Just a few generations ago, the idea of hopping in a car with no clue how to get to a particular destination was foolishness (or at least fodder for gender-stereotyping comedians).
ENGADGET: Switched On: A road trip with Siri
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But back then, no one -- or at least, very few people -- studied online communities as fodder for social science.
ENGADGET: This is the Modem World: We're all a bunch of cranky old men