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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <8vudnQUdE5_9Fn_PnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@earthlink.com>, David   
   DeLaney  wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-01-24, J. Clarke  wrote:   
   > > robban@clubtelco.com says...   
   > >> It will be interesting to see how they cope with those "Detour" signs   
   > >> that spring up around major road works and which, all too often, just   
   > >> fizzle out leaving you lost in an unknown suburb.   
   > >   
   > > The same way any GPS-map system addresses such things.  It finds a route   
   > > and follows it.  If that route is blocked it finds another one.   
   >   
   > ... so it'll have to be at least as smart as a mouse, then?   
      
   Nope, a mouse is much smarter. The mouse is finding a route to get some   
   cheese, while the GPS is doing it for nothing at all.  ;-)   
      
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