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revil
05-13-2003, 02:35 PM
http://www.msnbc.com/news/912445.asp?0dm=C13TT
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 12 — Security guards smashed their way into an official limousine with sledgehammers on Monday to rescue Thailand’s finance minister after his car’s computer failed.

SUCHART JAOVISIDHA and his driver were trapped inside the BMW for more than 10 minutes before guards broke a window. All doors and windows had locked automatically when the computer crashed, and the air-conditioning stopped, officials said.

“We could hardly breathe for over 10 minutes,” Suchart told reporters. “It took my guard a long time to realise that we really wanted the window smashed so that we could crawl out. It was a harrowing experience.”
BMW stole my plans to kill the Thai Minister. What should I do now? I know! Take on BMW!
bachviet
05-13-2003, 03:36 PM
That's what happened when cars relied too much on electronic equipment.
gear02
05-13-2003, 05:52 PM
You mean when they rely on Windows?

<crash>
thatonefilipinoguy
05-13-2003, 06:01 PM
Interesting situation...Another reminder not to rely on technology completely.
RoniMan
05-13-2003, 06:15 PM
moral of the story.

buy a Yugo.
Apex
05-13-2003, 07:44 PM
Modern BMW's are airtight. That's why the windows explode when they hit the water. ;)
RoniMan
05-13-2003, 07:52 PM
Originally posted by Apex
Modern BMW's are airtight. That's why the windows explode when they hit the water. ;)

is this a problem? are a lot of BMWs hitting water? i think that's more of the drivers fault right? were they driving like Homer did last sunday?
psycho-
05-14-2003, 01:38 AM
Originally posted by gear02
You mean when they rely on Windows?

<crash>

I'm figuring it's the 735 or 745 or 760. All the other BMWs are too uncomputery

And, sad but true, it's running on CE. The kernel itself is stable. Supposedly the software written by BMW is sorta shaky.