"Think of it as evolution in action"

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Wicked Uncle Nigel, Feb 3, 2011.

  1. Wicked Uncle Nigel, Feb 3, 2011
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  2. There's no defence against stupidity.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Feb 4, 2011
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    Tosspot Guest

    I think we'll see more of it as the devices become ubiquitous. I was a
    car with a peron of the XX persuasion, who, having found the squawk box
    tried to direct her down a oneway road drove in circles for 15 minutes.
     
    Tosspot, Feb 4, 2011
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    Malc Guest

    The new Tosspot Evita 1.3?
     
    Malc, Feb 4, 2011
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    Paul - xxx Guest

    Beats me why people slavishly follow what a Sat-Nav says whilst totally
    ignoring the evidence directly in front of their eyes.
     
    Paul - xxx, Feb 4, 2011
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  6. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Paul - xxx
    Because (and this may come as a surprise to you) some people and very,
    very stupid.

    Actually, that may be a little unfair, there's a psychological thing
    going on here. I remember some research years ago where the researchers
    gave people some relatively simple calculations which they had to do
    manually, then check with a calculator.

    The calculator had been doctored to give incorrect results. Most people
    took the calculator's "word" for it, and altered their own (correct)
    results.
     
    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Feb 4, 2011
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    CT Guest

    It's an "authority" thing, isn't it? The SatNav or calculator surely
    can't be wrong. It's a bit like
     
    CT, Feb 4, 2011
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    spike1 Guest

    As previously mentioned, they're idiots.
    I've encountered the "trying to direct me the wrong way down a one way
    street" thing once, I just hit the settings->road block button and forced it
    to recalculate the route.

    Some people still think computers are never wrong and thus drive into the
    sea rather than await the ferry.
     
    spike1, Feb 4, 2011
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    CT Guest

    You seem to have found the missing part of my post!
     
    CT, Feb 4, 2011
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    Paul - xxx Guest

    Maybe. I probably can't understand it as I've always used maps to find
    my way until Sat-Nav came along. I've never treated it as anything
    more than a bit of a help! Other than using it to find, log and record
    off-road and green-lane routes.

    Mostly our Sat-Nav keeps the wife quiet, though I often shout at it and
    go a different way "'cos I know better" .. ;)
     
    Paul - xxx, Feb 4, 2011
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  11. Wrong question. First ask yourself why people feel the need to buy a sat
    nav in the first place.
     
    steve auvache, Feb 4, 2011
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    Veggie Dave Guest

    I had a bloke ranting and blowing his horn at me yesterday because I was
    on the wrong side of the road.

    He very quickly drove away when it was pointed out he was on a one way
    street, going the wrong way...

    --
    Veggie Dave
    http://www.iq18films.co.uk

    "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
    that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine
     
    Veggie Dave, Feb 4, 2011
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    Paul - xxx Guest

    Heh .. I have one for probably the last two miles of a journey ...

    I also use one (using Memory Map so GPS, not Sat-Nav as such) for
    logging off-road routes.
     
    Paul - xxx, Feb 4, 2011
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    ogden Guest

    I had something similar when I was riding along a road near Wembley
    stadium and two cars coming the other way, one on my side of the road,
    started flashing frantically at me.

    Then I realised. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARK!
     
    ogden, Feb 4, 2011
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    Jim Guest

    Friend of mine recently came home from a year of volunteering on a wildlife
    reserve in South Africa. It's great, apparently, you get taught all sorts
    of things about the animals, shooting, tracking and looking after yourself
    in the bush.

    He went to visit his parents in Conwy and apparently had great difficulty
    escaping from Wales again because the satnav had got confused and was
    insisting he should drive in completely the wrong direction.

    He worked out eventually that it was because the Sun is in a different
    place in this hemisphere.
     
    Jim, Feb 4, 2011
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    TOG@Toil Guest

    Heh.

    Is The Doctor the only person who turns a map around, as we go round a
    roundabout or tight bend or similar? I strongly suspect it's a wimmin
    thing.
     
    TOG@Toil, Feb 4, 2011
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    Ace Guest

    Yes, it's true of most women, IME. Heads-up, sorta thing.

    I was given to understand that this is a standard way they teach
    map-reading in the Army. Bloody stupid idea, if you ask me.

    Although I must confess I've now got used to the 3d, heads-up, style
    of display used on many sat-navs when giving directions. In this mode
    it gives you a much better picture of what the approaching road layout
    is like, from your own perspective, and is much more intuitive. But a
    2D display, be it on paper or screen, should remain fixed with N up,
    at all times.
     
    Ace, Feb 4, 2011
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  18. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, "TOG@Toil"
    Ah, the age-old "North-up vs Track-up" debate.

    I was actually taught to orient the map track-up when flying.
     
    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Feb 4, 2011
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    Krusty Guest

    I use track-up when off-roading, just seems to make sense when you're
    trying to pinpoint landmarks.
     
    Krusty, Feb 4, 2011
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    Jim Guest

    It's a bit sucky though when you're trying to build up a mental map of an
    area: because it keeps swivelling around it's more difficult to recognise
    places you've been before.
     
    Jim, Feb 4, 2011
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