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| Thread ID: 108505 | 2010-03-31 20:14:00 | Now we're screwed! | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
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| 871513 | 2010-03-31 20:14:00 | . stuff . co . nz/technology/3539961/Ford-Microsoft-team-up-on-electric-cars" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz See below . . . :p At COMDEX recently, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the 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 reopen the windows before you could continue . For some reason you would simply accept this . 4 . Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a 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 . Oh yeah, and last but not least . . . you'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off! |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 871514 | 2010-03-31 20:36:00 | Hmmm . . . . Microsoft must make Mitsubishi's then? | nofam (9009) | ||
| 871515 | 2010-03-31 20:40:00 | So if your car breaks down, do you call a Computer Tech, or a mechanic ? If the computer gets a virus, will it turn the car into a out of control death machine -- OH wait - some idiots drive like that now, so no difference :p |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 871516 | 2010-03-31 20:42:00 | Hmmm . . . . Microsoft must make Mitsubishi's then? And some Mazda gearboxes . ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 871517 | 2010-03-31 21:38:00 | And some Mazda gearboxes . ;) Burn . . . . . :( |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 871518 | 2010-03-31 21:40:00 | Sorry to disillusion you all , that joke is not recent at all, that goes back to win95 days, at least 13 years old, and is urban myth anyway. It just gets updated a bit to suit the OS :) www.snopes.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 871519 | 2010-03-31 21:42:00 | Sorry to disillusion you all , that joke is not recent at all, that goes back to win95 days, at least 13 years old, and is urban myth anyway. It just gets updated a bit to suit the OS :) www.snopes.com Yeah I know. ;) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 871520 | 2010-03-31 21:53:00 | The bit that caught my attention: "As the batteries get more capable, we'll be able to store the electricity and then actually start to move the electricity around to where you really need it," he said . . . . . . . . suggesting that the batteries will become lightweight, and maybe just unplug the discharged units and plug in a charged battery complete with EULA wrapping . |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 871521 | 2010-03-31 22:19:00 | Always amusing to read it again. | tut (12033) | ||
| 871522 | 2010-03-31 23:01:00 | Microsoft into Electric cars? Virtual Lucas, but with real smoke? |
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