In message <45810F18.11918.132FDC8_at_dan.tobias.name>, "Daniel R. Tobias" writes:
>> http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/papers.pdf/gpsworld.january01.pdf
>
>One quibble with that article is that it gives the Global Positioning
>System as an example of how humanity has been obsessed with knowing
>what time it is. Actually, GPS arises from our obsession with
>knowing what *place* we're at; its need for precise time is a mere
>technical detail of its implementation.
Absolutely not true. The original military requirements for GPS
demanded timetransfer better then 10 microseconds for safe comms
purposes.
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Received on Fri Dec 15 2006 - 03:27:13 PST