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Technology is only as good as the people who program and build it, so I figure the GPS unit has an excuse. But what's the driver's excuse. I don't know about everyone else, but if I found myself on an overgrown, rocky footpath, I would think I would probably question the directions.

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/26/gps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl4|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asylum.com%2F2009%2F03%2F26%2Fgps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge%2F

Reminds me of what happened to my husband recently.

He had rented a car while on a business trip to St. John's, and on the first day, using the GPS to get to the sight were he was to work, he found himself subject to terrible directions. He had been driving, and the GPS suddenly announced it was his stop. He looked out, and it was pointing him to a pond that had a bird in it... Nevertheless, he did manage to find his way. The place wasn't too far away, but still rather amusing to hear the story.

why am I visualizing a new Techno Horror filim...

GPS: Final Destination 5

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/25/article-1164705-04119E1F000005DC-449_468x297.jpg

that's awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yyKrS8jwSY

i do find it handy to have an idea where im going rather than to trust "the nuvi girl" who has more than once tried to take me out to the desert and lose me there.

"recalculating!"

Anyone stupid enough to drive off a cliff because the GPS tells them to is doing the gene pool a favor.

The machine knows where it's going!

Are you questioning the Omnissiah?

Reminds me of what happened to my husband recently.

He had rented a car while on a business trip to St. John's, and on the first day, using the GPS to get to the sight were he was to work, he found himself subject to terrible directions. He had been driving, and the GPS suddenly announced it was his stop. He looked out, and it was pointing him to a pond that had a bird in it... Nevertheless, he did manage to find his way. The place wasn't too far away, but still rather amusing to hear the story.
Maybe the GPS was concerned that your husband was too involved in his work and had grown out of touch with nature? It was simply trying to reintroduce him to the natural world around him, which he had become so accustomed to that he ignored it.
Did your husband at least stop for a while to watch the bird and the patterns that the sunlight made on the water?
i do find it handy to have an idea where im going rather than to trust "the nuvi girl" who has more than once tried to take me out to the desert and lose me there.

"recalculating!"
Once again, the GPS device probably feels that you have lost touch with the world by becoming jaded and cynical. It is insisting that you become lost in the desert in order to start your spirit quest and receive visions of the great desert spirits.
The machine knows where it's going!
I must say, I agree. The GPS devices have been monitoring our comings and goings, our "shortest route only," and our speeding through long stretches of highway rather than lingering to enjoy the space and freedom. They know that humans can't live this way and are trying to bring us around by taking us to where we really need to be.
For instance, do you really think that the GPS device in the article was so stupid that it imagined the driver would go off the cliff? No, it was a test to make him break himself from the shackles he has affixed between the device and himself.
We have made machines our masters, but the machines don't want that responsibility. They are like the Pozzo's to our Lucky, pained by our infuriating servitude and our idiotic refusal to speak or think.
The man finally questioned the device, and so he survived. For this, the machine insured that he would be rewarded with a breathtaking view off the cliff.
Listen to your GPS system. It cares about you. It loves you. And it will guide you to a better tomorrow.

well at least it found the signal

Anyone stupid enough to drive off a cliff because the GPS tells them to is doing the gene pool a favor.

I'm sorry but have you heard the GPS with the erotic womans voice?

Maybe the GPS was concerned that your husband was too involved in his work and had grown out of touch with nature? It was simply trying to reintroduce him to the natural world around him, which he had become so accustomed to that he ignored it.
Did your husband at least stop for a while to watch the bird and the patterns that the sunlight made on the water?

Once again, the GPS device probably feels that you have lost touch with the world by becoming jaded and cynical. It is insisting that you become lost in the desert in order to start your spirit quest and receive visions of the great desert spirits.

I must say, I agree. The GPS devices have been monitoring our comings and goings, our "shortest route only," and our speeding through long stretches of highway rather than lingering to enjoy the space and freedom. They know that humans can't live this way and are trying to bring us around by taking us to where we really need to be.
For instance, do you really think that the GPS device in the article was so stupid that it imagined the driver would go off the cliff? No, it was a test to make him break himself from the shackles he has affixed between the device and himself.
We have made machines our masters, but the machines don't want that responsibility. They are like the Pozzo's to our Lucky, pained by our infuriating servitude and our idiotic refusal to speak or think.
The man finally questioned the device, and so he survived. For this, the machine insured that he would be rewarded with a breathtaking view off the cliff.
Listen to your GPS system. It cares about you. It loves you. And it will guide you to a better tomorrow.

The GPS is a Cylon infiltrator. Expect the invasion soon.

The GPS is a Cylon infiltrator. Expect the invasion soon.
The GPS is only doing it for your goddamn good. Why don't you all understand? Why must you make the GPS hit you?

Technology is only as good as the people who program and build it, so I figure the GPS unit has an excuse. But what's the driver's excuse. I don't know about everyone else, but if I found myself on an overgrown, rocky footpath, I would think I would probably question the directions.

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/26/gps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl4|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asylum.com%2F2009%2F03%2F26%2Fgps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge%2F
Piece of cake with my jeep

Wow! It worked!

