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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 864265" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I agree that technology is the future.</p><p></p><p>The problem I see....is that we have become so dependent upon that technology that when it fails for whatever reason many people are unable to cope. As a nation, we are vulnerable to those who would attack that technology. </p><p></p><p>The new hand held GPS units are a perfect example. I wont deny that they are superior to a compass and a map...but what happens when the batteries go dead or there is a malfunction in one of the GPS sattellites? That $200 unit is now useless, and in many cases the person who has been using it has become so dependent upon it that they cannot find their way around without it. My compass may not be as "good" as a GPS unit....but I can <em>rely</em> on it and it <em>works </em>and the map and compass-reading skills I learned in Boy Scouts cant be taken away from me by a computer virus or other electronic glitch.</p><p></p><p>Put me out in the woods on a dark night with no compass, and I know how to find due north using the North Star. How many people in this day and age honestly know how to do that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 864265, member: 14668"] I agree that technology is the future. The problem I see....is that we have become so dependent upon that technology that when it fails for whatever reason many people are unable to cope. As a nation, we are vulnerable to those who would attack that technology. The new hand held GPS units are a perfect example. I wont deny that they are superior to a compass and a map...but what happens when the batteries go dead or there is a malfunction in one of the GPS sattellites? That $200 unit is now useless, and in many cases the person who has been using it has become so dependent upon it that they cannot find their way around without it. My compass may not be as "good" as a GPS unit....but I can [I]rely[/I] on it and it [I]works [/I]and the map and compass-reading skills I learned in Boy Scouts cant be taken away from me by a computer virus or other electronic glitch. Put me out in the woods on a dark night with no compass, and I know how to find due north using the North Star. How many people in this day and age honestly know how to do that? [/QUOTE]
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