http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/08/g....ap/index.html

Only in Europe, for which I am thankful.

They should get an american company to do it for them. Prolly have the whole thing up by 2011

We already have one.

Only in Europe, for which I am thankful.
You'd think they'd have plenty of money, they didn't even have to allow a budget to hoax a moon-landing!

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my question is.. why bother? GPS works fine. If you have sufficient processing power (and it doesn't take that much) you can place yourself within a meter or so. Adding 6 satellites won't change that..

This sounds like a great deal of pig parts in a large ovoid container.

Part of me thinks its trying to "one up" the US, or say, "Anything you can do, we can do too...sorta"

For some reason the phrase "herding cats" comes to mind.

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THat's probably better than what I was thinking "Eating soup with a fork"

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Pentacostalism? Another Euro in-joke, or what?

that is precisely what worries me about this Orion thing..

box: Please await as power is applied

box: Please await as more power ... replacement power unit is required

box: Push blue button to find local starting position
box: Are you Brittish or Continental? (Yes / No)
box: Ah, you are Brittish - proceed at once to Large Benjamin. All routes are starting from famous clock.

box: If you wish a different embarkation point on your journey, press the green button.

box: ah, you are Continental. Proceed at once to the Louvre. All routes are embarked from Louvre for ease of not getting lost.

box: If you are not in Europe, please press large red button at back of screen.

box: Good evening Mr. Phelps....

...or sweeping ants

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So far, there's four systems of which I'm aware that do precisely the same thing.

Why? What bragging rights could the EU, Russia, and Asia hope to gain by very expensively attempting to duplicate GPS, which was born of, and funded by Cold War expenditures which are no longer available, even to the US?

That's just pride and prejudice hanging on, when instead, we should be examining both cost-spreading as well as targeting various needs for the system throughout the world. Only this is cooperation.

Anything else is like trying to send bottle rockets to the Moon on Jan 1, 1970. It's a self-deceptive attempt to retain face while throwing what little is left in a country's coffers much like encouraging a bloodhound to run down a grayhound.

Please grow up a bit, peoples of the world, and let things go. Instead, let's begin doing a bit more cooperating so as to help all of us meet all of our needs.

Thanks.

- Mugs.

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Whoever says "perception is reality" is daft. It's merely an abstraction, and often not a very good one.

I've been wondering about that myself. Perhaps "parochialism" might be the word Doodler was searching for? If so he could ask a moderator to change the thread title.

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I'm a little rusty on my Bible study, for obvious reasons, but the idea was a metaphor for the Tower of Babel construction project.

Lotsa participants, not a lot of effective communication.

Which are?What if the U.S. decides, for whatever reasons, to deny them access or charge exorbitant rates to use it? You can bet the U.S. would duplicate it if they were not already the original developers/owners, IMO.

If the point was failure to communicate...you certainly succeeded

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You beat me to that.

Provincialism?

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That might be a better word, too.

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Microsoft is over if you want it.

The bar has been lowered for the promotion of ATM ideas; the bar for the acceptance of ATM ideas must remain high.