[at-l] Re: Re Sharp TM 20s can you touch type on them

[David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net (David Hicks)]

Ken

I'm going to try to not let myself get pulled into the high-tech good/bad
debate, either.

However, I suggest that you know that it is one of the divisive issues in
this community, that there are folk who have strong feelings on both sides,
and that a post of this sort is, at the least, a near troll.  I suspect that
you most likely also know of other sources where technical advice questions
will not create undue heat while seeking light.

So I will respond that you have no standing in trying to assume some sort of
moral high ground with your "Oh cripes. Here we go again."

Yep, most likely.  And yes, you did it, in the face of what you should have
know would happen, as you know how others feel and you baited them.

It is my hope that most folk will ignore your tactic.

Chainsaw


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Knight" <krk@speakeasy.org>
To: "Trail Dude" <dachsnj@hotmail.com>
Cc: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: [at-l] Re: Re Sharp TM 20s can you touch type on them


> Oh cripes. Here we go again.
>
> This IS NOT a cell phone. I'm not going to let myself get pulled into the
high-tech good/bad debate.
> When I get ready to write a journal entry and it is getting late I ask
people if they mind the sound
> of keys being tapped upon. If they do I don't write the entry at that time
(e.g., at Rusty's I never
> even took the thing out. He never knew, and would never have known, but it
is his place and his
> rules).
>
> The number of times I have had people gripe can be counted on one hand.
Most are curious about what
> I am doing (and when they realize I can also write on the Newton they want
to play with it too).
>
> I write a detailed journal for my memories. I enjoy sharing what I write
with others, but I'd write
> just as deailed a journal even if no one else read it. I can write more
when I type than when I
> write long hand (I can read what I type later on too, my handwriting can
be abysmal).  Keeping a
> journal is part of my traveling experience.
>
>   ** Ken **
>
> On 4/30/01 at 4:03 PM, Trail Dude <dachsnj@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is the use of these kinds of devices condoned on the trail?  This is not
> > meant as a debate starter where a bunch of folks come back with a
"there's
> > no law" or "hike your own hike" response.  I was wondering how people
feel
> > about using high tech gadgets on the trail.  I, for one, have stopped
> > carrying a cell phone as it may result in the reduction of the
detachment
> > from civilization experience that I believe time on the trail is all
about.
> > Just wondering how the rest of the posters feel.
>
> **  Kenneth Knight    Web Design, IT Consultant, Software Engineer  **
> **       krk@speakeasy.org        http://www.speakeasy.org/~krk     **
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