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

Oh, Andy et all, you completely forget where the vikings came from and
who they, ehh (cough), "visited" ...

This just shows that MS does have its feets in history somewhere
(probably without knowing about it).

By the way, the route distances are weird; the short distance
south/east of Copenhagen to the bridge to Sweden is listed as 191 km!

/gustav

>>> andy at minstersystems.co.uk 21-01-2005 16:33:04 >>>
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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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