<snip> > > Robert's description of using his GPS to route-find through a reef maze to > a safe harbor was a telling illustration, also, of the value of a unit. > I'd want a chart on deck, too, in case the thing cratered mid-passage, so I > could patch my way through the old way. I really like charts, and enjoy > matching what is on the chart to what I see. For me, the GPS is mostly a > tool. Some days, I leave it home, to get away from looking at that blame > screen! > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR My wife is firmly convinced that the world is inevitably moving to a future where all we do is stare at small screens. Cell phones, digital cameras, computers, digital audio players, TVs: they take up an enormous amount of our days. Add a GPS to the mix and it's really starting to add up! Of course, our family is a hold-out in a world of larger and larger TV screens, so maybe the future isn't necessary starring at _small_ screens, just starring at one or another type of screen. -- Darryl (Mandatory paddling content: I prefer charts to a GPS too, and not only because I need glasses for reading and I can't make out a GPS screen without them. Whereas I can make out a chart -- vaguely.) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 01 2007 - 15:35:34 PST
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