Cars vs. Computers

[Studlover (imported)]

Cars vs Computers

For those of you who have had experience with computers and their

glitches and idiosyncrasies, and downright illogical workings, you'll

appreciate the following.

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 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 car

windows, shut it off, restart it, and reopen the windows before you

could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a simple 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. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought

"CarNT", but then you would have to buy more seats.

6. 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

only run on five percent of the roads.

7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all

be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.

9. The airbag system would ask "are you SURE?" before deploying.

10. 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.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of

Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither

need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately

cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM

would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept.

12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn

to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in

the same manner as the old car.

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

[Mac (imported)]

Cars vs Computers We can be thankful that Bill Gates and Microsoft don't build cars.