Well, with all them electronic thingies in the cockpit nowadays, it’s good to also have a good old fashioned compass to rely on.
And call me old fashioned, but I am probably one of the last few people who doesn’t have a GPS in his car. I still prefer the good old road map, combined with decent “flight planning” when I’m going somewhere new. I also don’t have a laptop and my cell phone doesn’t have a camera. If you’re a salesman on the road or something, a GPS can probably make your life a lot easier… but I guess I’ll end up being one of the old geezers complaining about the technological bells and whistles of the youth. Hm, to the 15 year olds I probably already am! 
Well Julio,
I guess it might have something to do with Chuck’s compass reading and all his other capabilities?
OK.. Hiding for shelter.
Yeah – I’m an “old dinosaur” as well.
Besides, I put more faith in a map and compass and my own noodle than I ever have in a GPS – batteries in my head don’t go flat, and GPS is shite for helping with landmarks.
Hell, I even learned to /draw/ maps in high school! Topos, street maps, even halfway decent sketch maps.
Gimme a decent map of any variety, and I can get where I want to go. How many people have gotten lost because they trusted a GPS they didn’t know how to use?
I do have a laptop (as an author, it’s handy,) and my cellphone does not have a camera (I hardly use the thing anyhow, and I have a perfectly good Canon for taking pictures when I need to – does better than cellphone cameras anyhow.) My cellphone is a five-year-old Motorola anyhow. It makes calls, and that’s all I need.
The “yoof” of to-day may look funny at me – but when they get lost, who do they call? Neither of my boys is dependent on technological crutches – they also know how to read maps, use compasses, and orient themselves with limited information.
Wow, I was one of the few if not the only one in my class who knew how to read a map!
Ok, I have an excellent orientational sense, but still, I’m always using a map if I need one and if I don’t have one, I ask for the way or get one. And when I see someone in his car with a GPS, I’m extra careful (k, I’m always extra careful when it comes to driving) and won’t trust him/her (Well, you shouldn’t trust a car driver in my country, most of them are insanely stupid).
And a mobilephone has the purpose of telephoning with someone, while being mobile.
As much as I love technology, I don’t want to be told what I should buy for dinner from a little device that is weaker than me, I eat what >>I<< want to eat!
I don’t know if the story is true, but I heard some early GPS would tell you to turn left – or right – halfway through a bridge.
Still funny, even if it turns out to be an urban legend.
Congrats for your work, guys!