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Squirrelina
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Post subject: funny... and some true Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:51 pm |
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Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2002 2:00 am Posts: 2530 Location: Höheischweiler, SüdWestPfalz
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For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way
computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
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:
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.
_________________ Silke
"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference" --Tom Brokaw
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:47 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm Posts: 7823 Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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good & so true ... 
_________________ Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you." "Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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RTZSS
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:07 pm |
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Joined: Sat Nov 23, 2002 11:45 pm Posts: 829 Location: Stuttgart, Germany
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Thanks for sharing, a lot of truth in that! 
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Roy
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:27 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 27, 2001 2:52 pm Posts: 5556 Location: Mehlingen,Rhineland Pfalz, Deutschland
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BenZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:49 pm |
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Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2001 3:53 pm Posts: 2485 Location: Mainz, Germany
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That's old but true.....
Ben
_________________ 1999 Camaro Z28, black, T-Tops, M6
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sven
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:07 pm |
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Joined: Mon May 13, 2002 2:37 pm Posts: 612 Location: Renton, Washington, United States
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amazing
_________________ 1999 GM LS-1 T/A
2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
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SSZ28
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:11 pm |
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Joined: Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:17 pm Posts: 1082 Location: Giebelstadt
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