Friday, November 24, 2006

OoopPS

New Scientist reports that a Cornell scientist is predicting that solar flares will start drowning out GPS signals by 2011 (Solar flares will disrupt GPS in 2011). The researchers say the problem has escaped detection before because GPS systems have spread in popularity during a time of relatively low solar activity.

A neat little example of our the consequences of assuming that the future will be like the present.

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