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3236<\/p>\n

Yes, these are ads. And not even new ads, but they are new to me. The first reminds me of an overly prescriptive, talkative GPS unit:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70<\/a><\/p>\n

and this one reminds me of times when the GPS unit gets confused and says, essentially, \u201cI give up; you are on your own;\u201d<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdcJVuylmsM<\/a><\/p>\n

But GPS-enabled talking directions, while interesting, have limits. Not so with GPS-enabled written directions. Say you want to travel from Seattle, Washington, to Yokosuka, Japan<\/a>. One of my coworkers pointed out that this can be very entertaining. Here is Google\u2019s suggestion:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Seems pretty reasonable except — why is it 34 days? Travel down Washington 99 N to — what? Kayak across the Pacific to Hawaii?<\/p>\n

So once in Hawaii we travel across Oahu and continue to the shore,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and then do some more kayaking before emerging in Japan near Choshi, and take various highways, tollways and such,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

and at Step 52 we reach Route 16, the main highway for the Miura peninsula. It all makes sense.<\/p>\n

Except, maybe, for the kayaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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