Rev-head
Registered User
SEEN THIS AND THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE GOOD!!
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly
compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
'If General Motors 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 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.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly
compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
'If General Motors 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 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.
seen the original several time but I'm liking your addition.
absolutely superb.
