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Old 15-01-2008, 18:24   #1
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A new cycle of solar activity could play havoc with GPS systems, scientists are warning...
http://www.computershopper.co.uk/new...eaten-gps.html

I'll have to blow the dust off the old paper maps. I wonder if the AA Handbook (hardbound) passed on to me from my grandfather is still OK? Has to be better than the alternative - asking people for directions
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Americans better watch what they're doing with those JDAMs and Tomahawks then!
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