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Old 3rd April 2019, 07:06   #5
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How can one tell if one is going to have a problem ?



I asked my mate & he said " I heard something about the coding for GPS satellites or something. Has to do with time synchronisation I think. Some old Coding used x many bits for recording time correction or something and that value is about to run out. Newer stuff uses larger number."


They say it's a once in a lifetime event, after the change on 6th April 2019 the next "weak number rollover" will be in around 150 years time.
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