Maybe he didn't care for the strip, much like myself. It seemed pretty dry for xkcd standards. Up until the last box I thought it was making fun of people who keep bragging that they have GPS.
Don't be fooled! This is just noise being introduced into the pattern. Binky has been "lax" lately, so people have stopped accusing him of being a script.
Tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen
Tonight we'll put all other things aside
Get in this time and show me some affection
We're goin' for those pleasures in the night
I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
And I know I know I know I know I know I want you
We shouldn't even think about tomorrow
Sweet memories will last for long long time
We'll have a good time, Baby, don't do worry
And if we're still playin' around boy that's just fine
Let's get excited, we just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want you, I want you
I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go
I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want youComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
My place is new enough to not be on most GPSs. It usually puts people about 10 miles east of where I actually am. I'd love to have this conversation with someone. "Okay smartass, here's the address. Call me when you want directions."
Google Maps has my neighborhood mapped completely wrong. No matter how hard I try, not a single delivery driver in the area is able to understand this. I put directions (really simple, too!) in the "instructions" or "comments" boxes every time and I ALWAYS get a call from the driver.
Some people just rely on GPS and mapping systems TOO much.
I don't know about not being new enough to be on the maps. GPS uses latitude and longitude calculations and it should show where you are regardless of some map. It needs 3 satellites (4 for correct time calcs) to get an accurate reading. Also it doesn't work well in congested areas.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Yeah, you're right. You only (theoretically) need 3 sats to find YOUR location. But now that you know where you are, where's my house?
If the map gives the wrong location for it, you're out of luck.
I've had GPS systems take me through god-awful routes to new developments because it didn't know about the new connecting streets. Not that a paper map would have been much better in that case. But directions from the home-owner, that would have been mint.
what is funny is I work on a big ten campus, and I work on the South side of the street, Google always puts our address on the North side though -- lots of delivery people come in saying "I thought you guys were a mile north of here"
I've also had problems with Google's turn-by-turn navigation. I've had it take me down one-way streets the wrong way. I also know of a couple of cases where an address for a store is on the wrong side of a highway. Also, it doesn't doesn't seem to always understand that you really can't make a left hand turn from a limited-access highway.
I also have a Garmin GPS. I can't recall it ever getting an address wrong (excpet when traveling in Punta Gorda, FL about a year after mutiple hurricanes went htrough). But the routing on the Garmin unit sucks. Big time. I prefer Google, even with its address inconsistencies.
Google Maps' turn-by-turn is in beta, so it can't be trusted to be 100% reliable. We tried to go to Hooters and ended up at some other restaurant (which, in Google's defense, had much better food).
Yeah and I'm a little pissed that the Samsung Fascinate, an Android phone, is coming pre-loaded with Bing Search and Bing Maps. WTF? Bing sucks at Googling.
MapQuest has my neighborhood right and Google Maps has it completely wrong. The map is technically right but it doesn't understand where the addresses actually are. So my house is shown as being about 2 blocks east and 1 north of where it actually is.
If actual GPS units were even half as good as Google Maps I'd get one. Any that I've ever used though are horribly awkward to use, like they're designed for stupid people that can't read maps.
I have a GPS, and that thing has been wrong enough. It's awesome on the Interstates, but in smaller towns, has gotten me lost a few times. I learned to print out a copy from a map program just in case the GPS does that again
Funny, I actually got a used PS3 off craigslist over another guy (who was there first) on account of Google maps giving s**tty directions. I unknowingly followed the guy into the neighborhood, but I managed to find the address before he did. As I was walking back to my car, PS3 in hand, he spotted me and expressed his disappointment.
Digg does have an FAQ for just this sort of frequently asked question...
"How many Diggs or buries does it take to promote or remove a story?
It depends. The promotion or burying of stories is managed by an algorithm developed by Digg, and there is no specific threshold of Diggs or buries required to promote or bury a story. Instead, our algorithm takes several factors into consideration, including (but not limited to) the number and diversity of Diggs, buries, the time the story was submitted and the topic."
"Ok, typing the address into the GPS.... Hmmm, there is no "court", so it must be "road". No address found. Ok, try a slightly different spelling of the road. No address found. Ok, how about anywhere on the road. No address found. FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU!!!!!!"
