{"id":140,"date":"2008-05-14T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=140"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:01:09","slug":"thanks-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Microsoft!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syncmyride.com\/img\/aware\/sync-hdr-logo.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syncmyride.com\/img\/aware\/sync-hdr-logo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>I rented a new Ford Focus. The car is stylish for a no-frills sedan. It even comes equipped with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syncmyride.com\/\">Sync by Microsoft<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen the TV commercials for Sync, but what it actually does remains hazy. But heck, the combination of Microsoft and Ford can mean nothing less than engineering magic. Who can resist strapping themselves into the love-child of the companies who brought America Windows Vista and the Pinto. (Don&#8217;t forget <span style=\"font-style:italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Bob\">Bob<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>During the trip from NY to DC I decided to put Sync through its paces. I thought that clicking on the button with a phone icon would allow me to <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">sync<\/span> with my iPhone. Then I could do something space-age like talk on the telephone while driving.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that no sequence or combination of button pressing would sync the phone and <a href=\"http:\/\/knightrideronline.com\/\">Knight Rider<\/a>. Disappointed, I decided to surrender and listen to the radio &#8211; kicking it old school while cruisin&#8217; down I-95. <\/p>\n<p>Alas, listening to the radio was impossible. Sync was hung in an unbreakable loop.<\/p>\n<p>So, for the first time in my life I had to stop at the next rest area and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">reboot my car!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gee, thanks Microsoft!<\/p>\n<p>PS: I still have no idea what Sync does.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/toastytech.com\/guis\/bobboot1sm.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/toastytech.com\/guis\/bobboot1sm.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I rented a new Ford Focus. The car is stylish for a no-frills sedan. It even comes equipped with Sync by Microsoft. 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