This site like most others, can easily get bogged down in immature rubbish. In fact, the site is full of the stuff, so much so, that it can become a giant pain in the rear end. But every now and then, someone posts a topic which inspires reasoned debate. One such topic was that offered up yesterday by Ron. His question...."Was God an astronaut." brought forth the heavy thinkers of the Not 606 boards, which made for wonderful reading. I hope we get to see a lot more of these types of discussions. Onya Ron. "If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." Robert Cringely.
He's come on a bit since his ****y word association game. And I agree, it was a good discussion. Bill Gates said something similar a few years ago. This was General Motor's reply;- 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 wouldcause 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.
