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Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review

To: "Stephen West-Fisher" <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review
From: Murray Arundell <arundell@ghs.com.au>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:51:31 +1000
Oh please..... Never assume Conspiracy, always assume its a Cock-up.

On 29/03/2011, at 4:37 AM, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:

> I hadn't thought of it until just now, but I wonder if they are  
> becoming
> standard equipment for data collection. I think all the new cars  
> (over here
> at least) keep a number of data points that can be retrieved after an
> accident (speed, throttle position, etc.) and they may be wanting to  
> add
> position data.
>
> --
> Stephen West-Fisher
> N4IK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net]  
> On
> Behalf Of Mike Eldred
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:17 PM
> To: barrie@look.ca
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review
>
> Barrie, Bill,
>
> That's the point, exactly.  I let my little rant get in the way of it.
>
> I don't have any objection to the use of GPS/Sat Nav, or the people  
> who use
> them - that's their prerogative.  I don't want or need one, and for  
> that
> reason, I hate to see them become "standard equipment" that I have  
> to pay
> for.
>
> I am also concerned about how they will change driving and drivers  
> in the
> future, and I think the trend toward including them as standard  
> equipment
> will
> encourage people to depend on them.
>
> -Mike Eldred
> Wilmington, VT
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:16:25 -0400
>> To: geoff@1956mga.com; paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk
>> From: barrie@look.ca
>> CC: mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review
>>
>> What we have is technologies desperately chasing problems. I do not
>> need a GPS and when I buy a car I do not want to have to pay for
>> it. Similarly I do not need a wet cabbage leaf reader so I do not
>> have to buy one in my new car.
>>
>> Hey! whatever happened to cigarette lighters ? Used to use them to
>> burn leeches off when in Malaya!
>>
>> At 11:51 AM 3/28/2011, Geoff wrote:
>>> Complaining about GPS/Sat Nav just seems silly. It's a tool, use  
>>> it wrong
>>> and it'll be an issue. There are plenty of examples of dumb people
> getting
>>> lost in the wilderness because they can't read a map or use a  
>>> compass.
>>> Shall we complain about that technology too? Don't blame the tool,  
>>> blame
>>> the idiot using it.
>>>
>>> I use my GPS all the time. I travel a bit for work, and arriving  
>>> in a new
>>> town, I can pull up Yelp on my phone, get a review for a  
>>> restaurant, and
>>> click a button to open the directions in the GPS functions, which  
>>> can
> then
>>> give me walking or driving directions to the restaurant. It's  
>>> brilliant.
>>> For the luddites out there, I suppose you could catalog the  
>>> restaurant
>>> reviews from the paper, maybe in a three ring binder. Then, once  
>>> you've
>>> picked one, find a pay phone (good luck with that) to call and get  
>>> the
>>> address, then pull out the paper map. Good luck with the rerouting  
>>> if you
>>> miss an exit or there is construction. Make sure you pull over  
>>> before you
>>> use the map.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Barrie
>> barrie@look.ca
>> 705--721-9060
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