I don't use a gps, I just use maps.google.com before I go somewhere I've never been before. Just looking at that can be enough, but sometimes I'll zoom into streetview to memorize the the key turning points
It would be funnier if GPS actually had some concept of what conditions were like. I know, some are supposed to be smart these days, but it's not usually the case.
A few years ago, I had friends coming from Pennsylvania to Brooklyn. I gave them detailed, but clear directions. They ignored them and used what a borrowed GPS unit told them to do. They took a slow, confusing route through Manhattan, a different bridge to Brooklyn, and when they finally got to Brooklyn, it sent them the wrong way down a one-way street, a few miles from my place, in an area I was completely unfamiliar with. When they called for me to help them get to my place, I ended up panning around on Google Maps and talking on the phone with them for the next 20 minutes or so until they arrived.
Moral of the story: If somebody has really good directions, but you still insist on using your GPS, program your unit to match what they're telling you. Trust the person over the machine.
Directions work only for people who are 'directions' people. People who use relative land marks and can remember a string of 'directions'. I'm not one of them. I prefer an address and a map.
As well GPS and Google maps have gotten better. Directions from most GPS/Google Maps device now account for one ways and some even account for local traffic.
The moral of the story is not everyone is into directions.
I'm the same exact way with directions and needing visuals. I can't take verbal direction with a lot of things, let alone directions to a place I've never been. If the person I'm talking to has really good directions that my GPS would probably not follow, I'll write down their directions and map it out and print it from Google Maps.
"Trust the person over the machine."
If I had a dollar for every time my ex got us lost by listening to the GPS over me... well, I'd have quite a few dollars.
I've learned that it is much better to give them a url to maps.google.com with the altered directions. It has your address on it, the proper route, and visuals showing where they should be going. Also explaining that they will save hours of time taking that route is a good incentive. That way it is up to them.
There are two ways to get to my house from the city (i'm 1 hour from SF). One way takes 2 to 3 hours in traffic and the other way has no traffic but is an undivided highway at 55mph which takes around 1 hour 20 minutes. Obviously, all gps recommend the freeway. It is fun to see who takes my advice and who doesn't.
My GPS sucks. No option for quickest or shortest, and doesn't like to tell me to do u-turns so it will take me 30 minutes out of the way when all I had to do was turn around.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Happen to me all the time. When I tried to find an address to an university or an airport, all I found is "Direction: Take route 90, then get off on the street ..."
People need to realize that they need to give address beside direction too.
Yeah, a GPS is great unless you have an Alpine NVE-P1 that has maps that are about 10 years out of date. Also, Google maps is pretty out of date as well, my subdivision was built around 05-06 and Google still thinks its a field. I've found this to be true (Google and GPS devices) for several places I've visited throughout the last couple of years.
Both are great, but it's still good to have directions from someone that knows the area.
I can understand your beef with saying "MP3" for the player, but really? You get your panties in a bunch over not saying "GPS tracking device" and "Bluetooth headset"? Who even talks like that?
Hold on a sec...I'm receiving a call on my mobile cellular device...
Wait, people outside of tech illiteracy think it's OK to call earpieces "bluetooths"? I strongly disagree.. Bluetooth CAN be confused. It would be the equivelant of calling a Printer a "USB", it's not acceptable, ever, unless you're an idiot. When you tell me you have a Bluetooth or want to buy a Bluetooth or need help connecting your Bluetooth, that could be one of a thousand different things.
I agree 100% with GPS, it can't be confused.. I might even say GPS system, GPS Navigator, etc.. but I usually just say GPS.
F'n idiots. Bluetooth is an interface, a wireless headset is just a bluetooth device. I guess when the general public has a wireless interface and only knows that a single device exists for it, you can't blame them. The general public isn't suppose to understand, just use, right?
Just sucks that the majority on Digg are apparently "general public". I'll stay geek, you guys can be as 'general public' as you want.
ill take a incorrect GPS any day over directions that include turn right at the mcdonalds and left at the bestbuy, and when you see exit 22 go 2 more miles and make a left
Also I hate if I am driving and they do this. Give me the address and shoot me an email or text with direction. After two steps Im not going to remember anything after that.
the only time the GPS on my phone has failed me so far was when the address printed on the invite said it was on "hi road" when the actual name was "high road"
To those digging me down, I was referring the song called Girl Directions, which is basically what this comic is (although the comic had a better ending).
