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10. You can get computers for a $1

Reply to we can do it (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:55 PM

Mar 2015

http://www.verizonwireless.com/smartphones/iphone-5-certified-pre-owned

And yes, iPhones are computers. But that's not the point. The point is that computer technology has advanced faster and become cheaper faster than cars. Cars are more or less the same for the last 70 years. There have been improvements to performance, safety, etc, but no fundamental changes. We can't even get off of gas.

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Bill Gates: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry .... [View all] Scuba Mar 2015 OP

Gates is correct Renew Deal Mar 2015 #1

and all our cars would be made out of this country by non-union workers in buildings hollysmom Mar 2015 #6

I haven't seen a computer for $25, so why would a car be that cheap? we can do it Mar 2015 #8

You can get computers for a $1 Renew Deal Mar 2015 #10

Recd. thanks for posting this. nt raccoon Mar 2015 #2

I like and enjoy most operating systems but with the kind of work I do, I need,,, BlueJazz Mar 2015 #3

Hilarious. Thanks. NNadir Mar 2015 #4

Cute old joke about windows but not really as true as it used to be. CBGLuthier Mar 2015 #5

I'm a system builder. You know what the single biggest cause of PC failure is? Initech Mar 2015 #7

Years ago a science fiction story took it even farther csziggy Mar 2015 #9

He is totally right in the stupidest way possible Taitertots Mar 2015 #11