Stupid kids?`

[HeXen]

to each their own. i never had any problems with them.

 

[Raduque]

does your maps find you restaurants with ratings, hotels, expected arrival times, show local attractions.

All of that is just a bunch of extraneous bullshit, and completely unimportant. As traveling humans, we got along without it just fine for decades.

Is it nice to have? Certainly.
Is it required? Absolutely not.

 

[coxmaster]

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JK, I know how to read a map, my biggest pet peeve is that most modern maps give out too little information. Maps are the shit, they are the most beautiful form of art to me, a good map tells you everything you need to know about what it encompasses.

Go pick up some aviation sectionals. There a hell of a lot of information on those if you're willing to take the time to figure it out. Plus they look cool

 

[MotF Bane]

If I'm going somewhere, I use Google Maps, look at the locations, the turns, and then just go from memory. The GPS is easily accessible while driving as a back up, and there's a mapbook on the backseat.

 

[HeXen]

Is it nice to have? Certainly.

thats exactly what i was saying i never said otherwise.

 

[Rubycon]

If I'm going somewhere, I use Google Maps, look at the locations, the turns, and then just go from memory. The GPS is easily accessible while driving as a back up, and there's a mapbook on the backseat.

From my limited experience with several places I find misteaks in google maps deplorable.

 

[ShawnD1]

From my limited experience with several places I find misteaks in google maps deplorable.

Google maps and my GPS both have ridiculous routes. It will say "turn left here" and it's telling me to drive into a bunch of trees on the highway. wtf? Once my GPS told me to drive over a median. It also said make a u-turn on a concreted divided freeway.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Do you know what a blimp is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp

About 90% of my class in high school had no idea wtf a blimp was.

 

[Brigandier]

Do you know what a blimp is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp

About 90% of my class in high school had no idea wtf a blimp was.

Dude, haven't the seen a sporting event? Blimps are the shiz, you don't need a pilots license to fly one.

 

[Rubycon]

Google maps and my GPS both have ridiculous routes. It will say "turn left here" and it's telling me to drive into a bunch of trees on the highway. wtf? Once my GPS told me to drive over a median. It also said make a u-turn on a concreted divided freeway.

Google (anything) is like a slinky. Not very useful for anything. But toss it down the stairs and it puts a smile on your face!

Do you know what a blimp is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp

About 90% of my class in high school had no idea wtf a blimp was.

We called them dirigibles.

At least they won't be calling the heavy set people blimps.

 

[coxmaster]

Dude, haven't the seen a sporting event? Blimps are the shiz, you don't need a pilots license to fly one.

Yeah you do, its called an airship license. Unless of course you're going to design and build your own small blimp.

 

[Brigandier]

Yeah you do, its called an airship license. Unless of course you're going to design and build your own small blimp.

Doesn't everyone?

 

[MotF Bane]

From my limited experience with several places I find misteaks in google maps deplorable.

The only problem I have is the addresses are displaced a few hundred feet. It's all satellite images though, so I can trace my own route, get an idea of what it should look like on the ground.

 

[coxmaster]

Doesn't everyone?

Doesnt everyone what? I've only seen one or two homemade airships anywhere

 

[ShawnD1]

Do you know what a blimp is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp

About 90% of my class in high school had no idea wtf a blimp was.

Back in my day you'd be called a blimp if you look like this

 

[Sea Moose]

I see what you did there.

You're not going to acknowledge that it was dumb to expect the young 'uns to know what it was?

Lol nice one... I think the kids are a bit dumb. I started the thread to get others opinions.

I think that althought i never used 8 track tapes, records or grammar phones i am still aware of their existance.

perhaps at their age i wouldnt have known ... i dunno

 

[somethingsketchy]

I'm sure in a few years, tomorrow's kids will not know what driving without ABS is like or not have power steering.

First time I tried to drive an older vehicle (from the 1960s), I almost didn't make the turn out of a driveway because I didn't know it had no power steering. Makes you appreciate the little things, such as power steering.

Hell future kids probably won't know windows were not powered, and you actually had to roll down the window with a hand crank.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm sure in a few years, tomorrow's kids will not know what driving without ABS is like or not have power steering.

First time I tried to drive an older vehicle (from the 1960s), I almost didn't make the turn out of a driveway because I didn't know it had no power steering. Makes you appreciate the little things, such as power steering.

Hell future kids probably won't know windows were not powered, and you actually had to roll down the window with a hand crank.

:^D

I like almost everything about old cars better. No power assist on the steering or brakes, and electric gadgets are blight on the automotive industry. It's just something else to break, and cost hundreds of dollars fix when the $2 in plastic quits working. My hand and arms work well enough for manipulating windows, mirrors, and doors...

The biggest advance I like is fuel injection, and electronic ignition, and I'm a little iffy on them. They reduce the (easy)repairability, but increase the reliability 10 fold. In the end, I think it's a net positive.

 

[IronWing]

Hell future kids probably won't know windows were not powered, and you actually had to roll down the window with a hand crank.

It ain't just the kids and it ain't in the future. My work truck has manual windows. I've had two coworkers stare at the door in confusion as they attempted to roll down the window. One coworker was about sixty and the other in his forties. For the older one, I had to point at the crank. People forget fast.

 

[Rubycon]

:^D

The biggest advance I like is fuel injection, and electronic ignition, and I'm a little iffy on them. They reduce the (easy)repairability, but increase the reliability 10 fold. In the end, I think it's a net positive.

When was the last time you had to pull a lever labled CHOKE when starting a car?

 

[lxskllr]

When was the last time you had to pull a lever labled CHOKE when starting a car?

I've actually installed them to get rid of the PITA autochoke :^D It's been awhile though. On my Vdubs, I'd disable the choke altogether, and just pump raw gas into the carb. That seemed to work well enough on them :^)

 

[TXHokie]

I had a boom box that could make duplicate copies of cassette tapes at high speed. The good ol' 80's. Dang I'm old.

 

[Rubycon]

I've actually installed them to get rid of the PITA autochoke :^D It's been awhile though. On my Vdubs, I'd disable the choke altogether, and just pump raw gas into the carb. That seemed to work well enough on them :^)

Haha if anyone here would remember I knew it would be you!

Apparently operating systems can be forgotten already too!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2142935

Bwahahahaha!

:biggrin:²³

 

[lxskllr]

Apparently operating systems can be forgotten already too!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2142935

Bwahahahaha!

:biggrin:²³

That one was worth forgetting :^D That came with my first IBM computer, but I used DOS in preference to it. Windows was too bloated; can you imagine that? :^D I had a shareware program(can't remember the name) that let you create a "desktop", and put text buttons on it for launching programs. That did everything I wanted from Windows, but with a much smaller footprint :^)

 

[Ichinisan]

Haha if anyone here would remember I knew it would be you!

Apparently operating systems can be forgotten already too!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2142935

Bwahahahaha!

:biggrin:²³

What forum is that in? I can't view the link.