XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: fritz@spamexpire-202510.rodent.frell.theremailer.net   
      
   > I find it ironic that a laptop is an essential feature of a modern   
   police   
   > cruiser. In the 25 years or so that I've worked in the public safety   
   > sector it's went from a very simplistic status display to a full   
   blown   
   > system. Of course, an officer would never be screwing around with the   
   > laptop while driving. :)   
      
   > It's probably a personal shortcoming but I find screwing around with   
   the   
   > visual display to change a channel, select the USB input, and so   
   forth to   
   > be distracting. I'm not sure that is an improvement on the old   
   pushbutton   
   > radios.   
      
     I drove big rigs for a while.  I had a laptop setup on the passenger   
   seat to keep track of where I was on the highway and record mileages   
   when crossing state lines.  I had to discipline myself to not look at   
   it for more 2 seconds at a time.  It is amazing how quickly a vehicle   
   can start heading towards disaster.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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