[Rant] Ford
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
One of my friends built his own using a Raspberry Pi and a few modules. It uses Open Street Map for map data, and can display weather (Open Weather Map), traffic (various free services), and all sorts of other things. It even has a built in web browser and a rather powerful and long lasting battery pack for on-the-go use.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I found the same ridiculous when I had a TomTom GPS. They wanted me to pay for updates. What?! I bought the hardware already. Not a'gonna pay a penny more. I'm serious.
On Amazon the models with lifetime maps are only a few dollars more expensive than the ones that charge you 90% of the original purchase price every year for new maps. Only the mass existence of race to the bottom buying sunshines keeps the latter on the market. :doh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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So I have a Ford which I really like. It has a built-in GPS and I just had an email form them urging me to update the maps. Ok, sounds like a good idea. They want $149+tax!!! What the elephant!!! I pad you a mighty sum for this car and now you want to charge me $150 for the privilege of updating one of the integral safety features of the vehicle??? I shall be sending them a snotty letter this evening: I am outraged that they charge for this. :mad::mad::mad:
In dash nav systems can't be looked at without taking your eyes off the road. They're the opposite of a safety feature.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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One of my friends built his own using a Raspberry Pi and a few modules. It uses Open Street Map for map data, and can display weather (Open Weather Map), traffic (various free services), and all sorts of other things. It even has a built in web browser and a rather powerful and long lasting battery pack for on-the-go use.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It uses Open Street Map for map data
Never heard of it. So I just opened up the website to see. It thinks I'm in Westphalia. Not encouraging... :laugh:
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.
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In dash nav systems can't be looked at without taking your eyes off the road. They're the opposite of a safety feature.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
You don't look, you listen. My gps talks to me.
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You don't look, you listen. My gps talks to me.
A map sitting in my peripheral vision, in line with the hood of my car, is much more useful 99% of the time that the chatterbox function. 99.99% of the time it's also less annoying.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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A map sitting in my peripheral vision, in line with the hood of my car, is much more useful 99% of the time that the chatterbox function. 99.99% of the time it's also less annoying.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
I think BMW now have a HUD which displays a few things including GPS. That could be useful.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It uses Open Street Map for map data
Never heard of it. So I just opened up the website to see. It thinks I'm in Westphalia. Not encouraging... :laugh:
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.
Just for the map data/imagery. Position data and whatnot are from other sources. And OSM simply starts out above Great Britain, no matter where you are on Earth. It doesn't do automatic location-based lookups (AFAIK).
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???