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
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