From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>  Do you know if there are other GPS systems up and running? The Japs
> have launched heaps of satellites lately...

  There's the russian based GLONASS, but dollar for dollar, it ends up being 
more expensive to use (recievers cost more).

  Europe (a collection of countries in europe) is working on Gallileo, but I 
think that's going to turn into a stuff up.  They've been arguing over the 
standards since the start, and are still arguing over exactly which countries 
are part of the consortium or not.

>  I am very suspicious of the USA, GPS and the Internet. I thought it
> was very significant how *quickly* they caught this latest dork
> spreading Miscrosoft virus. It was as if they went *straight* to him.

  That's nothing to do with GPS, that's just his idiocy.  No-one said virus 
writers *had* to be smart.

>  I know they spread the story he was registering the computers
> he infected, but durr... did anyone believe that?

  I would, they're not always very smart you know.

>  My guess is that the USA (probably NSA) has centralised the total
> Net now.

  It was like that from the start Bob.

  Though I think your paranoia of the web has grown.  It isn't like you think.

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