I go through this whenever I have to get directions from my relatives. They can't seem to grasp that them giving me directions is worst than just letting me figure it out based on their address.
After mine told me to got the wrong way down a one way street, I just turned off the voice and let myself navigate myself around using its map/recommended route and my own common sense.
Not much use a GPS is going to do you if you want to get to the burrow....or even diagon alley for that matter.... word to the wise, always have good directions and a good gps.
duncastAug 23, 2010
In before binky
curiomimeAug 24, 2010
How the hell did you do it son?
jimnormousAug 24, 2010
That's what she said
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
This is the best-! wait, that's kinda funny.
labdiscoAug 23, 2010
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danedabeanerAug 23, 2010
In before binky as well. The hell?
ar0neAug 24, 2010
Maybe he didn't care for the strip, much like myself. It seemed pretty dry for xkcd standards. Up until the last box I thought it was making fun of people who keep bragging that they have GPS.
binky79Aug 23, 2010
This is the best xkcd ever!
tunaktunakAug 23, 2010
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zaynexzandersAug 23, 2010
This only works on widescreen monitors someone should fix it.
oxdeltaxoAug 23, 2010
MORBO DEMANDS IT
mxm111Aug 23, 2010
Hypnotoad would be as appropriate.
zooltoolAug 23, 2010
@ZayneXZanders: Ctrl-minus
douglasqAug 23, 2010
I was waiting for Binky's review before I read the comic.
isobaneAug 23, 2010
Just wanted to make sure eh?
drunkenkiteAug 23, 2010
You're late!
tkeajaxAug 23, 2010
Binky I am disappoint.
nodiskAug 23, 2010
Don't be fooled! This is just noise being introduced into the pattern. Binky has been "lax" lately, so people have stopped accusing him of being a script.
This chaos is but deeper evidence of order.
Do not lose faith!
I BELIEVE IN YOU BINKY79.JS!
solitaireroseAug 23, 2010
The next one will be even better!
howitzer86Aug 23, 2010
It's dead Jim.
zaynexzandersAug 23, 2010
I'm so excited every time I see an XKCD so I can see the comments on blinky. Thamks for making my day! haha
cheezygrinAug 23, 2010
Dugg for "blinky".
originalmadmattAug 23, 2010
Dugg for "I'm so excited"
The Pointer Sisters
Tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen
Tonight we'll put all other things aside
Get in this time and show me some affection
We're goin' for those pleasures in the night
I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
And I know I know I know I know I know I want you
We shouldn't even think about tomorrow
Sweet memories will last for long long time
We'll have a good time, Baby, don't do worry
And if we're still playin' around boy that's just fine
Let's get excited, we just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want you, I want you
I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you
I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can't get enough
And if you move real slow I let it go
I'm so excited, I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it
I know I know I know I know I know I want youComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
You're welcone! haha
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
A sphincter says "this is the best xkcd ever"?
mugichaAug 23, 2010
What?
originalmadmattAug 23, 2010
Chicken butt?
dibbkdAug 23, 2010
in the what?
dawnraid101Aug 24, 2010
WHAT WHAT
serinusAug 23, 2010
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Binky, I will never not digg you
azadcreativeAug 23, 2010
Girlfriend keeping you busy, Binky?
amanwithnonameAug 23, 2010
http://willweburybinky79today.info/
Yup, it's a bury day.
scottishcookieAug 23, 2010
binky, you are so lame!
cheezygrinAug 23, 2010
Shut up Binky.
boneheadfarkerAug 23, 2010
Why is it that binky79 gets buried when an XKCD is good, but dugg when it's bad?
kerrigoreAug 23, 2010
Because pineapple.
labdiscoAug 23, 2010
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lukas1051Aug 23, 2010
Potato? That's absurd.
allantronAug 24, 2010
1, 2, 3, potato
Closed AccountAug 24, 2010
Every idiot knows it's because artichoke. Idiots...
originalmadmattAug 23, 2010
the next one will be even later!
squishy2011Aug 23, 2010
THE DOLPHINS ARE IN THE JACUZZI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amF5cRjruwk
kgtheway2bAug 23, 2010
Buried for lateness. Normally Dugg for persistence.
