Comments on: A new kind of GPS http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps Code. Culture. Clarity. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: C. Scott Ananian http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps/comment-page-1#comment-476 C. Scott Ananian Tue, 06 May 2008 16:17:16 +0000 http://radian.org/notebook/?p=49#comment-476 Hence the need for an open-source GPS system: I have a deep-seated need to hack it to have more *personality*. And, no, pre-canned "Mr. T" GPS voices don't count. It doesn't count until it can make *my* inside jokes and wise-ass remarks. Hence the need for an open-source GPS system: I have a deep-seated need to hack it to have more *personality*. And, no, pre-canned “Mr. T” GPS voices don’t count. It doesn’t count until it can make *my* inside jokes and wise-ass remarks.

]]> By: Daniel Weinreb http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps/comment-page-1#comment-440 Daniel Weinreb Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:53:12 +0000 http://radian.org/notebook/?p=49#comment-440 The good ol' MIT Multics system had a command called "olc", meaning "online consultant", which would put you into a chat with someone who could help you. My friends and I created a command called "oli", a 'bot that would appear to try to help you but would actually be abusive. It stood for "online insultant". My teenage son loves to use our car's nav system and deliberately disobey its instructions, to see what it will do. Of course it calculates a new route. We once drove home, doing what it said not to do, just to see how it would route us. My wife, meanwhile, can't stand the whole thing. Every time the car talks to us, she sighs. I, on the other hand, love it; it's one of my favorite toys, and it has been quite helpful. The good ol’ MIT Multics system had a command called “olc”, meaning “online consultant”, which would put you into a chat with someone who could help you. My friends and I created a command called “oli”, a ‘bot that would appear to try to help you but would actually be abusive. It stood for “online insultant”.

My teenage son loves to use our car’s nav system and deliberately disobey its instructions, to see what it will do. Of course it calculates a new route. We once drove home, doing what it said not to do, just to see how it would route us.

My wife, meanwhile, can’t stand the whole thing. Every time the car talks to us, she sighs. I, on the other hand, love it; it’s one of my favorite toys, and it has been quite helpful.

]]> By: Andres Salomon http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps/comment-page-1#comment-439 Andres Salomon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:51:03 +0000 http://radian.org/notebook/?p=49#comment-439 I think you spelled 'okay' wrong. Yep, now I'm sure of it. - yfn dilinger I think you spelled ‘okay’ wrong.

Yep, now I’m sure of it.

– yfn dilinger

]]> By: Scott Bronson http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps/comment-page-1#comment-437 Scott Bronson Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:36:47 +0000 http://radian.org/notebook/?p=49#comment-437 You can already buy it! With John Cleese's voice even. http://www.tomtom.com/plus/service.php?ID=5&BID=14 It's nicely abusive. It' gets old pretty quick though. You can already buy it! With John Cleese’s voice even. http://www.tomtom.com/plus/service.php?ID=5&BID=14

It’s nicely abusive. It’ gets old pretty quick though.

]]> By: Jay P http://radian.org/notebook/abusive-gps/comment-page-1#comment-436 Jay P Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:57:30 +0000 http://radian.org/notebook/?p=49#comment-436 That's exactly what my wife and I imaging our GPS thinking, whenever we go against its directions. We're waiting for the day where TomTom gives up and refuses to speak to us anymore. That’s exactly what my wife and I imaging our GPS thinking, whenever we go against its directions. We’re waiting for the day where TomTom gives up and refuses to speak to us anymore.

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