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With only a week to go before Loran shuts down, GPS command creates a software problem...
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2010 Jan 26, 17:50 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2010 Jan 26, 17:50 -0800
Mostly affects military users, but the lesson is clear on relying on a single system for mission-critical navigation http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/news/gps-control-software-glitch-nanu-issued-9414 Please, no "see, that's why I'd rather trust celestial than GPS" -- the lesson is that ANY system (including the Nautical Almanacs and sight reduction tables) can have inadvertent or unanticipated defects.
