Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 27, 2013

GAH!!!!

There’s definitely a disturbance in the force.

Doesn’t the GPS system work even if the phone is off? Granted if the display is off the GPS transponder should still work by letting the NSA’s Spy Sats, er I mean Google’s Sats, er IRS’s Sats track the phone’s movement. Think I read that the GPS is always on until the power source is depleted or removed.

Lucy, you got some splainin’ to do…….(.I think she’s in cahoots with Dabney, …..)…

Danae is lost because her Garmin is busted. Moby-Tom isn’t lost because he uses TomTom.

And the prize goes for best comment (drum roll please) OLFART

Good one!

unless you take the battery out, they can still track your phone. so Danae can still be “found” lol. just like the NSA does. comfort knowing eh?

He won’t because he’s with the Moby-Hendersons. Anybody remember that movie? That’s okay, I never watched it either.

wait.. if Danae is in an area with no service, how can Jeffrey find her even if her phone is on? The GPS link in the phone is receive-only

If the phone uses the GPS satellites, it can still know where it is. But GPS satellites don’t receive signals, so she is still lost in the woods. Maybe she’ll stay there for a while… A LONG while.

I’m surprised she knows HOW to turn her phone off! It’s not like she’s ever done it before!!

Lucy is smarter than we thought….now it gets good…..

“Must be a Smartphone.”??#Can’t be very smart if the phone allows the “user” to turn it off!

Do I hear a drone in the distance?? And he has an “Assault” gun?? Stay away Danae stay far away.The turkey is the……………….DRONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Great White hunter.

I can’t find Danae on Twitter!

Um no. If you don’t have any bars, you don’t have any bars. The GPS in your phone is a receiver, not a transmitter. OTOH, this is cartoon physics, so I guess anything goes.

after Tom finishes D***ing around.

If the phone is on or off shouldn’t matter the Government would be able to find and track it…..Big Brother is always watching ,Don’tcha know?

Some cell phone can not be turned 100% off and some you can not remove the battery. For those types of phones you can get cell phone lead shielding anti-tracking cases. There are more than a few companies making them.

“The whole point of “instant on” is that you can’t shut down whatever you are using totally unless the battery or other power source is removed. Even so the timing is good here.”

Oh yeah … those sneak circuits drive my DH nuts. He’s a watt counter. Have you ever done that? It can actually be a considerable source of enlightenment. All those sneak circuits do add up …

Of course, phones, kindles and those kinds of devices merely lose a portion of battery life.