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To: Neeka who wrote (17257)	5/6/2009 2:54:52 PM
From: Horgad	13 Recommendations Respond to of 50157

No marker needed. What it means is that a guy sitting 1000 miles away can get orders to send a missile to your house, punch a few buttons to bring up your numbers (as recorded by your friendly census worker), and with the help of a few satellites that missile will drive itself straight to your front door. Poof you are gone in a nice clean strike with only a moderate chance of accidently taking out a few of your neighbors. All they need to do now is quietly make a list of troublemakers and then late one night BOOM!!! Nothing but sheep left. :) Thanks Homeland Security...Feel safer now?

To: Neeka who wrote (17257)	5/6/2009 3:08:41 PM
From: tntpal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50157

US Census GPS in Neighborhoods Now Monday April 6, 2009 The US Census Bureau is required to assess the nation's population and demographics every 10 years, and the next census will take place in 2010. In preparation for the census, 140,000 address canvassers or "listers" have begun fanning out across their assigned regions to update and verify addresses. The listers verify existing addresses, add new addresses, and document dwellings that might include multiple residents. This year, for the first time, canvassers are equipped with a handheld computer that includes built-in GPS. The GPS (shown in photo) was custom-designed for the census by the Harris Company, and built by HTC. Originally intended for the main census, it appears that use of the handheld computer/GPS will be limited only to this year's listing phase, due to training and technical constraints. Robert LaMacchia, head of the Census Bureau's geography division, says they'll capture the latitude and longitude of the front door of every house, apartment and improvised shelter they find. "We will actually knock on doors and look for hidden housing units," he says. "We will find converted garages; from the outside, it may not look like anybody lives there..." ---This GPS mapping has been in the plans since 2006 and is being implemented now - in 2009 - so that the government will know every residence and hidden or unclaimed residence of the entire U.S. population... You should be worried. Remember Anne Frank - huh??--- <t&tpal> npr.org sithwest.blogspot.com dailypaul.com gps.about.com

To: Neeka who wrote (17257)	5/6/2009 3:09:55 PM
From: polarisnh	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50157

Neeka305, A GPS operates by identifying a location using the longitude and latitude readings calculated from GPS satellites. Here is a good tutorial in how GPS operates. trimble.com Once an individual is able to triangulate your home's physical location, they simply enter your street name and number to the reading on their GPS to 'map' the two together with no need for any physical GPS tag. As for why the census taker needs to do this.... That is beyond me. As far as I am concerned it is totally unnecessary as my house will not move any time in the near future. It sounds like more government B.S. Cheers, Steve