engine electronics

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 02/19/2002 10:41:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> If Microsoft wrote the ECU operating system, would the car ask "Are you
> sure you want to turn off the ignition?"  And perhaps the engine would
> suddenly quit without warning until you turned it off and restarted it-oh
> yeah mine does that ALREADY!

On the Microsoftmobile, as you are tooling down the road the car will 
suddenly and unexpectedly stop and a screen will say "UNRECOVERABLE ERROR 
89763@domain.elided"  or report that it has performed an illegal operation, 
offering you the option to cancel or try again, neither of which will work.  
But, if you speed, it will faultlessly report you to the cops via the 
Internet.

Charlie
LA, CA, USA

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