Closed AccountAug 24, 2010
Fail binky.
vstg005Aug 23, 2010
http://willweburybinky79today.info/
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Does it have a script that changes day to day or just bury?
kkosinskAug 23, 2010
I've seen it say digg him up.
fcrowAug 23, 2010
nice spam
j34nAug 23, 2010
Depends where the GPS leads you.
http://failblog.org/2010/08/20/epic-fail-photos-gps-fail-2/
jza414Aug 23, 2010
My place is new enough to not be on most GPSs. It usually puts people about 10 miles east of where I actually am. I'd love to have this conversation with someone. "Okay smartass, here's the address. Call me when you want directions."
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seinmanAug 23, 2010
That doesn't help when the whole street has yet to be added to maps.
navicertsAug 23, 2010
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hortnonAug 23, 2010
Google Maps has my neighborhood mapped completely wrong. No matter how hard I try, not a single delivery driver in the area is able to understand this. I put directions (really simple, too!) in the "instructions" or "comments" boxes every time and I ALWAYS get a call from the driver.
Some people just rely on GPS and mapping systems TOO much.
scuba7183Aug 23, 2010
Yeah, and not be a dick about it
diggtowerAug 24, 2010
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I don't know about not being new enough to be on the maps. GPS uses latitude and longitude calculations and it should show where you are regardless of some map. It needs 3 satellites (4 for correct time calcs) to get an accurate reading. Also it doesn't work well in congested areas.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
taiboAug 23, 2010
Uhh, the map is useless until someone comes in to code in all the street names, addresses, etc.
alanlivingstonAug 23, 2010
Yeah, you're right. You only (theoretically) need 3 sats to find YOUR location. But now that you know where you are, where's my house?
If the map gives the wrong location for it, you're out of luck.
I've had GPS systems take me through god-awful routes to new developments because it didn't know about the new connecting streets. Not that a paper map would have been much better in that case. But directions from the home-owner, that would have been mint.
andrewridgelyAug 23, 2010
*sigh*
s0nicfreakAug 23, 2010
Give the nearest cross street that IS in GPS's (GPSes?)
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
I think GPS's is right.
ivaldes047Aug 23, 2010
GPSi?
wolfmannAug 23, 2010
what is funny is I work on a big ten campus, and I work on the South side of the street, Google always puts our address on the North side though -- lots of delivery people come in saying "I thought you guys were a mile north of here"
angelbunnyAug 23, 2010
I've been that smartass before trying to get to a friends house that wasn't on maps.google.com yet. I should of just listened to the directions.
duamerthraxAug 23, 2010
Then you should have geographical coordinates ready. You know latitude and longitude.
aalenoxAug 23, 2010
Even without a GPS, I prefer the address and Google maps. As a general rule, Google maps gives better / more accurate directions...
srgordyAug 23, 2010
update your gps.
pakobedejoAug 23, 2010
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ursuchAug 23, 2010
Not always, my Droid wanted me to go the wrong way down a one way street.
alanlivingstonAug 23, 2010
I've also had problems with Google's turn-by-turn navigation. I've had it take me down one-way streets the wrong way. I also know of a couple of cases where an address for a store is on the wrong side of a highway. Also, it doesn't doesn't seem to always understand that you really can't make a left hand turn from a limited-access highway.
I also have a Garmin GPS. I can't recall it ever getting an address wrong (excpet when traveling in Punta Gorda, FL about a year after mutiple hurricanes went htrough). But the routing on the Garmin unit sucks. Big time. I prefer Google, even with its address inconsistencies.
meninostongueAug 23, 2010
I got Google to remove a non-existent on-ramp from Maps, but my Android phone still tries to get me on the highway using it.
stickwstAug 23, 2010
f**k google maps on my HTC eris. It's "get directions" function takes way too long to be useful, even with a strong signal.
kwcarpenterAug 23, 2010
Google Maps' turn-by-turn is in beta, so it can't be trusted to be 100% reliable. We tried to go to Hooters and ended up at some other restaurant (which, in Google's defense, had much better food).
kaleoaAug 24, 2010
Yeah and I'm a little pissed that the Samsung Fascinate, an Android phone, is coming pre-loaded with Bing Search and Bing Maps. WTF? Bing sucks at Googling.
hortnonAug 23, 2010
MapQuest has my neighborhood right and Google Maps has it completely wrong. The map is technically right but it doesn't understand where the addresses actually are. So my house is shown as being about 2 blocks east and 1 north of where it actually is.
kalienaAug 24, 2010
They have this nifty thing on google maps where you can submit corrections...
hobofatsAug 23, 2010
thats why i love android. google's free gps is awesome.
seroevoAug 23, 2010
If actual GPS units were even half as good as Google Maps I'd get one. Any that I've ever used though are horribly awkward to use, like they're designed for stupid people that can't read maps.
