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Satellite Navigation a Real Crackpot!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the asking-for-directions dept.

debest writes "What happens when your satellite navigation system in your car gives you bad advice on which road you should take? In Britain, these systems have been directing drivers down a road near the (aptly named) town of Crackpot that is strewn with boulders and has an unprotected 100ft dropoff on one side! The locals are worried someone's going to go off the edge."

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  1. Reality TV by Doc+Ruby · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At first I thought they were talking about the TV waves they beam into the plate on my head, amplified by my tinfoil hat. Then I realized that the submitter is just celebrating Eastern Orthodox April Fool's Day.

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    1. Re:Reality TV by EZLeeAmused · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You got it all wrong. The satellites have figured out that we're stopping their direct influence with our tinfoil hats, so now they have to resort to more subtle means to rid the planet of human vermin.

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  2. Misdirected paranoia? by ztucker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Coincidentally, 97.5% of those misdirected thought Blair was wrong on Iraq and 98.6% thought British Intelligence was incompetent.