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Sir Aureus Geek-in-Training Posts: 36 From: wherever my pismo happens to be Registered: Feb 2002	posted March 04, 2002 13:39 http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/03/04/microsoft_cars.html oh dear. GM's prediction is starting to come true. Cars that frequently and randomly crash for no apparent reason. =/ Oh, and apparently, "Consumers will not look at navigation as a system to use when [Gonzalo Bustillos et al] get lost, but the system that helps [Gonzalo Bustillos] get there in time and helps [Gonzalo Bustillos] avoid traffic," How wonderfully useful ------------------ I'm egotistical and I'm proud of it! IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 04, 2002 15:42 great, now I have another type of idiot to watch out for on the road...........Z IP: Logged
Super Flippy Geek Posts: 78 From: South Carolina Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 04, 2002 17:34 So if a Microsoft-controlled Beamer causes an accident while trying to get its passengers to work on time, does MS have to pay the ticket? IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 04, 2002 19:02 remind me to never get in one of those cars. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 05, 2002 14:19 Nayt, don't get in one of those .............Z IP: Logged
TechnoGram Super Geek Posts: 245 From: USA Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 05, 2002 16:25 quote: Originally posted by macadddikt18: remind me to never get in one of those cars. Nayt that's right. they could crash!! ------------------ .--. .-. --- - --- - - -... IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 05, 2002 18:56 Worse, they may suddenly burst into flames like the X-box. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
spungo Super Geek Posts: 212 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 06, 2002 04:03 And I suppose if it breaks down they'll just tell you to close one or two windows. ------------------ /* When the going gets tough, the meek capitulate. */ IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 06, 2002 05:22 No, they will hav eyou get out of the car, then get back in and continue driving. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
TechnoGram Super Geek Posts: 245 From: USA Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 06, 2002 07:17 quote: Originally posted by spungo: And I suppose if it breaks down they'll just tell you to close one or two windows. no, they'll blame it on the alarm system and send out security patches and if it crashes, the blue screen of death takes on a whole new meaning, specially if the last thing you see is the sky... IP: Logged
iballoondesign Alpha Geek Posts: 283 From: Midland, TX Registered: Dec 2001	posted March 06, 2002 11:07 Microsoft Windows IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 06, 2002 16:40 is that little thing throwing up on windows? Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 From: All the way from the land of Chocolate, Cheese and Cuckoo Clocks. Registered: Feb 2000	posted March 07, 2002 08:18 Brings a whole new meaning to the words 'Car Crash' IP: Logged
TechnoGram Super Geek Posts: 245 From: USA Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 07, 2002 14:35 quote: is that little thing throwing up on windows? Nayt yeh, if you click on properties, you'll see the name of the smiley is puke.gif. i've also seen it named barf.gif ------------------ .--. .-. --- - --- - - -... IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 07, 2002 17:19 do they have one that urinates or takes a dump?........Z IP: Logged
LifetimeTrekker Alpha Geek Posts: 326 From: Albuquerque, NM, UD Registered: Sep 2001	posted March 07, 2002 17:31 quote: Originally posted by macadddikt18: remind me to never get in one of those cars. Nayt Forget about getting in one! Remind me to never get in FRONT of one of those cars! IP: Logged
Pish-Tush Neat Newbie Posts: 14 From: Birmingham UK Registered: Dec 2001	posted March 08, 2002 08:40 quote: Forget about getting in one! Remind me to never get in FRONT of one of those cars! Surely you mean BEHIND (MS stuff usually stops when told to start). ------------------ And I am right And you are right And all is right--too-looral-lay IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 08, 2002 12:49 or just get near one in general. who knows what the thing will do. It may start driving in circles for all we know. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
ASM65816 Geek Posts: 85 From: Registered: Mar 2001	posted March 09, 2002 00:54 Imagine the PAIN when you're going down the road and it FREEZES UP !!! Yes, you're going though the windshield like Wile E. Coyote ...... ------------------ Once a proud programmer of Apple II's, he now spends his days and nights in cheap dives fraternizing with exotic dancers.... IP: Logged
LifetimeTrekker Alpha Geek Posts: 326 From: Albuquerque, NM, UD Registered: Sep 2001	posted March 09, 2002 06:25 Wow! If MS were to put an OS in an automobile, it would prolly be a Win9x deriviative, which would give a whole new meaning to the OS crashing! IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 09, 2002 07:14 I think it is safe to say our lives are now in danger. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 10, 2002 18:18 will our cars get viruses too, or will I also have to worry about gettin car-hacked .........Z IP: Logged
MBoprey Geek Posts: 84 From: In the crevices of my iBook Registered: Mar 2002	posted March 18, 2002 19:30 I wonder if these cars will be XP-ready. :-P ------------------ Msb IP: Logged
TechnoGram Super Geek Posts: 245 From: USA Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 18, 2002 20:08 quote: Originally posted by ZorroTheFox: will our cars get viruses too, or will I also have to worry about gettin car-hacked .........Z people are already getting car-hacked, er, jacked ------------------ Free Speech Is The Right To Shout 'Theater' In A Crowded Fire. IP: Logged
Erbo Super Geek Posts: 110 From: Denver, CO, US Registered: Jan 2000	posted March 18, 2002 22:28 And of course, they'll "strongly suggest" that you put Microsoft Gas(TM) in your Microsoft Car. Otherwise, an obscure clause in the Microsoft Driver License Agreement will hold Microsoft blameless if your Microsoft Car's engine suddenly leaps out from under the hood in a rather ugly mess... Oh, and did we mention the automatic Microsoft ExpressToll transponder? We swear it's not intended to track your driving habits. Really. Well, maybe just a little. Okay, a lot. But we'll never sell that information. Swear to Bill. But we can give it to the FBI, if they ask. And our "marketing partners." But you can opt out from that part. Just fill in the 20-page form at the back of your owner's manual. Then we won't sell your personal information to anyone. Except when we decide to later. IP: Logged
dragon34 Geek-in-Training Posts: 39 From: Southwestern Connecticut Registered: Nov 2001	posted March 19, 2002 19:45 Hmm.. have to ask.. I wonder how long it will take for someone to install linux on it IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted March 19, 2002 20:22 My guess is about a month. Them Jedi knights when they want it to work they make it work. What would we do with out them? Nayt ------------------ c:/dos c:/dos/run run/dos/run IP: Logged

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