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To: DoctorEvil who wrote (8263)	11/9/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: FreekBro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

RE: maybe the author should add tip #7: Get a G phone! -Dr.E.* Good point Doctor Evil. I don't know how water proof the G* phones will be, but I'm sure a Zip Lock bag could do the trick. The poor chap went hiking (with the wrong phone) a few months too soon. FreekBro

To: DoctorEvil who wrote (8263)	11/9/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Dr E, but are the Globalstar handsets waterproof? While Globalstar Service Providers dither around getting ready for the hard launch, people are dying. Trite, but true. Globalstar will be a life saver. Cellphones have saved heaps of people and Globalstar save ratio will be much higher by nature of the 'away from city' applications. What do you think of Peter's s2com.net I've been reading some of it and it seems to be like indranet.co.nz Somehow it doesn't ring true. It isn't Teledesic. They are aiming at a mega scale creation and talking about being in business not even two years from now. The Web site is kid stuff. Compare it with teledesic.com But they have real people and real addresses there. Even an office in New Zealand, which I'll visit when I find out where it is. It's far to complex to be an April Fools Joke along the lines of the WebNode joke which sucked in Business Week who were then stupid enough to sue them alleging some damage to their reputation [which was fine until they showed how absurd they are by trying to sue a joke]. Subject 27856 I haven't checked the WebNode proceedings for months, but check out this post for the stupid sort of approach Business Wire is taking [assuming they know what their lawyers are asking and assuming this is true]: Message 11669845 It is a very large joke. Maurice

To: DoctorEvil who wrote (8263)	11/10/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: A.J. Mullen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Doctor Evil, I am surprised the thread didn't jump down your throat for that message. You seemed to suggest that one might be better-off carrying - what 2lbs of deadweight - so that one could cry HELP if it rained, than carrying some reasonable clothes. Where are all the Libertarians, shouting self-sufficiency? Maurice is right: cell-phones have saved lives. They have also led to people being called out because others were inadequately prepared. There has been at least one case where a cell phone was used, but the "victim" had no clear as to where he was, and the rescuers couldn't triangulate his position. Sure, take along emergency signalling equipment, but not as a first line of defence. An aviation handheld Comm Radio would have reached half-dozen airliners going in and out Seatac from the Olympic Peninsular. They are smaller, lighter, cheaper, and probably more durable. (They might be technically illegal to use. Good! Don't use them until you don't care about a fine.)