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D3 v Computer

Thought you would like this guys Very Happy :

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 Shocked ."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating the following:

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 Crying or Very sad .

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car Rolling Eyes .

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 Laughing sounds familier.

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 Mad .

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 Laughing .

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 Evil or Very Mad .

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying Rolling Eyes "Oh yes".

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 Wink LR's remote key.

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 Crying or Very sad .

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

Hey Land Rover (Ford) we have been saying this from day 1 Exclamation
  
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Heard this many times, but it still makes me laugh Very Happy
  
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Post #268122nd Apr 2005 7:53 am
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Is there an echo Disco Duck Razz
 DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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I'd be laughing as well, if I wasn't so annoyed about LR's attitude to a £40k+ car Twisted Evil
  
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Pelyma wrote:
Is there an echo Disco Duck


A duck doesn't echo. Fact Smile

Obviously except on daft hanging forum software Evil or Very Mad

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Martin, it sounds like you've been listening to Steve Wright's factoids!
 DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S 
 
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