"Dude, you hit the minivan"

[drwex]

OK, all of you who want to know what I do for a living? I try to stop people from making systems like this:
http://www.fquick.com/videos/viewvideo.php?id=520&file=520&autoStart=true

(Background: the 2007 Lexus comes with a "self-parking" "feature". The commercials show it parking itself between stacks of champagne flutes. This video shows what I would call a "user test" - which is to say actual real people using the system. It's quite clear to me that Lexus had nobody with my skill set involved in this vehicle's feature development.)

Comments

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. I've had it in for Lexus ever since they did an ad with a bullet point feature list that included Monochromatic Paint. I suspect that Lexus is Japanese for "Yes, we really think you're that stupid."