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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (8299)	8/23/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

news.com Mixed reports on Y2K-like test for global positioning system SNIP: >>Japanese drivers, however, were not so positive. A steady stream of irate customers called the Japanese makers of car navigation systems after their devices failed..... Japanese drivers rely heavily on the navigational devices because most streets in urban centers such as Tokyo are unnamed and follow curving paths laid out among a tangle of property lines. << - - - - - - - - BUT, They still must sell paper road maps in Japan!