[AccessD] OT: the MS Route planner.....

Maybe it's programmed off of trace routing.  It finds the fastest path the
IP packets takes, and goes that direction! <grin>

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:33 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: the MS Route planner.....


Nah, I reckon it's American programmers thinking that all of Europe is
abroad so what the heck. Norway, England, France ... they're all basically
villages next to each other so does it really matter? <vbg>

Or maybe it was programmed by non-drivers. They never can give directions.

--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



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To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: the MS Route planner.....
Date: 21/01/05 16:27

>
> Hey, just remember, computers don't make mistakes, people do.  Obviously
the
> people didn't build the roads right! <grin>
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:32 AM
> To: Access User Group
> Subject: [AccessD] OT: the MS Route planner.....
>
>
> In the honourable but recently lapsed tradition of Friday humour I thought
> I'd share this with you all.
>
> The MSN route planner, another quality offering from Microsoft....
>
> 1. Click here: http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
> 2. Then change the "Address in" box to Norway
> 3. In the first "City" box enter: haugesund
> 4. Change the End "Address In" box to Norway
> 5. In the "City" box enter: trondheim
> 6. Click "Get Directions"
>
> Love it. I expect to see lots of bemused-looking Norwegian drivers passing
> down the A1.
>
> -- Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>
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