When people blindly rely on technology without using their own common sense
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They do it all the time: 16 mind-boggling sat nav fails[^]
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Some of those are brilliant :laugh:
"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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Some of those are brilliant :laugh:
"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
... unlike the drivers ... :-D
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Maybe: if you use a map, you have to know how to use a map... Google Maps are not Waze...
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
if you use a map, you have to know how to use a map
The story doesn't give enough details, but how would "knowing how to use a map" have solved anything here? The map showed a road that led to the airport.
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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.
"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:
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.
That is true. But the story really didn't give enough details to know what really happened.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
if you use a map, you have to know how to use a map
The story doesn't give enough details, but how would "knowing how to use a map" have solved anything here? The map showed a road that led to the airport.
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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?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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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 [^] 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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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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Only the [^] part, the 'clickety' part takes you right to the muddy fields of Denver...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Dominic Burford wrote:
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.
That is true. But the story really didn't give enough details to know what really happened.
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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.
"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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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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Try this Denver drivers followed Google's detour down a dirt road - BBC News[^]
"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
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Dominic Burford wrote:
common sense
It's common sense to know when google is wrong?
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Yes, it is, because not all misinformation on Google is there by accident.
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Dominic Burford wrote:
common sense
It's common sense to know when google is wrong?
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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.
"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:
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.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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.
"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 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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