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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Greg Goss  wrote   
   > Rod Speed  wrote   
   >> Greg Goss  wrote   
   >>> Rod Speed  wrote   
   >>>> Greg Goss  wrote   
      
   >>>>> My wife has a fairly recent GPS in her car.  Once, we had programmed   
   >>>>> the destination into the unit because we needed it for the final   
   >>>>> navigation -- we knew the way for the first fifteen miles.  But, with   
   >>>>> very little warning, it abruptly told us to take an exit three miles   
   >>>>> before the obvious one, and adjusted the time-to-destination   
   >>>>> accordingly.  As we turned onto the overpass, we saw traffic   
   >>>>> backing up from something further down the road.   
      
   >>>> That is just poor implementation.   
      
   >>> I think you're misreading the anecdote.   
      
   >> No.   
      
   >>> This was a good implementation   
      
   >> No, it should have made it clear that it was diverting   
   >> from the original route because of the congestion it   
   >> knew about, instead of leaving you to guess that   
   >> that was the reason for the diversion.   
      
   > I'm a driver, dealing with a complex situation.   
      
   But perfectly possible for the system to divert from   
   the current route and inform you why it has done that.   
      
   > The GPS unit has been "hired" to provide me with   
   > turn-by-turn instructions on how to get where I'm going.   
      
   But perfectly possible for the system to divert from   
   the current route and inform you why it has done that.   
      
   > "Why" is interesting, but at the time, it's a distraction.   
      
   Bullshit.   
      
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