Re: Evidences for the ether


"Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Sorcerer wrote:
| > "Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:ebo54g$s3s$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Sorcerer wrote:
| > | >
| > | > To find exact position on Earth you need to know the exact position
of
| > the
| > | > satellite, not just it's time.
| > | > Satellites are perturbed in their orbit (mostly by the moon, which
also
| > | > perturbs sea level) but their position is regularly updated from
ground
| > | > stations so that they can tell you where they are.
| > | > No engineer is going to sit at a desk in front of a monitor and ask
| > | > where each satellite is or what its time is, the upload is fully
| > | > automated.
| > | > Their time is also uploaded, they do not correct themselves. The
system
| > | > works, even though their clocks are damaged, and would still work if
| > they
| > | > were not damaged.
| > |
| > | > The correction of the damage, 38 usec per day,
| > | > corresponds to 0.4909981824 inches per day, far less than the
stated
| > | > accuracy of the system. Uncorrected, you'll be 15 feet out of
position
| > | > in a year.
| > |
| > | Hilarious, how stupid the engineers who designed the GPS were, isn't
it?
| > :-)
| > | They didn't understand that the clocks could run wrong by
| > | 3 ms a day, and the precision of the GPS would still be better than 1
m!
| > | So why did they put expensive atomic clocks in the satellites when
| > | oven controlled crystal clocks could do the job?
| >
| > To make more money, it was a government contract.
| >
| > | Probably because they didn't consult the electrical engineer
Androcles!
| >
| > My fees were too low to make a fat profit on. Those guys were not as
| > stupid as you imagine, in the USA the dollar is king. Why should they
| > consult me anyway?
|
| Because you know what they - and the rest of the world - don't.
| Namely how the GPS works.
| I think you should enlighten us, Androcles.
| How does a GPS receiver determine it's position?

Look up old posts, I'm not repeating myself for a troll and proven liar.
It does me no good to even quote references, you'll claim that I fabricated
them.
You've been enlightened.

Androcles.





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