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Old Feb 20, 04
Elephant Shoe!
 
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If Microsft Built Cars...?

If Microsft Built Cars...?

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), 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 (I just love this
part) :

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.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the
engine off. :tounge1:
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Old Feb 20, 04
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dirty treeplanter
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Newbie4life
At a recent computer expo
yea.. recent as in 7 YEARS AGO
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Old Feb 20, 04
DJ Deezel
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
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lol. funny post..
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Old Feb 20, 04
Registered User
 
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haha thats slightly amusing
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Old Feb 21, 04
runnin thru the streets
 
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haha that was good stuff
clever blokes those GM execs
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Old Feb 21, 04
Barstar.
 
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haha very funny
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Old Feb 22, 04
is now relatively sane.
 
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this is way old,,, but still so funny
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Old Feb 22, 04
dumb it down, would ya?
 
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remember people. he's a newbie go easy on him.

don't worry newbie4life i thought it was new.

edit- i spelt worry incorrectly. how the Hell does one spell that word wrong?
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Old Feb 24, 04
....fucking evol
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
neoh will become famous soon enough
New concept cars' computers are coming with UNIX based operating systems. Should be good.

I can just see it now..
Out of Gas: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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Old Feb 28, 04
tomates seche a l'huile
 
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heehee. cute.
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