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Post #221,498 by drewk 8/29/05 6:18:26 PM Reply	What's the fallback? I don't know anyone's phone number. They're all entered on my mobile. But if for some reason I don't have it handy, I can look up anyone I need with a phone book or 411. If the navigation system goes down, can you stop at a gas station and buy a map? Usually. For now. Will they disappear as nav systems become common? Maybe. I agree that you don't build that mental model, though. There are places that I only go with my wife -- her relatives, the craft store, etc. If she's not there giving me directions, I have no idea where I am. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #221,549 by tjsinclair 8/30/05 1:34:36 AM Reply	What I do right now If I'm going somewhere (even local) where I've never been, I look it up on Yahoo!, get directions, print them out (maybe load them onto my iPod for backup) and head out. This technique got my wife and me to LA last year without incident. However, the downside is that we were on a fixed route and really didn't feel confident enough to stray to see interesting stuff. The upside of a Nav-Sat system is the freedom to explore. Tom Sinclair "The effective programmer is keenly aware of the limited size of his own head." - Attributed to Edsgar Dijkstra
Post #221,575 by boxley 8/30/05 9:43:21 AM Reply	huh? didnt feel comfortable enough to explore? you were going to LA which roughly entails driving towards the setting sun and asking whether LA was north or south when you hit the ocean. How hard could it be? thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #221,579 by tjsinclair 8/30/05 10:27:17 AM Reply	Chalk it up to timidity in strange environs A personal fault. Plus, along the route we took (across New Mexico, Arizona) there are long stretches where there aren't a lot of places to pull over and ask for directions. Tom Sinclair "This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here." -- The Bursar is a man under a lot of stress (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

Car Navigation systems - (tjsinclair) - (33) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:19:51 PM EDT

Re: Car Navigation systems - (Yendor) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:45:32 PM EDT

I Love Sat Nav - (pwhysall) - (8) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:05:29 PM EDT

Re: I Love Sat Nav - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:34:46 PM EDT

What's the fallback? - (drewk) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:18:26 PM EDT

What I do right now - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:34:36 AM EDT

huh? didnt feel comfortable enough to explore? - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:43:21 AM EDT

Chalk it up to timidity in strange environs - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:27:17 AM EDT

As someone who's perpetually at square one... - (Meerkat) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 06:30:21 AM EDT

Can you fit street maps for all of Oz in one directory? - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 12:57:46 PM EDT

No. - (static) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:21:48 PM EDT

My dad has one. - (inthane-chan) - (10) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:41:58 PM EDT

Great phrase, PizzaDeliverySense. Now explain, please. -NT - (tjsinclair) - (9) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:35:49 AM EDT

Simple. - (inthane-chan) - (8) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:29:42 PM EDT

I also always know which way North is, instinctively. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:30:56 PM EDT

I'd like you to test this ability out in Boston, MA :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 30, 2005, 02:55:45 PM EDT

Easy - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:23:46 PM EDT

You forget... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 30, 2005, 05:16:51 PM EDT

Concur - (Ashton) - Aug. 30, 2005, 07:01:12 PM EDT

Especially after the big dig - (lister) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:58:28 PM EDT

Good point! - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:54:02 PM EDT

Great! - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:48 AM EDT

A funny anecdote: - (imqwerky) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:44:00 PM EDT

:-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:54:09 PM EDT

My wife and I joked about that - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:37:32 AM EDT

I have a Garmin iQue3600 PDA/GPS system. - (a6l6e6x) - (8) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:24:53 PM EDT

You bring up a benefit I didn't consider - (tjsinclair) - (7) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:37:21 PM EDT

Well, you do have to ignore the initial attemps... - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2005, 10:48:07 PM EDT

We usually have maps - (tjsinclair) - (5) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:45:55 AM EDT

No you don't. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Sept. 14, 2005, 11:29:21 AM EDT

Maps + local gas stations == cheap GPS -NT - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 12:42:35 PM EDT

Yes, when local gas stations present. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:13:34 PM EDT

Point taken - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 04:36:50 PM EDT

Yep - that got me through some pretty arcane off-ramp - (Ashton) - Sept. 15, 2005, 06:59:46 PM EDT

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