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Ray Popp

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 14, 2022
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They work like a GPS navigator, straight off a series a satellites.

Helicopter mothers would be a wonderful market for a human version.

In New Mexico a losing candidate shot up the homes of six of his political opponents, and was arrested today.

The perp had 19 felonies on his record, spent 7 years in prison, and still won his primary to stand in the general election.

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Detectives identified Pena as their key suspect using a combination of cellphone and vehicle records, witness interviews and bullet casings collected at the lawmakers’ homes, police said. His arrest came one week after Medina announced they had identified a suspect in the shootings.
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Maybe the time to vet this guy was before he ran for office?

But even today, cellphones catch criminals, just after the crime.
No, I understand how GPS works, what I was wondering was how they sent the position data back to the user ... and my guess is via a low orbit platform. Those have been around for ages ... I know of one system used by USCG for emergencies where the transmitter turns on when it comes into contact with sea water and it sends out a beacon which is picked up by one of the low orbit sats which alerts the USCG and provides location information. Course, but location nonetheless.