Random thought of the day

I am always slightly confused when DVDs are advertised as having an "interactive menu" as a special feature. Well, yes, but surely every DVD has an interactive menu system - that little onscreen button that says "play movie" constitutes a menu option and you can select it, ergo it is interactive. A non-interactive menu system wouldn't be of much use, would it; you wouldn't be able to play the bloody thing.

Likewise, I am confused by car advertisements that boast of an "interactive driving system". A car that doesn't have an interactive driving system would be one without a steering wheel, pedals, gear stick, ignition or any controls at all on the dashboard. Such a car would be a real bugger to drive.

This kind of gibberish is simply the manufacturers' way of saying, "There is nothing special about this product whatsoever so we are going to dress it up with some meaningless spiel in order to make it sound much more impressive than it really is and - this is the best part - you will fall for it because you are all a bunch of easily swayed retards."