Morning Smile Windows Versus Ford

[roamingguy 300292]

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a computer expo a few years back, 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 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.

 

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!

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer

[Guest S*rca****sid]

I was never impressed with Ford especially since half of those things DO happen with them.

[roamingguy 300292]

I was never impressed with Ford especially since half of those things DO happen with them.

 

Happen on Dodge Rams and VW Rabbits too

 

RG

[jafo105 39057]

I remember when we used to say, "Drive a mile and walk the rest". When referencing to a Ford.

 

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For a few years now I keep switching back and forth between, Ubuntu (Linux) and Windows -- And now the Google Chromebook.

 

One of these days I am going to build another computer from scratch. I do that about every 10 years or so. I got the bug in the early 1980's in high school. Back then we had to take a Manual Typing Class ( for the first half of Grade 10), then an Electric Typing Class (for the other half of Grade 10), before you could take a Computer Class (Grade 11).

 

There were about 30 students in the typing classes. But when it came to computer class there were only 8 to 12 students. For some reason the interest just was not there for many students at that time. Probably because very few people could afford a home computer back then. Most businesses only had one or two computers. So the odds of actually using one were slim to none.

 

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The bonus was that only girls took typing classes back then. It was un cool for the guys... Considering all my other classes were segregated. (Boys form the girls). That made it all the more interesting.