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Re: What is the oldest computer that could be used today for real work? [message #411413 is a reply to message #411343] Thu, 30 September 2021 10:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Charles Richmond is currently offline  Charles Richmond
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On 9/28/2021 2:03 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2021-09-28, Questor <usenet@only.tnx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:23:33 -0500, Dave Garland
>> <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/24/2021 5:50 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>> You do know that a handheld GPS can provide the same information as
>>>> celestial nav, with vastly greater precision, do you not? And likely
>>>> has accurate charts these days.
>>>
>>> Works so long as the satellites are still functioning, not turned
>>> off, not jammed, not spoofed. Remember a few years ago Iran fooled
>>> a US drone into landing at one of their airfields? Or google "China
>>> GPS spoofing" for fun and games with ships near to China. Or the 20
>>> ships in the Black Sea in 2017 whose location returned as an airport
>>> 32km inland. I would expect every competent military has tools to
>>> deal with satnav these days. (You can buy a jammer off AliBaba for
>>> as little as $200, spoofing probably costs a lot more.)
>>>
>>> It's way harder to spoof the stars.
>>
>> If you can see them. Warship operations can't be dependent on a lack
>> of fog or an overcast sky.
>
> True, but it's one more option in your toolkit when conditions permit.
> There's an old saying about not putting all your eggs in one basket,
> but that seems to have fallen into disfavour these days...
>

All true! Now-a-days the one basket for "all your eggs" is called the
smart cell phone. Now when a person loses their smart cell phone, that
person is put back to counting rocks at the opening of the cave where
they live. ;-)

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