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From: Ophelia on 25 Dec 2009 08:31 <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message news:3ge9j5dm2tmkbdn207b0ftdikrjc3f3t2j(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:18:03 +0000, Ian Dalziel > <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote: > >>On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:48:44 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >> >>>On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield >>><harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the >>>>satnav get me where I'm going. >>>And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when >>>you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact >>>that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless >>>satnav has been telling you to do . >> >>Why would I forget how to read a map because my Satnav broke down? > Then why spend money on a satnav if you are still going to have to > carry a map about with you ? LOL well why not:) It sits flat and eat nowt <g>
From: Ophelia on 25 Dec 2009 08:32 "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:hh2b5r$mh2$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk... > > <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message > news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield >> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the >>>satnav get me where I'm going. >> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when >> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact >> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless >> satnav has been telling you to do . > Then I would follow the road signs. > Do you have a starting crank on your car? Why would you want modern > rubbish like electric starting - after all it could fail! > In fact why have a car at all. A horse is much more reliable than such > modern rubbish is the internal combustion engine! Yep:)
From: johnwright ""john" on 25 Dec 2009 08:48 James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:18:03 +0000, Ian Dalziel > <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:48:44 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield >>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the >>>> satnav get me where I'm going. >>> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when >>> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact >>> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless >>> satnav has been telling you to do . >> Why would I forget how to read a map because my Satnav broke down? > Then why spend money on a satnav if you are still going to have to > carry a map about with you ? I do not carry a map about with me anyway > I look at it before leaving home if I need to. The chances of a Satnav breaking down are very small indeed. Electronics companies employ reliability engineers to ensure this does not happen. The USAF (who run the GPS system) employ probably a few thousand people to maintain the system and keep it working. I've *never* seen it happen in more than ten years of using a GPS or Satnav. If one is walking with one the only normal proviso is that you carry a spare set of batteries. Indeed the entire sport of geocaching would not exist without GPS or satnavs. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright
From: Ophelia on 25 Dec 2009 08:55 "johnwright" <""john\"@no spam here.com"> wrote in message news:7pju5vFqkcU1(a)mid.individual.net... > James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:18:03 +0000, Ian Dalziel >> <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:48:44 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield >>>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the >>>>> satnav get me where I'm going. >>>> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when >>>> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact >>>> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless >>>> satnav has been telling you to do . >>> Why would I forget how to read a map because my Satnav broke down? >> Then why spend money on a satnav if you are still going to have to >> carry a map about with you ? I do not carry a map about with me anyway >> I look at it before leaving home if I need to. > > The chances of a Satnav breaking down are very small indeed. Electronics > companies employ reliability engineers to ensure this does not happen. The > USAF (who run the GPS system) employ probably a few thousand people to > maintain the system and keep it working. > > I've *never* seen it happen in more than ten years of using a GPS or > Satnav. If one is walking with one the only normal proviso is that you > carry a spare set of batteries. > > Indeed the entire sport of geocaching would not exist without GPS or > satnavs. > > -- > > I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore rofl
From: johannes on 25 Dec 2009 10:42
Ophelia wrote: > > "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message > news:hh2b5r$mh2$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk... > > > > <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message > > news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com... > >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield > >> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the > >>>satnav get me where I'm going. > >> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when > >> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact > >> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless > >> satnav has been telling you to do . > > Then I would follow the road signs. > > Do you have a starting crank on your car? Why would you want modern > > rubbish like electric starting - after all it could fail! > > In fact why have a car at all. A horse is much more reliable than such > > modern rubbish is the internal combustion engine! > > Yep:) Do you have nice systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth? These can be viewed in advance of a difficult journey. Memorise or print out as required. Looking at a 4" screen while driving can't be any good. In fact it should be outlawed, just like mobile phones. |