+Computers can't cruise. Meandering is a foreign concept to them.

+The computer assumes that all behavior is in pursuit of an ultimate
+goal.  Whenever a motorist changes his or her mind and veers off
+course, the GPS lady issues that snippy announcement: "Recalculating!"
+               -- Joel Achenbach (www.slate.com, 20 jun 2008)
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@ -14255,6 +14255,12 @@ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in
the world that just don't add up.
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Computers can't cruise. Meandering is a foreign concept to them.
The computer assumes that all behavior is in pursuit of an ultimate
goal. Whenever a motorist changes his or her mind and veers off
course, the GPS lady issues that snippy announcement: "Recalculating!"
-- Joel Achenbach (www.slate.com, 20 jun 2008)
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Computers don't actually think.
You just think they think.
(We think.)