Mark Baker on 2 Apr 2008 06:30:56 -0700 |
Hi Casey, You may want to take a look at this article about GPS thefts in the city. GPS thefts have gone through the roof, especially in the Philadelphia area. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2007-09-18-gps-thefts-rise_N.htm Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Bralla [mailto:MailList@NerdWorld.org] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:14 PM > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List > Subject: [PLUG] OT: GPS Recommendation Wanted > > I am planning on getting a GPS unit for my car. I want to semi-permanently mount it on > the dash, hard wiring the power supply into the vehicle. (In other words, I'll hard > wire around the cigarette lighter plug, and leave the plug into the GPS unit intact.) > > My desire is to have the GPS turn on automatically when I start the car (my cigarette > lighter outlet shuts off with the car). > > However, I have noticed one huge problem: Many GPS units require that you acknowledge > a limit to liability whenever the unit turns on! > > > This not only annoys me philosophically (how many other consumer goods will soon > require a formal limit to liability release be approved before they will work????), > but also means the unit won't work "automatically" unless I touch the control pad. > > > Does anyone know of a good GPS unit that does **not** require constant acknowledgment > that I'm still supposed to watch where I'm driving and that it's not the GPS's fault > if I drive into a tree? > > -- > > > Casey Bralla > Chief Nerd in Residence > The NerdWorld Organisation > _____________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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