When people blindly rely on technology without using their own common sense
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The story gave all the information anyone needed. There was a long queue of traffic to the airport, so some people decided to try to find an alternative route using Google maps. That route happended to be very muddy, but the drivers continued anyway.
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Dominic Burford wrote:
That route happended to be very muddy, but the drivers continued anyway.
Actually, it did not say that. It said that some drivers got into a "muddy mess." Which means absolutely nothing.
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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Dominic Burford wrote:
That route happended to be very muddy, but the drivers continued anyway.
Actually, it did not say that. It said that some drivers got into a "muddy mess." Which means absolutely nothing.
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To get into a muddy mess requires mud. And there was even images of the muddy road on the clip.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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To get into a muddy mess requires mud. And there was even images of the muddy road on the clip.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
Dominic Burford wrote:
To get into a muddy mess requires mud. And there was even images of the muddy road on the clip.
First off, you might actually be right. However, that "article" was so poorly written and so quickly put together that no, you can't know anything conclusively. For example, that mud could have been from anywhere. And getting into a "muddy mess" does not even mean they got stuck. If you drive through a muddy puddle you are in a muddy mess. It's a piece of crap reporting.
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Google Maps can't tell you the current state of the road. If it's been raining recently and the road is impassable due to mud, Google maps can't tell you that. The driver needs to take responsibility, and determine if the suggested route is suitable for their vehicle.
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I used to live on a farm and that kind of thing was common around there. I would look at the maps for my area and see lots of "roads" that were actually just dirt pass-throughs on a farm. Residents of the farms called them "avenues." They were not real roads at all and certainly not maintained by the government. I blame the people who drive the scanning cars and think those kinds of things should be part of the map. I really don't think they should because the "roads" are not for public travel.
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
I think you'll find that common sense isn't very common among humans and it's the use of the faulty common sense that gets the world into so much trouble.!
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
Years ago we drove from Sydney to Melbourne and along the way took a detour in a town for fuel refill. Then Google took us on some internal road for an hour just to reach at the end of the road there was a very big ditch and on the other side was highway. We ware wise to turn back and drove back the whole way again. Didn't try to jump the car like in movies ! :-O
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The [^] links right back to the Lounge (for me, it's an empty href)... I agree, common sense is a rare commodity here :laugh:
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
Outsourcing one's own brain has a long tradition. What technology is now, was (and in many parts of the world still is) religion: A set of rules, some of them having a deeper sense (no one cares about because you don't question religion), some of them entirely nonsensical (which you still follow) and oddly enough, the most popular religions are the ones dictating every single aspect of life. When I think of an acquaintance of mine who is, let's say, odd, some people really need such a book to protect them from essentially themselves.
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clickety[^] The rarest commodity of them all.......common sense
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
The title of your post is hilariously ironic. :laugh: :laugh:
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The title of your post is hilariously ironic. :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: When people blindly rely on technology without using their own common sense
Why hasn't anyone corrected it? Clearly OP meant to write "Rely". Maybe the auto-correct feature changed it to "Reply". Also here is a devastating example of following paper-based maps, making bad decisions on whether to turn back or continue on, not knowing the lay of the land, and not understanding the size / scope and operation of a European military base vs. North American military base. Anyone that relies on maps (paper-based, or electronic) should be encouraged to read this story The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans[^]
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Would you ever ask a map to tell you what road to take, or would you check the possible road and pick one for yourself... Look at the map and find the road: Google Maps[^] Google Maps 'saw' a road (but Google Maps is not a vehicles only map) between E-470 and Jakson Gap St., can you?
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Yep, here: Google Maps[^] If only this notice/barrier had been at the other end too! (Though who leaves a road in this sort of state[^] anyway... :sigh: :wtf: Surely at that point most people would turn around...?
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They do it all the time: 16 mind-boggling sat nav fails[^]
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Fucking stupid Abusive clickity right next to Next page clickity. I stuffed it up. If you or someone else can undo it, please do.
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Fucking stupid Abusive clickity right next to Next page clickity. I stuffed it up. If you or someone else can undo it, please do.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Not sure what you have done, but perhaps @Sean-Ewington can work it out?
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Not sure what you have done, but perhaps @Sean-Ewington can work it out?
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I was going back through the Lounge and at the bottom of each page clicking the next page button. Your post happened to be at the bottom of the page, as I moved the mouse top the button I moved over the flag. As I clicked the next page button the Abusive option o the fly out menu popped up and I managed to click that ionstead. Didn't know how to put the genie back in the bottle. Wasn't even reading your message, for some reason all the computers using different browsers were all stuck on Open All so reckon if that would have turned off I wouldn't be in this predicament. Now I'm at home on one of the affected machines and it isn't infected now. Fuck technology sometimes.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I was going back through the Lounge and at the bottom of each page clicking the next page button. Your post happened to be at the bottom of the page, as I moved the mouse top the button I moved over the flag. As I clicked the next page button the Abusive option o the fly out menu popped up and I managed to click that ionstead. Didn't know how to put the genie back in the bottle. Wasn't even reading your message, for some reason all the computers using different browsers were all stuck on Open All so reckon if that would have turned off I wouldn't be in this predicament. Now I'm at home on one of the affected machines and it isn't infected now. Fuck technology sometimes.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Eh, no problem - I'm not banned yet! :laugh:
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I was going back through the Lounge and at the bottom of each page clicking the next page button. Your post happened to be at the bottom of the page, as I moved the mouse top the button I moved over the flag. As I clicked the next page button the Abusive option o the fly out menu popped up and I managed to click that ionstead. Didn't know how to put the genie back in the bottle. Wasn't even reading your message, for some reason all the computers using different browsers were all stuck on Open All so reckon if that would have turned off I wouldn't be in this predicament. Now I'm at home on one of the affected machines and it isn't infected now. Fuck technology sometimes.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
No worries. It's all good.
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