Though maybe that's the point...
fuzzynyankoAug 23, 2010
I have a GPS, and that thing has been wrong enough. It's awesome on the Interstates, but in smaller towns, has gotten me lost a few times. I learned to print out a copy from a map program just in case the GPS does that again
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Went through the same thing less than a week ago.
Do craigslist transactions have to be so complicated...
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Funny, I actually got a used PS3 off craigslist over another guy (who was there first) on account of Google maps giving s**tty directions. I unknowingly followed the guy into the neighborhood, but I managed to find the address before he did. As I was walking back to my car, PS3 in hand, he spotted me and expressed his disappointment.
kwcarpenterAug 23, 2010
By shooting you?
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Yes. :(
jonprophetAug 23, 2010
This guy just keeps connecting with us normal folk, amirite?
agcyphersAug 23, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_HhqcbF_0
cooldude777Aug 23, 2010
Do you know where the "Bed, Baths and Beyond is?" My wife sucks at directions. She has no clue.
tiptup300Aug 23, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHnr72AsgIU
korkasAug 23, 2010
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blorcAug 24, 2010
I came in here to digg this comment.
canadia86Aug 23, 2010
How is this on the front with 40 Diggs?
halphpriceAug 23, 2010
XKCD comic...
koboldcommanderAug 23, 2010
Nerd pandering.
flyingisfun1217Aug 23, 2010
Because it's the best xkcd ever!
captmonkeyAug 23, 2010
Digg does have an FAQ for just this sort of frequently asked question...
"How many Diggs or buries does it take to promote or remove a story?
It depends. The promotion or burying of stories is managed by an algorithm developed by Digg, and there is no specific threshold of Diggs or buries required to promote or bury a story. Instead, our algorithm takes several factors into consideration, including (but not limited to) the number and diversity of Diggs, buries, the time the story was submitted and the topic."
http://about.digg.com/faq
herbsoloAug 25, 2010
Digg uses macs. macs have time machine
bstew22Aug 23, 2010
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theother1Aug 23, 2010
Best Cyanide & Happiness ever!
techsmackAug 23, 2010
Not funny... But true.
ihkumichoAug 23, 2010
Follow up comic:
"Ok, typing the address into the GPS.... Hmmm, there is no "court", so it must be "road". No address found. Ok, try a slightly different spelling of the road. No address found. Ok, how about anywhere on the road. No address found. FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU!!!!!!"
joughAug 23, 2010
"FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU!!!!!!"?
Are you trying to be a helicopter?
kwcarpenterAug 23, 2010
Death Knight in beta.
stark222000Aug 23, 2010
Pokeman trainer.
kgtheway2bAug 23, 2010
Nah, thats more THRUPTHRUPTHRUPTHRUPTHRUPTHRUP
regularuserAug 23, 2010
This is the worst xkcd ever.
regularuserAug 23, 2010
Damn, I forgot exclamation mark!
lethargicmonkeyAug 23, 2010
i've seen far worse. FAR worse.
heybobAug 23, 2010
I don't use a gps, I just use maps.google.com before I go somewhere I've never been before. Just looking at that can be enough, but sometimes I'll zoom into streetview to memorize the the key turning points
kgtheway2bAug 23, 2010
Cool story, bro.
usma1000Aug 23, 2010
My GPS led me straight onto the Bridge to Canada...I didn't have a passport on me. :(
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
good thing you don't need one
mabba18Aug 23, 2010
Actually, he would.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Right. You don't need one to go to Canada, because they don't look like terrorists or illegal immigrants!
angelbunnyAug 23, 2010
*grumbles at the bush administration* you now DO need a passport to get out of the country.
chiefbandit2200Aug 23, 2010
Yeah, they changed that a couple years ago
parrappaAug 23, 2010
So... what happened next? You can't just leave us hangin...
freshyillAug 23, 2010
It would be funnier if GPS actually had some concept of what conditions were like. I know, some are supposed to be smart these days, but it's not usually the case.
