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Excepting in this case where the military operates a critical, life-safety infrastructure used by civilians. I'm frankly more concerned with the FCC acting as

Excepting in this case where the military operates a critical, life-safety infrastructure used by civilians. I'm frankly more concerned with the FCC acting as a taxpayer-funded telecoms industry cheerleader. Dear FCC: You're regulators. You're supposed to be regulating. This is what you get for being public servants.

brenden2 6y ago
Meh, the military engages in far more life terminating than life saving.
- kube-system 6y ago
  Deterrence is hard to measure, but US military superiority correlates with a period of relatively low global conflict.
  - brenden2 6y ago
    Maybe so, but the evidence is weak at best. Some wars (like Iraq, Korea, Vietnam) were a sham. I'd feel more comfortable knowing nobody had nuclear weapons.
    - kube-system 6y ago
      You'd feel more comfortable, but is that the same as actually being safer?
      - brenden2 6y ago
        You could ask someone who was living in Japan in 1945.
        carapace 6y ago
        Or someone living in Nanking in 1938.
    - CNJ7654 6y ago
      >I'd feel more comfortable knowing nobody had nuclear weapons I think we all would, they're terrifying devices. However, that ship has sailed. People know how to create nuclear weapons, and that information can never be removed from the world. The fact that these weapons CAN exist at all provides all the incentive a nation needs to create their own. The best we can do now is keep eachother in a perpetual Mexican standoff
- Rebelgecko 6y ago
  How many lives has GPS saved? Even if all it did was prevent one KAL007 type event a decade, that's already thousands edit: Korean Air 007 was an airliner that was shot down by the USSR after straying into their airspace. It had a huge influence on the decision to make GPS available for civilian use.
- tehjoker 6y ago
  Usually I'd agree with you, but this is a case of DoD wanting to preserve infrastructure for targeting drones vs corporations seeing $$$ in robotic deployment and automation so they can eliminate jobs. Who knows who will win. The drones thing is hyperbole because (so far) they drop the bombs overseas, but my point is that they have an interest in preserving GPS domestically.

brenden2 6y ago

Meh, the military engages in far more life terminating than life saving.

kube-system 6y ago
Deterrence is hard to measure, but US military superiority correlates with a period of relatively low global conflict.
- brenden2 6y ago
  Maybe so, but the evidence is weak at best. Some wars (like Iraq, Korea, Vietnam) were a sham. I'd feel more comfortable knowing nobody had nuclear weapons.
  - kube-system 6y ago
    You'd feel more comfortable, but is that the same as actually being safer?
    - brenden2 6y ago
      You could ask someone who was living in Japan in 1945.
      - carapace 6y ago
        Or someone living in Nanking in 1938.
  - CNJ7654 6y ago
    >I'd feel more comfortable knowing nobody had nuclear weapons I think we all would, they're terrifying devices. However, that ship has sailed. People know how to create nuclear weapons, and that information can never be removed from the world. The fact that these weapons CAN exist at all provides all the incentive a nation needs to create their own. The best we can do now is keep eachother in a perpetual Mexican standoff
Rebelgecko 6y ago
How many lives has GPS saved? Even if all it did was prevent one KAL007 type event a decade, that's already thousands edit: Korean Air 007 was an airliner that was shot down by the USSR after straying into their airspace. It had a huge influence on the decision to make GPS available for civilian use.
tehjoker 6y ago
Usually I'd agree with you, but this is a case of DoD wanting to preserve infrastructure for targeting drones vs corporations seeing $$$ in robotic deployment and automation so they can eliminate jobs. Who knows who will win. The drones thing is hyperbole because (so far) they drop the bombs overseas, but my point is that they have an interest in preserving GPS domestically.