http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/ Engadget Comments for Solar flares to disrupt GPS for several hours in 2011 or 2012 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Walrus; what the hell?]]>Sep 28th 2006 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/
Um, your left or our left?]]>Sep 28th 2006 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Jul 14th 2007 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/
This wasn't mentioned as a possible source of rising temperatures in Al Gore's lecture, therefore, it couldn't possibly be real.

Anybody else wanna take a crack at spinning solar flares into a political issue?

]]>Sep 28th 2006 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/
And ground stations to improve accuracy, i doubt the Gallileo relies only on Sattelites to remain operational.

"The encrypted Commercial Service (CS) will be available for a fee and will offer an accuracy of better than 1 m. The CS can also be complemented by ground stations to bring the accuracy down to less than 10 cm. This signal will be broadcast in three frequency bands, the two used for the OS signals, as well as at 1260–1300 MHz."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system]]>Sep 28th 2006 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/
Anyway, Frank is right, and it wasn't only the Aztecs either. Quite a few "ancients" around the globe prophesied "something big" to happen in 2012.

And though that's nothing for a tech blog, I think they might have been right. The way everything is speeding up we might have more than an enviromental climax by that time.]]>Sep 28th 2006 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/

Geez, find something better to spend your research dollars on. Like a solar flare proof GPS - hey you got 5 to 6 years, so get movin'.

It's like those goverment studies that draw a DUH. For instance: Childern who eat more and exercise less are MORE likely to become fat says goverment study... DUH

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No, this kind of thing is why planes will NOT exclusively rely on GPS.]]>Sep 28th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/
Also, ground-based GPS stations (which are already being activated) will not be affected and if more powerful satellites are launched in the next few years (also planned) they are likely to be less prone to such interfearance.

So your Tomtom may be down a bit, but I wouldn't panic. Try a map, maybe?]]>Sep 28th 2006 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Sep 28th 2006 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/

and 12/21/2012 11:11am... they all use just 0, 1, & 2!!! OMG!!!]]>Sep 28th 2006 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/28/solar-flares-to-disrupt-gps-for-several-hours-in-2011-or-2012/Nov 18th 2007 5:31AM