Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Fri Jan 21 10:01:12 CST 2005
Even by longboat I'd find it hard to believe the quickest route comes past me in Peterborough. And any way I just can't remember the last Viking I saw go by. -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk --------- Original Message -------- From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: the MS Route planner..... Date: 21/01/05 16:56 > > 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 > > > > --------- Original Message -------- > From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > 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 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2