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The Joys of Technology


At a recent computer expo (COMMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared
the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had
kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all
be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to
buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You
would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the
windows, shut off the car, restart it, and re-open > > > the windows
before you could continue.

For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as left turn would cause
your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would
have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was
reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would
run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all
be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation"
warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out
and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door
handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn
how to drive all over again because none of the controls would
operate in the same manner as the old car.

10.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

shaynet

How bloody true.

Makes you wonder what those BA guys are complaining about really, doesn't it?

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Pursuit_chick

Lmao

in the suzuki liana (sp?) '03 you put this card (with a key inside it) into a slot on the dash and you press 'start' and thats how you turn the car on , was awesome

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Ambrose_1

I probably heard this on this forum about a year or 2 ago

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blueraven

Start buttons are cool...but keys have balls..

Peuty

I heard waaaaay before that

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madwob

doesnt matter when you heard it...its still a pisser

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Warrawump

oldie but a goodie

Warra

3Toed

I prefer the "General Car Fault" light.

I recall Russ posted a pic a while back of a Boss260 intake that had lots of casting sand still in it. Would that require a defrag? hehehe

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blueraven

does anyone remember that pic that was posted on ford forums aggggees ago that actually had a warning message on the digital dash?

We were trying to figure out if it was a photoshop or not..