https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.70.98.57explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-06-24T09:17:44ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2547:_Siren&diff=221525Talk:2547: Siren2021-11-29T07:16:26Z<p>172.70.98.57: </p>
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3 hr 5 min (170 miles) via I-88 W<br />
[[User:Snezzy|Snezzy]] ([[User talk:Snezzy|talk]]) 10:05, 27 November 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Technically true, but I don't think Odysseus ever visited New York. The distance between Ancient {{w|Troy}} and {{w|Ithaca}}, Ancient Greece, is 565 nautical miles. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:28, 27 November 2021 (UTC)<br />
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the title text reminds me of the arson murder and jaywalking trope [[Special:Contributions/172.70.34.191|172.70.34.191]] 18:10, 27 November 2021 (UTC)Bumpf<br />
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Not strictly relevant, but...oh, knickers to it, I'll ask: I've always wondered what Americans (OK, and others, but it's American TV that got me wondering about it) use when asking GPS for directions. British postcodes are fantastically precise (i.e. they usually take you to the right section of the right street) so you can just dial in your six or seven characters then look out for the building number once you're nearby, but obviously ZIP codes (and other similar postal code systems in other countries) don't offer that precision. So what do you actually ask the satnav to look for?[[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 23:30, 28 November 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Generally you would either type in the name of the street, or ask a virtual assistant where such and such place is. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.98.57|172.70.98.57]] 07:16, 29 November 2021 (UTC)</div>172.70.98.57