From: David Loysen <dwl@hnc.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 05:58:41 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: No matter where you go, there they are.
Message-ID: <199604121604.JAA02423@spike.hnc.com>
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>    Close, but not quite:
>S/A is an ADJUSTABLE variable, not on/off. it can reduce accuracy to 
>10 meters or 100 meters or whatever. It's a DoD term, not NWO term.
>    The "this is where you really are" percision location (forgot 
>the designation off hand) is ENCRYPTED (yes, there is crypto 
>revelance here...) in the data stream from the satellites. The 
>difference S/A makes is on the order of magnitude, therefore not 
>"useless." It should be pointed out that different regions of the 
>earth can have different degrees of accuracy based on the S/A system.
>    I doubt S/A will ever be turned off, but this is my opinion. I 
>know Jim's opinion. Discussion of this point is pointless.
>    DGPS transmission are made from a multiple single points, which 
>(to the best of my knowledge) are not networked.
>    glenn

Does anyone else get a little upset at the thought of one Government agency
(DoD) spending money to install the GPS system, then making it less accurate
than it should be, and then a second Government agency (US Coast Guard)
spending money to improve the system by installing DGPS stations. Plus, in
order to get the real accuracy of GPS right now I have to spend more money
on a much more expensive DGPS unit.

Pisses me right the F### off.