A few years ago, I had friends coming from Pennsylvania to Brooklyn. I gave them detailed, but clear directions. They ignored them and used what a borrowed GPS unit told them to do. They took a slow, confusing route through Manhattan, a different bridge to Brooklyn, and when they finally got to Brooklyn, it sent them the wrong way down a one-way street, a few miles from my place, in an area I was completely unfamiliar with. When they called for me to help them get to my place, I ended up panning around on Google Maps and talking on the phone with them for the next 20 minutes or so until they arrived.
Moral of the story: If somebody has really good directions, but you still insist on using your GPS, program your unit to match what they're telling you. Trust the person over the machine.
kingmanicAug 23, 2010
Directions work only for people who are 'directions' people. People who use relative land marks and can remember a string of 'directions'. I'm not one of them. I prefer an address and a map.
As well GPS and Google maps have gotten better. Directions from most GPS/Google Maps device now account for one ways and some even account for local traffic.
The moral of the story is not everyone is into directions.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
I'm the same exact way with directions and needing visuals. I can't take verbal direction with a lot of things, let alone directions to a place I've never been. If the person I'm talking to has really good directions that my GPS would probably not follow, I'll write down their directions and map it out and print it from Google Maps.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Yeah, please don't ever tell me to turn right at the McDonald's.
s0nicfreakAug 23, 2010
"Trust the person over the machine."
If I had a dollar for every time my ex got us lost by listening to the GPS over me... well, I'd have quite a few dollars.
angelbunnyAug 23, 2010
I've learned that it is much better to give them a url to maps.google.com with the altered directions. It has your address on it, the proper route, and visuals showing where they should be going. Also explaining that they will save hours of time taking that route is a good incentive. That way it is up to them.
There are two ways to get to my house from the city (i'm 1 hour from SF). One way takes 2 to 3 hours in traffic and the other way has no traffic but is an undivided highway at 55mph which takes around 1 hour 20 minutes. Obviously, all gps recommend the freeway. It is fun to see who takes my advice and who doesn't.
cornerback42Aug 24, 2010
Easy there Aesop.
mrswixAug 24, 2010
f**k that.
cooldude777Aug 23, 2010
My GPS sucks. No option for quickest or shortest, and doesn't like to tell me to do u-turns so it will take me 30 minutes out of the way when all I had to do was turn around.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
remmizAug 23, 2010
Is your GPS from the 90s or something? Back when u-turns were taboo...
korvan504521Aug 23, 2010
buy a new one.
cooldude777Aug 23, 2010
GPS drove Michael into a lake. "The machine knows where it's going!"
qwert1234567Aug 23, 2010
Happen to me all the time. When I tried to find an address to an university or an airport, all I found is "Direction: Take route 90, then get off on the street ..."
People need to realize that they need to give address beside direction too.
gglynn07Aug 23, 2010
Yeah, a GPS is great unless you have an Alpine NVE-P1 that has maps that are about 10 years out of date. Also, Google maps is pretty out of date as well, my subdivision was built around 05-06 and Google still thinks its a field. I've found this to be true (Google and GPS devices) for several places I've visited throughout the last couple of years.
Both are great, but it's still good to have directions from someone that knows the area.
korvan504521Aug 23, 2010
buy a new one. they're not that expensive.
gglynn07Aug 23, 2010
Uhm...the Alpine W203 at the time of purchase w/ the NVE-P1 navigation attachment was around $1,100.00.
Depends on your definition of inexpensive/lifestyle, but I can't just go out and get one on a whim...Just saying.
speedAug 24, 2010
Yes, at time of purchase it was (10 years ago, you said?), you can get new ones for like $100.
larsoncAug 23, 2010
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curufirAug 23, 2010
Best stay away from anyone hoovering up a room while asking for a kleenex.
herojonAug 23, 2010
Global positioning system tracking device? That sounds really retarded. The other two are fine.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
I can understand your beef with saying "MP3" for the player, but really? You get your panties in a bunch over not saying "GPS tracking device" and "Bluetooth headset"? Who even talks like that?
Hold on a sec...I'm receiving a call on my mobile cellular device...
s0nicfreakAug 23, 2010
mobile cellular TELEPHONE device
iclavdivsAug 23, 2010
You must be a blast at parties.
s0nicfreakAug 23, 2010
I'm going to guess these things don't come up much, because you don't have many friends.
doshindudeAug 23, 2010
Go back to bed grampa.
errorsAug 23, 2010
Wait, people outside of tech illiteracy think it's OK to call earpieces "bluetooths"? I strongly disagree.. Bluetooth CAN be confused. It would be the equivelant of calling a Printer a "USB", it's not acceptable, ever, unless you're an idiot. When you tell me you have a Bluetooth or want to buy a Bluetooth or need help connecting your Bluetooth, that could be one of a thousand different things.
