I’m not necessarily a fan of windows 8 tablets, but this is too funny.
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Microsoft’s New Phone Commercial “Really”
I’m not sure how Microsoft’s new phone is going to “get you in, and get you, and back to life,” but the commercial is pretty cool. I know we have all seen or, well… done some of the stupid things in the ad. Check it out.
Bill and Jerry… Chewy Computers
Mozilla Creates a Viral Video to Promote Firefox
It’s pretty over the top, but I guess that’s the point. Make sure you check out the statistics they have scolling across the bottom of the video.
Here’s a couple of the stats:
Compared to Internet Explorer, Firefox users are
14% less likely to have sleeping disorders
67% more likely to go mountain biking
60% more likely to drink microbrew beer
45% more likely to have gone on a date
16% less likely to have fungal infections
I’m not sure where they came up with stats, but I can’t image Microsoft is laughing too hard.
Computer Industry Vs. the Auto Industry
Ah, the urban legend… This is a copy of a forward that has been circulating since 1999 or maybe even earlier, but it’s still funny: (Although some cars are coming with start button now. 😉 #13)
THE BILL GATES CAR
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX). Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up
with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving
$25 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 run on
5% of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be
replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would say "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 lift the door handle.
turn 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 or 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
how 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.