWM

Actually 2 well placed nuclear bursts in the ionosphere would take out the
whole constellation.


So what?

CWM

It's intuitively obvious to the most casual of observers.

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Charlie Morgan wrote:
My guess is that if the most technologically
advanced country on the world attempted to shoot them all down, they would
"maybe" graze two or three of them.


Well that less than most technologically advanced country in the world,
China, has already convincingly demonstrated an ability to blow at least
one up.

And why would they do it?


The Chinese? Who knows, their little satelite demolition demo was a
pretty flagrant provocation, but to what end and why? Perhaps your
answer lies in that answer? Now that's almost Zen, where the hell is
Jax?

Cheers
Marty
CWM

CWM
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