I agree 100% with GPS, it can't be confused.. I might even say GPS system, GPS Navigator, etc.. but I usually just say GPS.
Anyways, we shouldn't have this issue anymore since I've just set the record straight, tell your friends.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
errorsAug 25, 2010
Fine, I'll start calling printers "USBs"
F'n idiots. Bluetooth is an interface, a wireless headset is just a bluetooth device. I guess when the general public has a wireless interface and only knows that a single device exists for it, you can't blame them. The general public isn't suppose to understand, just use, right?
Just sucks that the majority on Digg are apparently "general public". I'll stay geek, you guys can be as 'general public' as you want.
snowbladerxAug 23, 2010
ill take a incorrect GPS any day over directions that include turn right at the mcdonalds and left at the bestbuy, and when you see exit 22 go 2 more miles and make a left
sleepydumbdudeAug 23, 2010
Also I hate if I am driving and they do this. Give me the address and shoot me an email or text with direction. After two steps Im not going to remember anything after that.
sirmadogAug 23, 2010
GPS's aren't as good as he lets on. Do this with my address and it says I live in a !@#! corn field.
breadfredAug 23, 2010
Maybe you should try living in a house instead of a corn field.
sirmadogAug 23, 2010
But then the aliens wouldn't know where to find me when they show up.
hobofatsAug 23, 2010
the only time the GPS on my phone has failed me so far was when the address printed on the invite said it was on "hi road" when the actual name was "high road"
heymbitAug 23, 2010
Girl Directions. Girl Directions!
heymbitAug 23, 2010
To those digging me down, I was referring the song called Girl Directions, which is basically what this comic is (although the comic had a better ending).
inaudibledirgeAug 23, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHCzJsh1IQM
It's by Psychostick. Also, that album is entirely worth getting.
inaudibledirgeAug 23, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHCzJsh1IQM
It's by Psychostick. Also, that album is entirely worth getting.
lilrabbit129Aug 23, 2010
I go through this whenever I have to get directions from my relatives. They can't seem to grasp that them giving me directions is worst than just letting me figure it out based on their address.
s0nicfreakAug 23, 2010
That's the joke.
lostngoneAug 23, 2010
Why not just give Longitude and Latitude?
sebconnAug 24, 2010
We'll totally be doing this in 2015 when we all get our flying cars.
ursuchAug 23, 2010
After mine told me to got the wrong way down a one way street, I just turned off the voice and let myself navigate myself around using its map/recommended route and my own common sense.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
Why would you ever take 495...it's a huge mess.
threedee912Aug 23, 2010
Now, which auxiliary of I-95 are we talking about?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_495
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Auxiliary_.283-digit.29_Interstates
/road_nerd
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
We're talking about the Capital Beltway, brosef!
donkeybonggggAug 23, 2010
best everrrr
nascenttAug 23, 2010
Finally an xkcd I agree with, although it's still not funny.
Closed AccountAug 23, 2010
And it still looks like a 5 year old drew it.
psisarAug 23, 2010
My mom does this to me every single time I call her to meet somewhere.
wifigodAug 23, 2010
This is the latest Binky79 comment ever!
tgc1Aug 23, 2010
I use this thing called a Map.
// Get off my lawn.
cawfeeAug 24, 2010
If you'd like I can give you a hand putting a tarp on your wagon and getting the horses prepped
bittiesAug 23, 2010
My GPS must be made by NASCAR, it always tells me to drive through trailer parks on dirt roads, off in the distance I can hear banjos playing...
conkesoAug 23, 2010
http://instantcrickets.com/
philosophileAug 23, 2010
xkcd f**king sucks.
thejackylAug 23, 2010
I HATE it when people do that.
"Just give me your address, I'll use Google maps."
"Well, I don't know, but it's like the second house after the mailbox that's slightly askew..."
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE???"
misteratozAug 23, 2010
Not much use a GPS is going to do you if you want to get to the burrow....or even diagon alley for that matter.... word to the wise, always have good directions and a good gps.