Windows running my car? N0000000!

[jrober]

Joke

Reminds me of an old joke.

Three engineers in a car going down a road when the car stops dead. Immediatly the mechanical engineer says it must be the gearbox. The electricial engineer says nonsense it is the battery, and the software engineer says lets all get out of the car then get back in again and it'll work!

 

[Abstract]

Ah geez, that picture of the Windows crash in front of the Toronto Eaton Centre makes me homesick.

Anyway, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There was nothing wrong with the way speedometres have worked for the last 80+ years, so I don't think we really need an electronic replacement just for the sake of making it electronic. This offers no benefit.

A few years ago, when i found out that they wanted to put in an electronic braking system that didn't use a brake pedal, but a brake pad that read the pressure underneath your feet, I thought, "Hmmmm, bad idea." Very rarely have I ever read about a brake line severed. An electronic braking system is just more likely to cause accidents.

And I want a Mac version, please. Maybe BMW can adopt a Mac version, as they already swim in the same pool with the iPod and all. Plus, both companies sell class products.

 

[iMeowbot]

Anyway, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There was nothing wrong with the way speedometres have worked for the last 80+ years, so I don't think we really need an electronic replacement just for the sake of making it electronic. This offers no benefit.

It grows out of the whole emission control thing. By comparing the engine speed, transmission and rotation at the wheels, the software can figure out if any of those aren't transmitting power correctly. Air bags, traction control, braking all feed into this type of information too. It could be worse, it could all be controlled by rat neurons