On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Preston Crawford <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I don't ride while listening to MP3s. It's dangerous.
>> I like to hear traffic.
>
> I don't know about you, but I use a single earpiece-mic (with
> button on mic) wire -- one ear. I then leave the other ear
> free for listening to traffic. Since I ride on the right
> side of the road (for those of us in the US), that earpiece
> goes in my right ear, leaving my left free to listen for
> traffic.
That still sounds dangerous to me. But hey, you're free to ride how you
wish. I don't know why you're talking about it here.
> I can listen to my MP3s (not only music, but personal notes I
> take when I work), hear incoming calls (over any MP3
> playback), answer incoming calls (pauses MP3s playback), make
> calls with voice dialing, etc...
Good for you.
> About the only thing I don't do on the Linux PC is record the
> voice names and associate them with contacts for voice
> dialing. Everything else -- calendaring, contacts, MP3
> uploads/playlist editing, etc.... is done on the MP3.
Good for you.
> As I said, don't make excuses, I'm not asking for them.
> If you make excuses, I might share my "to each his own."
> But I will _never_ assert it's "the right tool for the job."
> It's just what I want, and what works for me.
"don't make excuses, I'm not asking for them"????
What are you talking about? Are you off your rocker? Nevermind, don't
answer that.
For my purposes a Pocket PC is the right tool for the right job, period,
end of story. How can you tell me what the right tool is for what I need?
You wonder why you have a reputation. Criminy.
Preston
