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Date:      Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:05:24 -0600
From:      Vladimir Egorin <vladimir@math.uic.edu>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GPS time.
Message-ID:  <20020331200524.A20933@math.uic.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700
References:  <20020331091304.U40871-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <Pine.LNX.4.43L0.0203311040090.8980-100000@saruman.xwin.net> <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org>

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On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
	> In message: <Pine.LNX.4.43L0.0203311040090.8980-100000@saruman.xwin.net>
	>             Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org> writes:
	> : 	This is the answer I was kinda hoping for. I think that accuracy
	> : to ~100ms from a known source is a little more comforting than <1ms from a
	> : server that I have no control over. I am not maintaining a space program,
	> : just a dozen machines in my room that really serve no other purpose than
	> : personal entertainment.
	> 
	> Also keep in mind that the US governement reserves the right to turn
	> off GPS at any time to selected regions of the globe.

Hopefully European GPS project (Galileo) will provide an alternative.
It still has a long way to go though.

-- 
Vladimir

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