h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

...most of the time.

Will it help me on a Friday night when I cant even remember my own name, let alone where the fish I am?

Perhaps pubs should issue GPS thingies with your tenth pint?

You just have to set a waypoint when you leave your house for a quick pint at the pub.

Once you lost your sense of orientation (that usually happens shortly before the loss of your mother-tongue), all you have to do is just follow the directions of your little thingie.

Even better is to wear a little tag around your neck, containing some small change and a little note saying "My name is [Insert name here] , I live at [insert adress here], and I'm drunk. Please place me in a taxi and hand that small change to the driver."

Oh, and depending on how you love to spend your evenings: one or two 'precautions against unwanted results of wanted physical exercises' might be of some value .

Jeremy

Nice one!

... I'm here!

*apologises for that*

Hello,

I have a fake GPS program for my Palm Pilot (no GPS module attached). It just draws a big X on the screen and prints "You are here" below it.

Yours,
Jake

But do you know where you're at?

No, I don't even know what I'm up to

I used to have a sweat shirt (I think it was from Hauser - the Munich expedition company) that had a cartoon of a trecker. He was leaning against a signpost that read "You are located exactly over the centre of the earth".

Great article. I had read the referenced Trimble article some time ago.