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    Image of MePerson MePerson
    09/17/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time

    [xkcd.com]
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    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    iPod Touch 3G upgrade?
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    Image of CalebAegialeia CalebAegialeia
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Could be Ovest- Italian or Ouest - French.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/16/09

    @CalebAegialeia: Ouest in French is West. Nice try though.
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    Image of JacquesAss JacquesAss
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Yes, I have decided to shun Mark Wilson for the next three years. Which I'm looking forward to. It's an Amish technique. It's like slapping someone with silence. I was shunned from the age of four until my sixth birthday... for not saving the excess oil from a can of tuna.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/16/09

    @JacquesAss: That's why I always buy the tuna packed in water.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    According to the picture, this compass aparently points to: North, South, West, and Overthere?
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    09/16/09

    @Geisrud: Norden, Süden, Westen, and Osten. German, my friend.
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    Image of Stitchopoulis Stitchopoulis
    09/16/09

    @Geisrud: Judging by the word "Wupperpiraten" on the compass, I'd say the directions point to Nord, Ost, Sud and West
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/16/09

    @facefacefaceface: ostensibly
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    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    09/16/09

    @Geisrud: It's made in Germany. Oddly enough, it's labeled in German.

    Ost = East.
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    Geisrud promoted this comment Synthfilker was starred Synthfilker was unstarred
    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/16/09

    @Synthfilker: And Germany is east of the US. Got it.
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    So this is kind of like the compass from Pirates of the Caribbean?
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    Image of dingus dingus
    09/16/09

    @RainyDayInterns: Yes, Pirates of the Carribean 2142.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Those are a must for the next season of "The Amazing Race" !!

    if it's still on....
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Where do I sign up?
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    Image of Aethelred Aethelred
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    You do know that Saturday is International "Talk like a Pirate" Day, yes?
    Arrgh.
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Aethelred was starred Aethelred was unstarred
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    09/16/09

    @Aethelred: Ye be a scurvy lubber if ye be thinkin' tha' ye should only be speechifyin' like a buccaneer but one day a year. Thar be some o' us who be usin' piratical talk as are main kind o' communication.

    Ye be well-serv'd t' be learnin' tha' piratical speech be like catnip t' all th' lasses.

    An', if some fancy wench be rejectin' yer advances, a true pirate be knowin' tha' drinkin' an' rapin' be a surefire way t' be beddin' a lady.
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    Image of fluidexistence fluidexistence
    09/16/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Dear Sir--your usage of dated vernacular has been brought to the attention of the Yeomen's Association for a Realized Piratocracy (or YARP). "Rapin'" has been supplanted by "walkin' tha' plank".

    Please ensure that you assimilate further communications regarding the forced sabre-entry with the proper diction, as legal rammifications can result from continued impropriety.

    Yours Truly,

    Greybush
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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    I face parental ostracism constantly for my geek-outs, so bring on this awesomely orange compass! I can imagine its rounded bottom cradled in my hand as I, too, set out in search of Pirate Booty (yarr).
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    09/16/09

    @amandizzle: The combination of "rounded bottom cradled in my hand" and "pirate booty" in the same sentance is a bit creepy and really makes me question your motives and your understanding of what pirate booty actually is.

    (HINT: not butt)
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    09/16/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!: Hey man, maybe this scurvy wench enjoys a little Pirate Booty. Yarrr, baby, yarrgh.
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    09/16/09

    @amandizzle: In that case, I best be findin' ma buried treasure!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Yarrgh!

    We not be wantin' yer kind t' be goin' on are raids on villages. Th' scuttlebutt be tha' last time ye went a courtin', the lass left ye weepin' like a widow wi' news of all souls lost.

    We narmly dinna be turnin' away a crewman - hell, Gimpy Pete be are servin' boy an' he be havn a stump fer a leg, a hook fer a hand, an' two tin ears. But ye, young Mark, ye be as useless as lipstick on a cuttlefish.

    Ye cant shoot tha cannon, ye cant reef th' mainsil, ye cant even swab th' deck proper without droppin' the soap o'er th' transom.

    Ye aint of no use fer us to be lootin' an' rapin' an' pillagin' an' drinkin' an' rapin' an' drinkin'. An' we certainly dint have use o' ye when we be huntin' fer buried booty.

    P'raps th' lousy ninja kin find a use fer ye but ye ain't lookin' fer treasure wi' us.
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    Image of QuenbyParis QuenbyParis
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    Just go geocaching, all the fun without the pirate loots
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    09/16/09

    @QuenbyParis: How is that fun?
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    Image of bucklefilledbird bucklefilledbird
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    So... instead of N facing North... it'll face whatever direction you program it to face?

    This could prove wonderfully devious if you ever want to get someone REALLY lost in the woods...

    "The camp is North by northeast from here. just follow the sunset"
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    09/16/09

    @bucklefilledbird: I imagine that north is still north and if you want to go that way, a button or something will cue the compass on to a magnetic setting, but it also has the "Go this way" mode. Which is totally awesome.
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    Image of bucklefilledbird bucklefilledbird
    09/16/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: dual directional targets.... North is always pointing north (as a compass should) and the hand points to your intended GPS target. I'm down with that.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/16/09

    In reply to GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
    That is freaking awesome!
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    05/01/09

    In reply to App Converts Android G1 Into Airport Security-Like Handheld Metal Detector
    I wonder if I could do this on my Casio phone. It has a built in compass.
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