Bill Gates and General Motors ( uhhhh.... JOTD )
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Its 1:30 am where I am, so this is the first JOTD for ya' My wife came home from work yesterday with this, I hope its not a repost.
Bill Gates & General Motors 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 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. lO.You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off. ...
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Its 1:30 am where I am, so this is the first JOTD for ya' My wife came home from work yesterday with this, I hope its not a repost.
Bill Gates & General Motors 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 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. lO.You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off. ...
This is old. Very old. And not even very funny.
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This is old. Very old. And not even very funny.
Claudius Mokler wrote: And not even very funny. Oh yes it is.... (oh no it isn't / oh yes it is etc....) Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again - for me it's like repeats of classic TV programmes! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
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Claudius Mokler wrote: And not even very funny. Oh yes it is.... (oh no it isn't / oh yes it is etc....) Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again - for me it's like repeats of classic TV programmes! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
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Claudius Mokler wrote: And not even very funny. Oh yes it is.... (oh no it isn't / oh yes it is etc....) Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again - for me it's like repeats of classic TV programmes! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
RichardGrimmer wrote: Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again No :)
Ryan
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Claudius Mokler wrote: And not even very funny. Oh yes it is.... (oh no it isn't / oh yes it is etc....) Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again - for me it's like repeats of classic TV programmes! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
RichardGrimmer wrote: Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again It depends. It has to be really old. If it's something I've heard 10 time a day for the past 2 weeks, I'm not gonna enjoy it even if it's damn funny. :)
God, I pity me! - Phoncible P. Bone If I end up Windows ME someone is going to be hurting. - One of the answers to a question for What OS are you
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RichardGrimmer wrote: Am I the only one who enjoys getting those old ones that we've all seen again It depends. It has to be really old. If it's something I've heard 10 time a day for the past 2 weeks, I'm not gonna enjoy it even if it's damn funny. :)
God, I pity me! - Phoncible P. Bone If I end up Windows ME someone is going to be hurting. - One of the answers to a question for What OS are you
Nick Seng wrote: 10 time a day for the past 2 weeks That would make it overused, not necesserily old or classic :) Paul ;)
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