From: Ken Smith on
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.



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From: Eeyore on


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

"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

"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


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