There isn't hardly anybody around who can say their lives haven't             been influenced by computers.   Computers have all but taken over            society as we know it. Everywhere you look, computers have greatly            improved our lives. It can be as simple as going through a carwash, a            computer processes the information that we feed it and adjusts the            machine accordingly to give us the particular wash we paid for.            Computers also play an extremely complicated role in one of the things            that everybody uses in their everyday lives, our cars. Most people            don't realize how much our cars have been taken over by technology,            until they get the bill after one of these computers go out. Just            about everything in a new car is controlled by a computer, a computer            will read and recognize your driving patterns and adjusts how and when            the transmission should shift from gear-to-gear so that you, as the            driver, will get maximum performance from your car. In some vehicles,            a computer will adjust how high the car rides from the ground. It            lowers the car at highway speeds to make it more aerodynamic which            will give you better gas mileage and makes the car easier to handle at            these high speeds. The latest computer technology is an on-board            navigational computer that will direct the driver into using the            fastest and most efficient way to get to the destination. It will            plan your route around any construction, traffic jams, and even            inclement weather. If and when these cars break down, a mechanic will            simply ask the car's on-board computer what is wrong, rather than            having to go through a series of complicated troubleshooting tests.            As I have clearly stated, computers have greatly improved something        ...