07-02-2006, 02:26 AM
[quote chas_m][quote billb]Before you buy a unit, decide whether Sirius or XM has the preferrable programming. I know people who have both.
The mind boggles. I almost feel sorry for people with so much money and no direction.
[quote billb]XM has a weather channel that's an extra $30.00/$50.00 a month that plugs into a PC that's fairly slick. For those that need it.
I'm trying to imagine how slick that would have to be to beat the plethora of free or lower-cost computer/weather options -- and failing.
Maybe if you didn't live in such a small pathetic world you'd have the requisite imagination to accept that there are people in this world who actually work and live in extreme environments (not Mom's basement) where simple pleasures such as satellite communications are a requirement for sanity.
Put yourself on an oil rig in the Gulf for a three month stint and convince everyone here $25.00 a month is an extreme bourgeois accomodation. Put yourself in the wild's of Alaska. Put yourself in a Maritimer's world months at sea with nothing but satellite feeds for information and entertainment off-shift. Put yourself at the helm of a tractor for a ten to twelve hour shift in any mid-west farming community where there's little but AM radio. Put yourself on the wrong side of any mountain in mountainous country. Put yourself on any ship off-shore, commercial or pleasure/private during inclement weather and convince everyone here that satellite weather feeds for a measly $30 or $50.00 a month shouldn't be a mandatory safety requirement.
It may surprise you to learn that not everyone lives in the cushy comforts of Mom's basement.
The mind boggles. I almost feel sorry for people with so much money and no direction.
[quote billb]XM has a weather channel that's an extra $30.00/$50.00 a month that plugs into a PC that's fairly slick. For those that need it.
I'm trying to imagine how slick that would have to be to beat the plethora of free or lower-cost computer/weather options -- and failing.
Maybe if you didn't live in such a small pathetic world you'd have the requisite imagination to accept that there are people in this world who actually work and live in extreme environments (not Mom's basement) where simple pleasures such as satellite communications are a requirement for sanity.
Put yourself on an oil rig in the Gulf for a three month stint and convince everyone here $25.00 a month is an extreme bourgeois accomodation. Put yourself in the wild's of Alaska. Put yourself in a Maritimer's world months at sea with nothing but satellite feeds for information and entertainment off-shift. Put yourself at the helm of a tractor for a ten to twelve hour shift in any mid-west farming community where there's little but AM radio. Put yourself on the wrong side of any mountain in mountainous country. Put yourself on any ship off-shore, commercial or pleasure/private during inclement weather and convince everyone here that satellite weather feeds for a measly $30 or $50.00 a month shouldn't be a mandatory safety requirement.
It may surprise you to learn that not everyone lives in the cushy comforts of Mom's basement.