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Botany Bay
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Thought of the Day:
No greater mistake can be made than to think that our institutions are fixed or may not be changed for the worse. ... Increasing prosperity tends to breed indifference and to corrupt moral soundness. Glaring inequalities in condition create discontent and strain the democratic relation. The vicious are the willing, and the ignorant are unconscious instruments of political artifice. Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ... The peril of this nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope! -Charles Evans Hughes, jurist and statesman (11 Apr 1862-1948)
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Monday, May 02, 2005

Microsoft's Software to avoid automobile crashes

Bill gates speaking at the Global Automotive Summit at the Ford's suburban Detroit campus extolled the virtues of embracing technology in manufacture of future automobiles, which will enable automobiles to fix themselves and avoid accidents.

He also said

'There could be a car that wouldn't let itself crash. That absolutely should be the goal'

Well Mr. Gates we have already seen Windows software in all its glory and have heard of rave reviews of it. Your goal of MS software not allowing automobiles to crash is laudable, but before that, It would be nice to have a goal to create a operating system that doesn’t crash.

posted by Prashant at 12:27 AM | 1 comments