On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Preston Crawford <me at prestoncrawford.com> 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