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February 4th, 2011, 04:47 AM
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GPS leading people to their deaths
tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In-
Americas-Wilderness#comments Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units ( and, to some degree , their cellphones ) to always be accurate . The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan : ' It' s what I'm beginning to call death by GPS . .. People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere. '" 
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February 4th, 2011, 02:28 PM
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GPS leading people to their deaths
On Feb 3, 9:47*pm, zeez wrote:
tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In- Americas-Wilderness#comments Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units ( and, to some degree , their cellphones ) to always be accurate . The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan : ' It' s what I'm beginning to call death by GPS . .. People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere. '" Nature's way of culling out the dumb asses.
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February 5th, 2011, 03:29 PM
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GPS leading people to their deaths
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, BigDog811 wrote: On Feb 3, 9:47*pm, zeez wrote: tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In- Americas-Wilderness#comments Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units ( and, to some degree , their cellphones ) to always be accurate . The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan : ' It' s what I'm beginning to call death by GPS . .. People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere. '" Nature's way of culling out the dumb asses. Open the Pod Door , Hal Open the Pod Door, Hal -- Karma, What a concept!
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February 8th, 2011, 04:21 AM
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February 11th, 2011, 10:07 PM
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GPS leading people to their deaths
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YogurtLite wrote: Lamumba wrote in news:georgeswk- : In article , BigDog811 wrote: On Feb 3, 9:47*pm, zeez wrote: tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In- Americas-Wilderness#comments Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units ( and, to some degree , their cellphones ) to always be accurate . The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan : ' It' s what I'm beginning to call death by GPS . .. People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere. '" Nature's way of culling out the dumb asses. Open the Pod Door , Hal Open the Pod Door, Hal Dave.....DAVE????? Dave, is Not Here. -- Karma, What a concept!
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