Windows 10
Dec 29, 2015 06:50:09 #
pilot64
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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 Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill 's comments, Ford issued a press release stating :
If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):
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 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.
PS - I 'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:
'If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill 's comments, Ford issued a press release stating :
If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):
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 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.
PS - I 'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!
Dec 29, 2015 07:06:03 #
Vi
Loc: Upper Midwest
You are so right! Thank God gates didn't end up a mechanical engineer or we would all be in trouble.
By the way, on my 2013 Ford Escape, I do have to push the start button to shut it off. Just sayin......
By the way, on my 2013 Ford Escape, I do have to push the start button to shut it off. Just sayin......
Dec 29, 2015 07:08:07 #
Very clever. This has been floating around the Web for ages. Yes, computers are extremely frustrating. You'd think that after so many years of development, they would work, like a radio or a TV - or a car.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
Dec 29, 2015 08:16:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Very clever. This has been floating around the Web for ages. Yes, computers are extremely frustrating. You'd think that after so many years of development, they would work, like a radio or a TV - or a car.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
Use Linux. The best OS ever.
Dec 29, 2015 14:38:31 #
Jack47 wrote:
Use Linux. The best OS ever.
Wasn't he a character in the Peanuts comic strip? :D
Dec 29, 2015 14:40:10 #
Dec 30, 2015 08:23:22 #
I have a Lexus 2013 ES 350 and have to press the Start button to turn the car off.
Dec 30, 2015 10:46:43 #
Ford (Found On the Road Dead) or (Fix Or Repair Daily), anybody remember
those phrases and back then it was mostly true.
those phrases and back then it was mostly true.
Dec 30, 2015 15:29:35 #
wingclui44
Loc: CT USA
jerryc41 wrote:
Very clever. This has been floating around the Web for ages. Yes, computers are extremely frustrating. You'd think that after so many years of development, they would work, like a radio or a TV - or a car.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
I spent time every day for two months online with a MS tech trying to get Win10 installed on my computer. I finally gave up.
They want you to buy a new computer with W-10.
Jan 2, 2016 22:25:22 #
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