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| Mike Russell... |
 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:43 pm |
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT), pinco pallo wrote:
[quote:e1784a173f]In italy you cannot phone, but you can smoke!
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A market niche for a cellphone that looks like a cigarette.
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| Gene E. Bloch... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:28 pm |
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:43:29 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
[quote:3fd4466948]On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT), pinco pallo wrote:
In italy you cannot phone, but you can smoke!
A market niche for a cellphone that looks like a cigarette.
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You have to be careful you don't light it :-)
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| claudegps... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:38 am |
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On 30 Giu, 23:36, Doug Jewell <a... at (no spam) and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote:
[quote:3e663ee058]claudegps wrote:
On 29 Giu, 00:09, Doug Jewell <a... at (no spam) and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote:
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I still have a couple of issues with this - they would have
to allow a "margin of error", because even when stationary,
GPS's will often think you are moving as the fix stabilises.
I wouldn't want to have to pull over then wait 5 minutes for
the GPS to stabilise before I do anything. I've noticed that
sometimes in areas with a lot of tall roadside trees or tall
buildings, my tomtom jumps around like crazy for ages -
sometimes thinking I'm travelling at stupid speeds while it
bounces around an area of maybe 100m radius. It would be a
real pain in the arse if you had to sit it out until it got
a strong fix (if it ever did in this situation).
Just use a reasonable speed threshold(like 3/5 kmh for example) and
the problem is solved.
Wouldn't solve the issues - I've seen my tomtom telling me
I've been doing 200km/hr when stationary as it bounces around.
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Your device has some problems... Anyway, at least you could not use it
while "boucing".
Once it stops, you can operate it.
[quote:3e663ee058]And doesn't solve the issue of having a passenger make the
changes. What's safer? having a passenger make changes, or
stopping on a motorway?
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Not operating the device while driving is safer.
If the users are not able to do it by themselves, the laws will try to
do it (of course generating problems...) |
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| Mike Coon... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:35 am |
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Gene E. Bloch wrote:
[quote:1bf3c53ee6]On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:43:29 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT), pinco pallo wrote:
In italy you cannot phone, but you can smoke!
A market niche for a cellphone that looks like a cigarette.
You have to be careful you don't light it 
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There is a product called an electronic cigarette that vaporises the
nicotine using an electric current. Supposed to be immune to bans on
"smoking"...
Mike.
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| Mike Russell... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:15 am |
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:35:14 +0100, Mike Coon wrote:
[quote:76d049ffc1]Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:43:29 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT), pinco pallo wrote:
In italy you cannot phone, but you can smoke!
A market niche for a cellphone that looks like a cigarette.
You have to be careful you don't light it :-)
There is a product called an electronic cigarette that vaporises the
nicotine using an electric current. Supposed to be immune to bans on
"smoking"...
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That's synergy for you. A GPS enabled cigarette, call it the iSmoke -
could use location information to determine whether. Then you could light
your GPS, and follow it too.
iSmoke - you heard it here first.
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| Gene E. Bloch... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:41 pm |
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:15:36 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
[quote:0e3fd67184]On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:35:14 +0100, Mike Coon wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:43:29 -0700, Mike Russell wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT), pinco pallo wrote:
In italy you cannot phone, but you can smoke!
A market niche for a cellphone that looks like a cigarette.
You have to be careful you don't light it :-)
There is a product called an electronic cigarette that vaporises the
nicotine using an electric current. Supposed to be immune to bans on
"smoking"...
That's synergy for you. A GPS enabled cigarette, call it the iSmoke -
could use location information to determine whether. Then you could light
your GPS, and follow it too.
iSmoke - you heard it here first.
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LOL!
I'm not sure which is funnier, Mike's electronic cigarette or Mike's iSmoke
(for various values of Mike, of course).
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| Evelyn Leeper... |
| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:20 pm |
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Craig Wallace wrote:
[quote:364a2c4d4e]On 27/06/2009 15:37, Sam Wormley wrote:
New Jersey Could Ban Manual GPS Devices in Cars
Jun 22, 2009
GPS World
http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/content/printContentPopup.jsp?id=605477
A New Jersey legislator is hoping to ban in-car navigation systems
that rely on manual
input, reports Fox News.
A rather blatantly miseleading headline. They are not proposing the ban
of "manual" GPS devices, only operating them while the vehicle is
moving. So if you want to program in a new route, then you pull over and
stop. Just as you would if you wanted to make a phone call etc.
Though is there any definition of "moving"? Would it be legal to operate
it while stopped at lights, or stuck in a traffic jam etc?
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And one assumes a passenger could operate it while the car is in motion.
(A friend has a car with a built-in GPS that won't accept programming
while the car is in motion, meaning that even a passenger cannot program
it then!)
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Evelyn C. Leeper
Patience is something you admire greatly in the driver
behind you but not in the one ahead of you. |
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