[ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework

[Geoffrey Myers]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Being an old fogey doesn’t mean the same as being an old dog – you can 
> learn new tricks.   I have a road atlas and usually stop and get the 
> state map for whatever states I’m going through and I used them often 
> for various trips.   However, once Mapquest became available I didn’t 
> feel I’d dumbed myself down any for using nor do I feel that way using 
> the GPS built in the car I bought 2 years ago.    For my last few major 
> road trips I’ve printed Mapquest AND used the GPS mainly to see what the 
> differences were.    They do tend to pick slightly different routes.    
> On my Saskatchewan trip Mapquest had me bypassing Wisconsin and going 
> into Minnesota but my GPS put me through western Wisconsin.

My experiences with GPSs indicate:

1.  They don't always pick the best route.
2.  They are wrong at times.

One time I was trying to locate an early polling location, put the 
address into the GPS, followed it and found myself at an empty field.

Fact was, I knew where the location was by name, but just went to the 
GPS without thinking about it.  I called them, got directions and 
immediately recognized the location and, of course, felt like a huge 
idiot for being such a droid...

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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Drifter
> *Sent:* Friday, April 01, 2011 3:28 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework
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> Aha, you might have been able to vote in Australia. :)
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> Sean
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> On Friday, April 01, 2011 02:17:05 pm Tom Freeman wrote:
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>>  Back in the day (old fogey here) we had that capability. Called a map.
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>>  8-) Some of us even learned how to fold them up nicely.
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Until later, Geoffrey

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