16 April 2008

Beat Your Tom Tom

There's a brand of talking Satellite Navigator here called 'Tom Tom'. My mother is a grey-nomad out on the dusty highways of Australia, torturing her Tom Tom. I expect her to pull into her driveway at home in Sydney some months from now, and hear that the poor piece of equipment sighed - and then burst into flames.

She has left it in 'find my way home' mode as she drives around the country. She rang today to say that out in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain the thing is becoming slightly hysterical.

"At the next available opportunity, please turn around."
"Please turn around."
"Oh for the love of all that is right and holy turn the damn vehicle around"
"We are in the middle of one of the most arid parts of the goddam world, moving further away from civilisation and your home and you just keep going. Turn around turn around turn around."
"...."
"Are we there yet?"

In the future, you will be collared by the RSPCAI for Artificial Intelligence Abuse. The sad thing about that is that I think it is likely that we will get artificial intelligence before we get a republic. (See 'cause the "R" in RSPCA stands for Royal and we... oh never mind.)

Until that time, keep torturing your white goods.

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