[muglo] Re: only sort of off topic
- From: Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:37:02 -0400
It took a mail strike to actually show us how much paper we can save.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 13, 2011, at 3:26 PM, "W.R. MCGRATH" <wrmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry Doug. That is as old as a tree. You know; the tree that was going to be
> saved because of all the paper we were going to save by using computers.
> —Bill McGrath
>
> --- On Mon, 6/13/11, Douglas Feick <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Douglas Feick <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] only sort of off topic
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 12:54 AM
>
> I couldn't resist sharing this one with you:
>
> 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 Gates'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 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.
>
> (I love the next one!!!)
> 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 in 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!!!!
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