How to STUMP Google.

[Mudkip Orange]

Want to overload Google's electronic hive mind?

 

Check the boxes for "no express" and "no airplane." (picture one) This will force Google to select an endless chain of locals, the sort of train ride you might take if you were riding on a Seishun 18 Kippu.

 

So let's see what Google can do.

 

I pick the northernmost point on the Japanese rail network - Wakkanai, Hokkaido - and ask for directions to Tokyo. Presto! You can see the result in picture two.

 

Now what if I wanted to go a little further? I change the destination to Okayama; it takes Google over ten seconds to come up with an itinerary, but it's there, just like it should be (picture three).

 

But what if I wanted to go just a little bit farther? I swap out "Okayama" with "Hiroshima," and - OH NO! - We don't know how to get from Wakkanai, Japan to Hiroshima, Japan

 

Sometime after the 28th transfer and well into the third day, Google simply craps out. It can't handle the complexity.

 

Could you?