On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:27:26 -1000, Reassembler wrote:
> You're forgetting that all the imports that people cry about are
> cheaper and better then what we could get ten years ago. televisions used
> to be a major purchase. I'd have to say, what with people below "poverty
> level" owning cars and two televisions, on average, and food prices at
> historic lows, there's some good news also.
Oh yeah electronics has been great, but bya know if we want to get rid
of that huge trade defecit with China, et al, we are all gonna have to
be willing to pay more.
BTW, this reminded me of a joke - I think it's time for some levity...
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Computers vs. Cars
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated that: "If GM had kept
up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be
driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 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:
1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy
a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you
would just accept this, restart and drive on.
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. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought "Car95"
or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats.
6. 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 only work on five
percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be
replaced by a single "general car failure" warning light, and you would
have to press "OK" when it came on.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before going off.
10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand
McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need
them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately
cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM
would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn
to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the
same manner as the old car.
13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.
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