On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > > > As for the iPad skit, I remember it well for three years ago. Now that was > prophetic. > > Oops... sorry Doug.... I didn't see this last paragraph. I don't recall the skit but prophetic is clearly the proper word. As for books.... I guess the approximately 1,000 hard-back books in the library might be a testament to my love of imprinted paper. I told my wife that when I die she should get an appraiser out to go through them because a goodly number are first editions and a subset of those are signed. I do find the iPhone pretty useful but expensive. I could easily trade it for a regular cell phone and an iPod because I use the Internet functions mostly in areas where wifi is available anyway. I suspect the highway patrol would look askance at surfing the web while driving although I have pulled over on the freeway to get an address off the 'Net and then plugged that into the windshield-mounted GPS for guidance. Once. I dunno if that's worth $120 a month. What I really like the iPhone for is its ability to get me into the servers (mostly Linux and Unix boxes) and routers (Cisco) for remote administration of networks even when I'm sitting in the Princess at Doheny Beach or in the Muthah-ship at Orcas Island. I have not been that impressed with the GPS in the iPhone especially when compared with one of the stand-alone GPS units from Garmin. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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