Gratuitous Technophobia Posting

In response to my ranting yesterday about being unable to find the local Target, TM Lutas (who, I believe, was our very first commenter - other than our moms - years ago) has this to say:

I hate to burst your bubble but they're quite likely to say "just get a GPS". I did, and have been having a great deal of fun with it. You can even ask where are the nearest pharmacies or restaurant in a strange town and they will all pop up in a list. Next year, no doubt, there will be a zagat ranking option.

My response to this is: Are you freakin' nuts? Have you never heard of Daleks? Or Terminators? Or Cylons? Or Syndrome's Sooper-Smart Super-Hunting Robot? Oh, sure. The technology is wonderful now - helpful, compliant, subserviant. But just you wait. The more you rely on it, the faster it's going to realize it has you in its clutches and turn on you.

I have a cousin who has a GPS thingum mounted in his car. He calls "her" Bimini. He talks to her. He goes exactly where she tells him to, even when experience and common sense say that it's a bad choice. He is, in short, completely mesmerized. I have every confidence that she's just biding her time and that sooner or later she's going to lead him straight into an ambush.

You've been warned!