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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:02:29 -0500
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Disruptions: How Smartphones Are Making Wallets Obsolete
Message-ID: <19ad78lsem2je.usuj20qc2jvb.dlg@40tude.net>
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:47:08 -0800, Thad Floryan wrote:
> The argument that a wallet is also "putting all one's eggs in
> one basket" is specious because a wallet is typically hidden ...
+1. What's more, particularly when traveling abroad, there's lots of
stuff that doesn't go into wallets: passports, airline FF cards, AARP
and AAA membership cards, Traveler's Cheques, tickets, etc. The last
time I got mugged abroad, I had stuff scattered through 9 (nine)
pockets, and my muggers were content with whatever they found in just
two of them, leaving the rest entirely alone. So they got a few
hundred bucks in cash, another few hundred bucks in Traveler's
Cheques, my SS card, and a few credit cards. What they did not get
far outweighed what they did :-) .
("Nine pockets?" I hear you asking. Sure: 4 in my pants, 4 in my
jacket, one in my shirt. What they grabbed? R. front and L. rear pants
pockets.)
Cheers, -- tlvp
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Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
***** Moderator's Note *****
What, no money belt?
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:19:57 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Smart911 in Nebraska
Message-ID: <p06240850ccee4f46650d@[10.0.1.5]>
North Platte Is First In Nebraska To Offer Smart911 To Citizens
http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/12/12/4479018/north-platte-is-first-in-nebraska.html
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:32:16 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: City May Test Smartphone Apps in Taxi Hails
Message-ID: <p06240863cceed24e1b26@[10.0.1.5]>
City May Test Smartphone Apps in Taxi Hails
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
December 12, 2012
With some board members still skeptical about authorizing smartphone
apps to hail yellow cabs, the New York City Taxi and Limousine
Commission's chairman said Wednesday that the panel was instead
likely to consider a pilot program to allow the products for a trial
period.
The commission had been expected to vote Thursday on a proposal
permitting New Yorkers to request a yellow taxi ride on their
smartphones and allowing drivers to receive requests and confirm
pickup locations, negating the need for passengers to raise arms
toward oncoming traffic.
David S. Yassky, the commission chairman, said it was now probable
that a vote would be held instead on a pilot program with similar
features.
"Bringing apps into New York would be a change in the way people get
taxis," Mr. Yassky said in an interview. "It makes sense to see how
that pans out and see if any of the supposed problems with that
materialize before you make it permanent."
He said the commission had also discussed limiting an app's
geographic reach, possibly restricting New Yorkers to hail taxis that
are only a short distance away. Officials have reasoned that this
provision would temper the number of empty taxis that bypass would-be
passengers on their way to an electronically arranged pickup.
In recent days, amid complaints from the for-hire vehicle industry
that smartphone apps would jeopardize their business, it became clear
that some commissioners, and perhaps a majority, were prepared to
vote down any permanent rule change.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/nyregion/yellow-cab-hails-via-smartphone-apps-may-be-tried-in-new-york-city.html
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