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Volvo's "Safety Car" Runs Windows 98

Posted by michael on from the feeling-safer-already dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "MSNBC is carrying a report on Volvo's new "Safety Car." It sounds pretty cool, too, until you get to the part that mentions it runs Windows 98 as its operating system. Yikes! Be sure to reboot your car frequently to avoid crashes."

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  1. so close... 2nd post :( by zapp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it was going to be my 1st...

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  2. Re:Since When? by scott1853 · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    When you do it every 10 minutes.

  3. Re:Oxymoron by nickgrieve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmm, is she a cute cheerleader? Because when cute girls get mad, it just makes em more cute.

  4. The obvious choice by balloonhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I don't see why this is so hard for so many to get. I heard that no-one ever got fired for choosing Microsoft.

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    This idea was invented by Shampoo.