Turn off GPS?

I've been out in the Gulf of Mex many times where accuracy within a 60'
radius can cost 15-30min of zig zaging trying to find the "sunken VW" or
other structure where the fish are congregating. I bought a new Magellan
with the "extra" satellites. (I forget what they are called.) And it's much
more accurate than my old unit. I also bought a Humminbird Matrix 37 with a
90deg beam and split screen so you can tell if the object is on the right or
left as you pass over it or "near" it. Still, the GPS accuracy of a 10'r
vs. a 60'r or more, is a tremendous help.

On the other hand, accuracy within a half mile or so would have been plenty
good enough for the terrorists to find the twin towers. I have no idea what
military devices are out there that use GPS to locate a "target" but the
problem comes in when Congress starts to meddle in areas they know nothing
about, like banning guns that aren't used to any real degree in crimes but
being painted black and called "assault weapons" they get banned, even
though mechanically, they're no different than any semi-automatic deer rifle
(and most ARE legal). Did you know one of the criteria for defining an
"assault weapon" is the presence of a bayonet lug. When is the last time
you saw or heard of a crime or an assault being committed with a bayonet???
I think they ought to line up all the criminal gangs and drug dealers and
let them "have it out"--paint ball with real bullets! Then put the
survivors in jail and throw away the key.
'Course, the irony is that this would cause the statistics to indicate the
murder rate with firearms just went up and then some people (Sarah Brady for
one) would be clamoring to ban the evil guns that caused this! Sorry to get
off on a tangent here, just trying to make an analogy and got carried away.
LD

"Chicago Paddling-Fishing" wrote in message
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RGarri7470 wrote:
: Maybe not enough said - the very first sentence says it would be turned
off in
: a national emergency to keep terrorists from using it. You just used
something
: to make a silly political statement - wasting my time and yours. YOU
LOST -
: get over it.
: Ronnie
:
: http://fishing.about.com

I think they'd have to be pretty selective since GPS seems to be (or
already
has) overtaken loran for navigation aids....

Selective availability wasn't bad... I can live by just being able to get
back within 60 feet or so of where I was the last time I set the gps (I
use
it mostly for scout trips, I can set a waypoint at the end of the trail
and
then I can always give a reasonably accurate answer to "are we there yet"
when we are actually doing the hike or bike trip).

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Pretty sure history will show that America lost when w was re-elected. Not
bitching but it is obvious to 49.92% of the country.
SamB


History will show whatever the writers of the history books choose to write -
and what the society at that time accepts. Much like your claim taht 49.92% of
the country thinks America lost when President Bush was reelected.

Is that percent based on land area or what? If you are basing it on votes cast,
Kerry received 57,392,697 of 119,076,345 cast. That is 48.2% of votes cast,
but what difference is 1.7% when you are trying to make a claim. President Bush
received 60,572,626 votes, or 50.86% of the votes cast. Are you saying everyone
that voted for the other candidates think America lost because President Bush
won? Even if so, that only leaves 49.14%, but again, what is a few million
votes when you are trying to prove a point.

The US population is just over 295,000,000. Based on that, Kerry received
votes from about 19% of the people in the US. If your claim is true, a huge
number of people that think America lost when President Bush was reelected
either could not vote or did not bother to vote.

Where did you get your 49.92%? Personal observation?
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Pretty sure history will show that America lost when w was re-elected. Not
bitching but it is obvious to 49.92% of the country.
SamB


History will show whatever the writers of the history books choose to write -
and what the society at that time accepts. Much like your claim taht 49.92% of
the country thinks America lost when President Bush was reelected.

Is that percent based on land area or what? If you are basing it on votes cast,
Kerry received 57,392,697 of 119,076,345 cast. That is 48.2% of votes cast,
but what difference is 1.7% when you are trying to make a claim. President Bush
received 60,572,626 votes, or 50.86% of the votes cast. Are you saying everyone
that voted for the other candidates think America lost because President Bush
won? Even if so, that only leaves 49.14%, but again, what is a few million
votes when you are trying to prove a point.

The US population is just over 295,000,000. Based on that, Kerry received
votes from about 19% of the people in the US. If your claim is true, a huge
number of people that think America lost when President Bush was reelected
either could not vote or did not bother to vote.

Where did you get your 49.92%? Personal observation?
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:07:32 GMT, "SamB" wrote:

Pretty sure history will show that America lost when w was re-elected. Not
bitching but it is obvious to 49.92% of the country.
SamB


FBS_
Kerry received 57 million vote of the potential 211 million people over 18 years
of age. More like 28%. Besides some small subset of those Kerry voters even give
a **** who won. Some of them don't even know yet.
Take your liberal socialist agenda and move to Canada or better yet Afghanistan.

Even their God Bill Clinton, said it was time to quite bitching and move on.
The losers don't dnow when to shut up. They are for majority rule, only when
they win.

Even their God Bill Clinton, said it was time to quite bitching and move on.
The losers don't dnow when to shut up. They are for majority rule, only when
they win.