God is an Iron...

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Strictly speaking this isn't computer related..kinda... but I just had a friend complaining the CD/DVD drive for his new in-car sat-nav was broken.

Took me 30 seconds to diagnose the problem, 25 of which was because I couldn't believe it.
He was trying to insert the CD into the cup holder!

Ok, what utter b*stard designs a cup holder to look like drive tray? Then puts it in the dash console below the sat-nav!

Comments

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Why does sat-nav need media? For navigating on different planets?

If it's a slot-style drive, at least there's no possibility of trying to set a cup on the media tray.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

You load up the map info from CD/DVD so the Sat-Nav system doesn't need gigs of storage or updates. Much easier to just order the up-to-date info on CD.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

actually, his just had a standard b type USB port for that... see answer below.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Well, that's kinda the point, it didn't have an optical media drive, what he thought was one, was in fact really a drinks cup holder...

kind of an inversion of the usual problem.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

er, what kind of optical media was he trying to put in it, if it didn't take optical media?

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

You know...I didn't ask... Although since he thought it did, I'd guess a CD with some maps.

[kalium.livejournal.com]

. . .

The irony. It hurts.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Ok, what utter b*stard designs a cup holder to look like drive tray? Then puts it in the dash console below the sat-nav!

A techie w/ a sense of caustic humour? ;)

[celyste.livejournal.com]

I love it. It hurts, I love it so much!

[infusco.livejournal.com]

Wow ... that is the epitome of irony.