Gotta love New Scientist. And geeks, for that matter
Posted at 10:56:05
on Thu, May 03rd 2007 by graham
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Today's New Scientist tells me that if you try to use Google Maps to find directions from anywhere in North America to London, you invariably get directed to swim across the Atlantic via Boston.
from:New York City to: London gives the following snippet:
21. Merge onto Atlantic Ave (0.8 mi)
22. Turn right at Central St (0.1 mi)
23. Turn right at Long Wharf (0.1 mi)
24. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean (3,462 mi / 29 days 0 hours)
25. Slight right at E05 (0.5 mi)
26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban (0.1 mi)
Once again, then, New Scientist serves to be reliably accurate and Google serves to be reliably - and quietly - irreverent. Now all I have to do is train to swim at 4.9 miles per hour (on average) for thirty days straight and I'm sorted.
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