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Apr 4th, 2008 at 6:36am

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the way Microsoft has, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

  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 such case you would have to reinstall the engine.

  5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive --
   but it 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 and Must Shut Down" warning.


  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 while holding of the radio antenna.

  9. Every time a new car model was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again.
    None of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
    In fact, for the latest models the "trial" key would stop working --
    you would have to order a new key from the manufacturer.

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.



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Reply #1 - Apr 4th, 2008 at 10:43am

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Seen it before, but still funny. In fact I was just thinking about this joke the other day when my friend's car wouldn't start. Wink
 

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Reply #2 - Apr 4th, 2008 at 12:45pm

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There's a Trekkie Version somewhere, hold please...

EDIT: Here it is, sad references and all:
This is what Starfleet ships developed by Microsoft would be like:

1. For no reason whatsoever your warp core would be dropped twice a day.

2. Every time they changed the main interstellar flight routes you would have to get a new ship.

3. Occasionally your starship would die in outer space for no reason, and you would just accept this, reinitialize the engines and warp on.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn, would cause your engines to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the warp core.

5. Only one person could work on the ship at a time, unless you bought "Starship98" or "StarshipNT". But, then you would have to buy more bridge modules.

6. Macintosh would make a starship that was powered by a stable Omega molecule, had quantum slipstream drive, was reliable and twice as easy to fly, but would only run between Earth and Vulcan.

7. The antimatter containment, structural integrity and shield failure messages would be replaced by a single "general starship failure" warning.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt (poor Scotty!).

9. The deflector shields would say "Are you sure?" before going up.

10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your ship 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. Well, how this can be accomplished on a starship remains unanswered...

11. Utopia Planitia would require all starship buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Mark IV tricorders, even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the ship's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, Utopia Planitia would become a target for investigation by the Federation Council.

12. Every time Utopia Planitia introduced a new class, ship personnel would have to learn how to operate it all over again because none of the controls would work in the same manner as on the old ship.

13. You'd have to say "engage" to shut down the engines.
 

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Reply #3 - Apr 4th, 2008 at 7:21pm

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H wrote on Apr 4th, 2008 at 6:36am:


 

 7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

 



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Reply #4 - Apr 5th, 2008 at 11:24am

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[smug] And if car manufacturers used the same technology as those guys at Apple, everything would work beautifully regardless of age. [/smug]
 

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