If you were to swim back to the boat, would it sense your return, re-enable
the autopilot, and again sail away from you?  :-) :-)

-=O=- Randy Devol F/C-31 #213, Joint Venture


On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, drjameslooby wrote:

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> As an ex navy rescue swimmer/diver the chances of survival are not
> good as other people have cited this often occurs in foul weather.
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> From the computer security side - recently a usb dongle which
> attaches to your key chain has been developed which locks the screen
> when you walk away from the computer.  If your autopilot system is
> integrated with a computer it would not be hard to configure a
> similar dongle to mark the gps position and disable the autopilot
> were you to fall overboard.  You heard it here first (I hope)... time
> to contact tacktick and start the patent process. :)  I include my
> contact information below if anyone would like to assist.
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> Dr. James G. Looby
> Dept. Chair CIS/AIT/HIT/Cisco Network Academy
> Hudson Valley Community College
> 80 Vandenburg Ave.
> Troy, NY 12180
> 518-629-7269
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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