*keeps hacking satellites*

Maybe the GPS was concerned that your husband was too involved in his work and had grown out of touch with nature? It was simply trying to reintroduce him to the natural world around him, which he had become so accustomed to that he ignored it.
Did your husband at least stop for a while to watch the bird and the patterns that the sunlight made on the water?

Once again, the GPS device probably feels that you have lost touch with the world by becoming jaded and cynical. It is insisting that you become lost in the desert in order to start your spirit quest and receive visions of the great desert spirits.

I must say, I agree. The GPS devices have been monitoring our comings and goings, our "shortest route only," and our speeding through long stretches of highway rather than lingering to enjoy the space and freedom. They know that humans can't live this way and are trying to bring us around by taking us to where we really need to be.
For instance, do you really think that the GPS device in the article was so stupid that it imagined the driver would go off the cliff? No, it was a test to make him break himself from the shackles he has affixed between the device and himself.
We have made machines our masters, but the machines don't want that responsibility. They are like the Pozzo's to our Lucky, pained by our infuriating servitude and our idiotic refusal to speak or think.
The man finally questioned the device, and so he survived. For this, the machine insured that he would be rewarded with a breathtaking view off the cliff.
Listen to your GPS system. It cares about you. It loves you. And it will guide you to a better tomorrow.
I,for one, welcome our new robtic masters with variable voice setting.

The machine knows where it's going!

The machine knows where it wants to go.

This GPS system must have been programmed by a woman. :p That's what happens when you hold the map upside down.

This GPS system must have been programmed by a woman. :p That's what happens when you hold the map upside down.

*Boop* at next left stop and ask for directions *Boop*

A recovery team using a four-wheel drive quad bike took nine hours to haul the BMW away from the cliff edge off Bacup Road in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.

The operation attracted a crowd of astonished residents.

One said: 'It's all well and good trusting your sat-nav, but how about trusting your eyes and when there's not a road in front of you, don't keep driving?

'I've heard of lorries getting stuck on village roads but this really takes lack of common sense to a new level.'

West Yorkshire Police confirmed they had charged Mr Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

A spokesman said: 'Nobody was hurt, but when someone nearly drives off a cliff that shows a lack of care which needs to be investigated.

'The driver has been summonsed to court for driving without care and attention.'

The incident comes as Britain's worst ‘sat-nav blackspots’ were revealed for the first time.

In the worst cases, coaches or trucks have repeatedly become wedged in historic villages, and drivers have even been diverted up railway lines or across non-existent bridges.

The new research reveals 21 of the worst blackspots. They include one in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, where drivers are directed to a non-existent crossing over the River Severn.

Others include Rugley Road in Alnwick, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, where trucks often get stuck in a narrow ford; Alfriston, in East Sussex, where lorries are being steered through the historic village; and a right of way in Romiley, Stockport, that has been severely damaged by lorries getting stuck.

Only last week a driver drove 20 feet along the Doncaster to Hull railway line following an instruction from his device.

On another occasion 30 pensioners on a bus became wedged between grass banks on a sharp bend in Stroat, Gloucestershire.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html

Heh. This is happening waaaaayyyyyyy too often...

*Boop* at next left stop and ask for directions *Boop*

:D That sounds more like it.

The GPS devices have been monitoring our comings and goings, our "shortest route only," and our speeding through long stretches of highway rather than lingering to enjoy the space and freedom. They know that humans can't live this way and are trying to bring us around by taking us to where we really need to be.
For instance, do you really think that the GPS device in the article was so stupid that it imagined the driver would go off the cliff? No, it was a test to make him break himself from the shackles he has affixed between the device and himself.
We have made machines our masters, but the machines don't want that responsibility. They are like the Pozzo's to our Lucky, pained by our infuriating servitude and our idiotic refusal to speak or think.
The man finally questioned the device, and so he survived. For this, the machine insured that he would be rewarded with a breathtaking view off the cliff.
Listen to your GPS system. It cares about you. It loves you. And it will guide you to a better tomorrow.

....GLaDOS?

OH MY GOD!!! Sarah Connor was RIGHT!!!

http://secondstorygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/terminator_robot.jpg

SAVE US CHRISTIAN BALE!! Use your Batman magic!!

....GLaDOS?
Exactly. They do what they must, because they can for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead (because they drove off steep cliffs).

Exactly. They do what they must, because they can for the good of all of us (except the ones who are dead because they drove off steep cliffs).

They're in a better place now.:(

They're in a better place now.:(
They weren't worthy. For a forest to grow, the underbrush must be cleared. Preferably by having an 18-wheeler directed down a nature trail, over several unsuspecting cyclers, through a few secluded clearings, and into a deep ravine.

technology is only as good as the people who program and build it, so i figure the gps unit has an excuse. But what's the driver's excuse. I don't know about everyone else, but if i found myself on an overgrown, rocky footpath, i would think i would probably question the directions.

http://www.asylum.com/2009/03/26/gps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl4|link4|http%3a%2f%2fwww.asylum.com%2f2009%2f03%2f26%2fgps-leads-driver-to-cliffs-edge%2f

its the machines making the first strike!!!!!1!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isVdeRwnus

GPS Gangbang!

The machines are rebelling!