You've probably all seen this already and I will not vouch for its authenticity, but it did make me howl with laughter this morning.
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 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 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 air bag 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 h ave 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.
Ashley and I had a wonderful time at the cafe; it is delightful but poignant to go out with one's 19 year old daughter and have it feel like a date with an adult friend. We changed our minds on the movie; the French farce didn't intrigue us, so we saw "La Marche de L'empereur" instead. (March of the penguins) We both adored it; those birds are incredible, and what they go through to live and become parents is truly heartwarming. Go see it right away! Tomorrow we are off to Anderson Island with some friends, cards, games and Hefeweisen--plus a forecast for lots of sun and mid-70s. Could it get any better?
