[Shotimes] RE: OT - New car/New computer - FUNNY

[James F. Ryan III]

Thank you "Captain Obvious".  You missed the whole point.  When you want to
turn off the lights in a room, do you first push the switch UP, even though
it's already up, or do you merely push the switch down?  When you want to
turn off the water faucet, do you turn the water on faster before you turn
it off?  When you want to turn off your car, do you first try to start it,
even though it's already running?  I hope you answered no to all three
questions.  If not, you have been stupified and zombified by Microsoft.


James F. Ryan III


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul L Fisher [mailto:sho@paul-fisher.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 9:32 AM
>To: 'James F. Ryan III'; 'Shotimes@Autox. Team. Net'
>Subject: RE: OT - New car/New computer - FUNNY
>
>
>Wow! Wake on the wrong side of the bed?
>
>It's a start button because that is where you START the process you want to
>do next.
>
>
>Paul L Fisher
>
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>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:15 AM
>To: Shotimes@Autox. Team. Net
>Subject: [Shotimes] New car/New computer - FUNNY
>
>       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 ( 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.  Apple 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.
>
>
>That last one has always been one of my biggest peeves.  When I
>used to be a
>college professor I'd ask my students why they had to click the
>START button
>to SHUT DOWN the PC.  No one could give me a good answer.  On
>Novell NetWare
>servers, their Windows-like GUI had a similar button but they
>simply labeled
>it "Novell".  I believe the Linux Gui Gnome has a similar button with a big
>foot on it.  It's amazing how Microsoft has simultaneously helped to enrich
>and stupify our society.  Not many people fix their own cars
>because they're
>too complex.  Not many people play a musical instrument because they're too
>complex.  Twenty years ago not many people used computrs because they were
>too complex.  Nowadays almost evryone uses a computer, even morons, and it
>hasn't made them any smarter.  Thank you Mr. Gates.
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