06-28-2004, 05:17 AM
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Everybody Stretch!
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pa. USA
Posts: 11,637
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It's great to have more satellites...as long as "the ground crew" updates their systems acordingly. For example...my phone has a integrated GPS system, but it'll only work in an emergency if the police station I call has a GPS device as well! I think of this stuff when I hear about women being kidnapped and stuffed in the trunk or something...and using their cell phone to call 911 and leaving an open line while the operator[s] try and figure out where they are. I don't dwell on this stuff...it's just that my directions for honing my GPS say it's only as good as the systems set up to receive it.
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