Remember the jokes about Microsoft making cars?

[Archae]

How they'll get 1500 mpg, but explode at random?

Well, Microsoft's CFO, Chris Liddell, is becoming the head of General Motors.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4193763

:rofl:

[HopeHoops]

1. My favorite was "You would push a button marked 'Start' to turn the car off".

That's just so M$.

[snooper2]

2. Well, on my Sprint cell phone you push the red end button

to turn the thing on :P

There's only so much room for so many buttons :)

[HopeHoops]

3. That seems to be pretty standard on phones now.

One would think that "green" would be "on" and "red" would be "off". Go figure.

[pokerfan]

5. 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.

[HopeHoops]

6. I've got one of the original e-mail lists from 1995 somewhere.

I think yours was in it also.

[targetpractice]

7. Press 'ENTER' to 'EXIT

There are some ATM's in NYC delis that display those instructions to the user to when the transaction is complete.

[rrneck]

4. CFO tells me all I need to hear. nt