From: Ken Smith on 10 Dec 2006 21:49 In article <457CC659.BD8281E8(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:59:24 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >> >The reason Europe's doing Galileo is of course because the USA can't >be trusted. >> >> Your knowledge of the world is such a hideous joke. > >" With Galileo, the European Union (EU) intends to achieve independence from the >USA's GPS (Global Positioning System) and the Russian Federation's >Global Navigation >Satellite System GLONASS. Whilst Galileo, as a joint project undertaken >by the EU and >the European Space Agency ESA, is compatible and interoperable with GPS, it >guarantees independent and reliable usability. " > >http://www.bmvbs.de/en/Transport/Integrated-transport-policy-,2069/Galileo.htm > >*independent* and *reliable* BTW: Do you know if the Galileo system has the same intentional distortions as the GPS system? If not, it could be combined with the GPS to make better estimates. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 10 Dec 2006 22:54 Ken Smith wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >> > >> >The reason Europe's doing Galileo is of course because the USA can't > >> >be trusted. > >> > >> Your knowledge of the world is such a hideous joke. > > > >" With Galileo, the European Union (EU) intends to achieve independence from the > >USA's GPS (Global Positioning System) and the Russian Federation's > >Global Navigation > >Satellite System GLONASS. Whilst Galileo, as a joint project undertaken > >by the EU and > >the European Space Agency ESA, is compatible and interoperable with GPS, it > >guarantees independent and reliable usability. " > > > >http://www.bmvbs.de/en/Transport/Integrated-transport-policy-,2069/Galileo.htm > > > >*independent* and *reliable* > > BTW: Do you know if the Galileo system has the same intentional > distortions as the GPS system? If not, it could be combined with the GPS > to make better estimates. I'm not aware of any equivalent to selective availability etc. It's apparently been designed for 1 metre accuracy from the start as well. Unlike the US and Russian equivalents it's targeted primarily at commercial use AIUI. Graham
From: T Wake on 11 Dec 2006 01:29 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:qifpn2te6r59kdrvl1ukv5l2fbccficce7(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:59:24 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >>The reason Europe's doing Galileo is of course because the USA can't be >>trusted. > > > Your knowledge of the world is such a hideous joke. Yep. You are an AI program. See message 2omdnY6K9eyGkeHYRVnyjQA(a)pipex.net
From: T Wake on 11 Dec 2006 01:29 "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message news:elign6$c4l$1(a)blue.rahul.net... > In article <2omdnY6K9eyGkeHYRVnyjQA(a)pipex.net>, > T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > [....] >>Hi Genius. Added to your cowardly snippage is a pathetic attempt at a >>straw >>man. If you hadn't been such a whining big girl and snipped the bits above >>you could see I wasn't talking about the debate over your idiotic >>political >>view point. > > I have an interesting theory that we are in fact dealing with an AI > program. This would explain the trouble parsing some statements. It > would also explain the snipping of sections and the resorting to insults. > Both could be used as a way to cover the fact that the parser could not > handle the statements. With reasonable replied the errors would be easier > to notice. Insults on the other hand don't have to make literal sense. > The fact that the same ones seem to get recycled is some evidence for the > theory. > I think I agree with you know.
From: Eeyore on 11 Dec 2006 01:54
T Wake wrote: > "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message > news:elign6$c4l$1(a)blue.rahul.net... > > In article <2omdnY6K9eyGkeHYRVnyjQA(a)pipex.net>, > > T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > [....] > >>Hi Genius. Added to your cowardly snippage is a pathetic attempt at a > >>straw > >>man. If you hadn't been such a whining big girl and snipped the bits above > >>you could see I wasn't talking about the debate over your idiotic > >>political > >>view point. > > > > I have an interesting theory that we are in fact dealing with an AI > > program. This would explain the trouble parsing some statements. It > > would also explain the snipping of sections and the resorting to insults. > > Both could be used as a way to cover the fact that the parser could not > > handle the statements. With reasonable replied the errors would be easier > > to notice. Insults on the other hand don't have to make literal sense. > > The fact that the same ones seem to get recycled is some evidence for the > > theory. > > > > I think I agree with you know. I'm sure this isn't the first time It's been suggested either. Maybe the model is being refined ? As 'Nunya Bidness' it used to swear more. Graham |