From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-01 09:14:04 UTC
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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 17:14:04 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Export laws don't just affect crypto
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The recent posts about GPS made me research the state of the art of GPS
receivers. Seems they are getting pretty good. Two pounds, sub-meter
accuracy, attitude determination, all at altitudes up to 60,000 feet and
speeds up to 1,000 nmph. But what really caught my eye was the fine print
at the bottom of the spec sheet:
"Higher altitude and velocities up to 25,000 nautical miles-per-hour
options are available in the U.S."
I gather from this that as long as you are in the US, you are welcome to
use this technology for applications that require larger than 1,000 nmph
speeds.
Seems the software industry is not the only industry that's suffering
from silly export control laws.
--Lucky
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