Re: Clarification about the term "GPS Shutdown"

kashe_at_sonic.net
Date: 01/02/05

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    On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:17:14 +0100, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    >Alan Browne writes:
    >
    >> I don't even think that a lot of money will be lost. There will be a scramble
    >> of sorts to establish workarounds, and there will be delays, and yes, time is
    >> money ... but it won't be for any individual, company or agency that disastrous.
    >
    >This is logically equivalent to saying that GPS serves no useful
    >purpose, which is manifestly untrue.

            No, it is equivalent to saying it's not critical (for those
    who plan properly), as opposed to merely useful.

    >
    >> And any person, company or agency that has integrated GPS into their
    >> operations to the point where it is perceived as a serious risk should have a
    >> plan in place to deal with it.
    >
    >For many applications, there are no alternatives to GPS, and thus no
    >plan to "deal with" an outage is possible. That's rather like saying
    >that an airline should have a plan for operating without jet fuel.
    >
    >> A risk assessment would likely place the risk as
    >> very low or extremely low, so only if loss of GPS would have a very strong
    >> impact would an investment in backups and workarounds be worthwhile.
    >
    >The greater the impact of a GPS outage in a specific domain, the more
    >likely that there is no workaround for that outage.

            As always -- Proper planning prevents piss-poor performance.
    Don't allow yourself to get into a life or business threatening
    situation without fully assessing the risks.

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