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"GPS is Killing Lighthouses"

From: Terry Harpold <tharpold~at~english.ufl.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:51:02 -0500
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Dear colleagues,

A bit off a primary Vernian path, perhaps, but I thought that some here might be interested in this English-language article in Spiegel Online, observing that increasing use of GPS (Global Positioning System) may mean the demise of the lighthouse:

  <http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,340729,00.html>
  
Hmm... _Le Système de positionnement global du bout du monde_, for all its evident irony, doesn't have such a pleasant sound as the title of a novel.

TH

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Terry Harpold
Assistant Professor
Department of English
University of Florida

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