Well I heard this morning on my way into work that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was also having problems with his prius. For those of you who don't know who the hell Steve Wozniak (Woz) is, he was the technical genius behind what is Apple computer. Apple was originally founded by Steve Jobs, who provided the business savvy and management skills and the Woz who actually coded the first Apple products while in an LSD based drug binge. I don't really care what you think, but I know I have the utmost of respect for the creative genius that he has especially considering that his brain must not have been firing on all cylinders when he created what was known as the the first commercially available PC with a mouse. If you actually look back in Apple history, you learn about Xerox Parc (Palo Alto Research Center). You learn that Jobs and Woz took a tour of the PARC and 'borrowed' the ideas that Xerox failed to bring to market.
Now back to Toyota, they have recalled millions of vehicles after requests of many legislators. Apparently originally claimed that floor mats were responsible for the cars accelerating out of control on the roads. Now they are claiming that a faulty gas pedal is to blame. After talking with a family friend who works in the industry, who informed me that all Toyota's are drive by wire rather than mechanical linkages it seems much more likely to me that a computer issue may be at fault. However, if a shim is placed in the spring of the gas pedal it may eliminate the problem at the user not at the source. I just find it interesting that every news source will not cease to talk about this issue. It seems to me that the huge national debt should likely be priority. I think less than 12 people have died due to these faulty cars, to put that into perspective 631,636 have died in the last year due to heart disease. Why doesn't the media focus on bigger matters? Wow.. all that from the Woz and Toyota.
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