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Newsnight report on WE.177/P.A.L's

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Old 17th November 2007 | 17:25
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No, it's not me!

Well that fact that you know him makes you a geek by association.
Look, he's a navigator. Someone's got to talk to him.

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Old 17th November 2007 | 17:28
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Look, he's a navigator. Someone's got to talk to him.
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No they don't. All he needs is someone to listen to him.

Bit like driving a car. You are the 'pilot' and bitching betty in the GPS is the nav. No point in talking to her, she won't be listening. Like an aircraft you could eject her though.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 05:47
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Yellow Sun,

Just because something is is the public domain does not exempt you from the OSA.

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Old 18th November 2007 | 08:18
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Who are you, the USYO?
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Old 18th November 2007 | 09:01
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I am not a USyO.
But rules are rules.
http://www.ip-finder.info/
Click here and scoll down.

They are watching you!
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Old 18th November 2007 | 14:47
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Apparently my PC is somewhere near Skipton in Yorkshire.....wonder what this is sat next to me here in Cornwall then ??
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Old 18th November 2007 | 14:57
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Sounds like my PC is off on the moors N of Skipton with yours, VV. Odd, since one very like it is here with me just 3 m SW of Benson.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 15:18
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Originally Posted by Phoney Tony
I am not a USyO.
But rules are rules.
http://www.ip-finder.info/
Click here and scoll down.

They are watching you!
According to that website I am located in "Blackburn West Lothian United Kingdom" and the map has an arrow pointing to Edinburgh.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 15:36
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And I am apparently in the centre of Kansas, although I haven't been within 1000miles of there for some years.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 15:47
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These all sound like USAF target co-ordinates. Just glad I'm not where they think I am.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 16:29
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Hmmm, just north of Leeds, well up to RAFP standards.....
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Old 18th November 2007 | 17:21
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I also drew the unlucky straw, and am sitting next to VVHA just outside Skipton.


Could be worse, it could have put me in Lancashire.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 18:39
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Given that the accuracy is within 25 miles it is interesting to note that many of us, like ZH875, are all within 15 miles of an RAF station.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 18:50
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So which pub shall we meet in this evening. Like everyone else, my house has been magicked up to Skipton.
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Old 18th November 2007 | 18:53
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Yes, how odd. it puts me somewhere near Menwi?>%^^&*%£ H::%%&*^$£

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Old 18th November 2007 | 19:59
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That web site got me sussed out in seconds and it was fairly accurate, to the nearest large town.
Most of the discussion is history now, just glad i dont have to go through those yearly checks anymore.
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Old 19th November 2007 | 10:47
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Aberdeen, yeah ok. Check my name plate.......
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Old 19th November 2007 | 12:32
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Hmm, Wichita. Mrs G is going to be pissed off, as I'm to collect her from Gatwick this evening.
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Old 19th November 2007 | 13:10
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Apparently I'm located just north of Skipton too.
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Old 19th November 2007 | 13:20
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Even scarier, my address is in Bradford. If you knew where I really was
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