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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 cars that get 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 manoeuvre 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.
"If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has,
we would all be driving $25 cars that get 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 manoeuvre 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.
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on the subject of cars i reakon the Lotus Elise is the best lookin car EVER
Shadow Knight wrote:
> 7. It would have a retard on board stuck onto the window.
So, you mean he'd put a photo of himself on each one?
> 7. It would have a retard on board stuck onto the window.
So, you mean he'd put a photo of himself on each one?
Star Fury wrote:
> If Top Score designed cars;
>
> 1. The wheels would be square
> 2. It would run on lumps of coal
> 3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
4. It would have a picture of Barney the talking dinosaur on the roof.
5. A logo saying "PS2 iz da best anned gamecube sukks".
6. A naked Barbie doll with a hole drilled into in the passenger seat.
7. It would have a retard on board stick on the window.
> If Top Score designed cars;
>
> 1. The wheels would be square
> 2. It would run on lumps of coal
> 3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
4. It would have a picture of Barney the talking dinosaur on the roof.
5. A logo saying "PS2 iz da best anned gamecube sukks".
6. A naked Barbie doll with a hole drilled into in the passenger seat.
7. It would have a retard on board stick on the window.
Star Fury wrote:
> If Top Score designed cars;
>
> 1. The wheels would be square
> 2. It would run on lumps of coal
> 3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
Anyone remember that old Volvo tv commercial, where they dropped a Volvo 340 nose first of the roof of a building?
> If Top Score designed cars;
>
> 1. The wheels would be square
> 2. It would run on lumps of coal
> 3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
Anyone remember that old Volvo tv commercial, where they dropped a Volvo 340 nose first of the roof of a building?
If Top Score designed cars;
1. The wheels would be square
2. It would run on lumps of coal
3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
1. The wheels would be square
2. It would run on lumps of coal
3. He could do us all a favour and crash it, with him in it
Top score wrote:
> I'm impressed Unbeliever must have been an early developer in his
> family, I wouldn't have thought he could have read a year ago let
> alone open an e-mail.
>
> There's a clever little retard.
unlike you the thick little retard lol.
> I'm impressed Unbeliever must have been an early developer in his
> family, I wouldn't have thought he could have read a year ago let
> alone open an e-mail.
>
> There's a clever little retard.
unlike you the thick little retard lol.
Me too, and I have a track anf field competition today.:'(
I'm so tired:'(
"wind carries Drunk Cow leftward"
I'm so tired:'(
"wind carries Drunk Cow leftward"
Good work. Not sure why I said that. God, I'm bored.
Uh...."it's" hanging like it always is dude.....:-|
:-o
:-o
Good name for a dog, that is.
So how's it "hanging", DC?
So how's it "hanging", DC?
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