And it's *SO* ridiculous, that clearly nobody is gonna believe it :)
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Re: Definitely worth reading - affects all ECU-controlled cars
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> > A friend of mine who works in low-level code design for ECU circuit > boards
> > > which end up in a variety of different manufacturer's ECUs, told me > today
> > > that there is a bug that has only just come to light affecting all ECU
> > > cars manufactured since around 1998 - basically there is some sort of
> > > software f*ck-up whereby when the date reaches 04/04/04 the system gets
> > > confused and will completely lock up,
> >
> > LOL - posted a little early though isn't it? (although spot on by the > time
> > I got to see it!)
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> A-ha. By posting just under an hour before the 1st April it means that
> people won't make that instant association. Instead, it'll take the average
> person best part of a second.
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Yup! I was going to reply last night that you were spouting bollocks, but then I realised what day it was! ROTFLMAO.
JB
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That's about as believable as this
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Colin.
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I thought it was bollocks too but hadn't twigged the date!
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Alan ( snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAMsteeles.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Not even original bollocks - remember the run-up to Y2k, and the number of people seriously panicking about whether their car would work in January
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Heh! To be fair though, I did cobble it together in less than a minute, boredom and all that :-)
Was thinking up a potentially slightly more original one entitled "traffic wardens given powers to ticket cars in heavy traffic jams", the theory behind it being that they should be using their initiative to avoid the queues and find other routes, or pay the fine :-)
But that'll wait until next year....
Peter
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AstraVanMan ( snipped-for-privacy@WithThanks.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
*Sweet*.... That'd work BEAUTIFULLY over on uk.transport, maybe x-posted to uk.rec.cycling. I'd give it a week's active "discussion"....How big a bunch of goldfish do you think we are?
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I did see a TV prog the other day where a spoof traffic warden was ticketing people as they pulled up in a pay and display zone before they even had a chance to reach the ticket machine
-- Malc
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Go to London and you'll see real traffic wardens doing pretty much that all the time.
Peter
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Or:
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Art imitating life