Posted on 10/13/2009 6:41:02 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Until it malfunctions
Great, just great. Now instead of just dodging texters not paying attention behind the wheel while I’m on my motorcycle, I’ll have to worry about FReepers as well!
I'd rather take my chances as things are today.
I'll pass on that small remote chance of benefit to avoid the certainty of govt control.
We only use our "in van Internet" on trips, and not by the driver.
Great, now porn addicts can drive and get their internet porn fix at the same time. What could possibly go wrong?
If you could hack that kind of a system..... /evil laugh
Of course, the setup also gives me nav, satellite radio, email access, mp3 playback, on-board diagnostics, backup camera, video and much much more. (I do not watch videos while driving - usually only while waiting for my wife to finish shopping.)
There are actually quite a few people customizing their cars this way. Most of them, including me, use this site for guidance.
Would the delete key fire grenade launchers?
That’s actually an option in some vehicles today - I think it’s OnStar that does it, and it’s called ‘stolen vehicle slowdown’. Basically if someone steals your car, and doesn’t rip the Onstar unit and GPS out, you can call them up, they can find where your vehicle is, send the police out to get it, and then literally slow your vehicle down when the police have caught up.
I can’t remember about the plants, but a lady on the DeLorme forum was writing or was going to write a DeLorme “tool” for that specific purpose. Geologic, yes, Delorme has a wide array of digital maps for sale. Go to Delorme and search Geologic or GIS.
Even my old, (circa 98-99) Rand McNally Tripmaker program has most of what you mentioned, although not plants, but it does list ability to display falls, rapids, springs, and other geology and a lot of historical and tree stuff.
In either case, both had functions to allow you to place markers on your map, and route it for you.
BTW, I had Rand McNally saved in a folder on my storage drive and just loaded it up, and it works on Windows 7. woo-woo.
bttt
LOL, true-true.
Good thing for us old goats as we aged & our reaction times slower, we got smarter. LOL
A friend of mine out West sometimes parks next to a hotspot and uses his netbook or laptop in the car. (_Parked_) I have a netbook and could do the same (would never do while driving, I’d park...)
Sure, I use WiFi. Live wayyyy out in the country.
Have two neighbors within eye sight. Neighbor "Bill" & I tried an experiment. He took his laptop & was easily able to tap into my WiFi from the road. About 600' away.
But for the fact I'm so far out in the sticks, I'd have to use the security settings on my router, out of necessity.
My wife OTOH, is on a G3 (?) network for her business.
Can connect to the Internet from literally anywhere, receive/xmit email etc.
The technology, it's herrrrrrre. LOL
"I have a netbook and could do the same (would never do while driving, I’d park...)"
Yes but you nailed it, not while driving for crying out loud!!
In case you don't know "Braveman", he's a cycler's cyclist. The man's seen it all while out cruising on one of his motorcycles.
That he hasn't been collected-up is some kind of tragedy due to some himbo or bimbo on a cell phone by now is in & of itself a miracle.
If you can park close enough to it, every College Campus library I’ve encountered was wireless connectivity you can tap by just parking int he parking lot. Many large chain hotels/motels have it also.
So ... TMZ will soon have new pics of Maria Shriver ... this time surfing the internet whilst driving.
Is that like ... illegal in Kalifornia?
Bummer!
You are behind the times, cajungirl, I (and many others) have had the Internet in my pocket, and therefore in my car for years now — it’s called a smartphone with a 3G Internet connection. And as a matter of fact, mine is a so-called “Google phone”, an Android OS phone (Google’s OS for mobile phones).
So whenever we want to google something and look it up, we do it, no matter where we are. I can also wirelessly tether my smartphone to either my netbook or my laptop, thereby providing said netbook/laptop with an Internet connection, and my wife can surf the net on a full size screen and keyboard while I am driving if she chooses.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.