Stephen W. Long wrote: >We've heard this same stuff about GPS. At SMPTE meetings I ran, got grief >from some junior members of delegations griping about the USA owning the >GPS system. My response back to them was - fine, if you don't like it, >build your own. > > That's exactly what they are doing. This costs us big money: we have to send up new satellites for ours that are capable of both jamming and spoofing theirs, so that in case of military emergency we can still keep control. Doug McDonald ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.