You probably know the joke where an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a software engineer are together in a car. The car breaks down and while the electrical engineer starts checking all the cables and the chemical engineer theorizes about the gas composition, the software engineer suggests to just get out of the car, close all the doors, open them, get in and try again. 1)
Well, reality once again overtook fiction: Today's Mobiliy newsletter (Mobility is a car sharing company) has this gem to offer:
(translated from german)
What to do when nothing works
Sometimes it can happen, that a car can't be started. The following procedure proved to be helpful:
- Turn off ignition
- Remove key
- Get off
- Close doors
- Using your Mobility-Card, logout and re-login
- get in
- Insert key
- Ignite
Way to go...
1) Of course, a Microsoft engineer would also close and re-open all windows.
Posted by seefeld at March 2, 2004 19:00