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  1. The original American turbines were from GM by cstec · · Score: 1 · on The Rise and Fall of America's Jet-Powered Car

    The Chrysler fleet was very cool, and sadly most had to be destroyed after their field test. But they were built almost 10 years after GM's research led to the three Firebird showcars, which were turbine-based rolling technology testbeds. The first basically a car wrapped around an engine, then a family sedan, and finally an ultra-high-tech showcase. See www.conklinsystems.com/firebird/

    Actually GM turbine work went as far back as the 30s, and they built a turbine bus and a turbine truck as well.

  2. This must win some sort of OFN prize! by cstec · · Score: 1 · on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering

    The GM Firebird III was doing this 50 years ago.

  3. Re:tcp/ip is a Good Thing by cstec · · Score: 2, Insightful · on A New TCP/IP Classic

    Telnet over that Treo 650:
    http://www.conklinsystems.com/palm/online.php

  4. Re:What should, but won't, make it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Vehicles of Tomorrow?

    GM demostrated that in the 50's with the Firebird II and III Prototype car. See http://www.conklinsystems.com/firebird/mo59fly.htm l

  5. Paranoia returns - on the Linksys WRT54g by cstec · · Score: 2, Informative · on Paranoia RPG Returns in New Edition
    Ha, I thought everyone had long forgotten this game. I just recently ported and (re)played the classic Unix mini-adventure Paranoia to Linux on my Linksys WRT54g!

    If anyone else is up for some truly pointless fun, you can get the binary here

  6. It's vaporware by Animats · · Score: 1 · on Bombardier's Embrio: Sexier Segway?
    That's a plastic concept model, people, not a working prototype. To make it work, they'd have to do most of the engineering needed to make it real.

    My favorite concept vehicle remains the General Motors Firebird III. That was a working vehicle. Turbine power. Automatic driving. Joystick steering. Huge tailfins. 1959.

  7. Re:How long will it run? by Max+von+H. · · Score: 5 · on Handspring's New Palm-OS Entrants: Color and Speed

    If your Palm 3 eats up its batteries, there's a few things that you may want to check:

    - Leaving the Palm (only for units running on alkaline batteries) in its cradle drains the batteries. There's a *very* easy fix for that (a wire to cut in the cradle). You can find detailed instructions here

    - Perform a warm reset, it often solves lots of problems. There's plenty of info on usenet, and I strongly recommend comp.sys.palmtops.pilot, there's heaps of guys who probably have all the answers to any question...

    On average, my Palm IIIx runs about 18 hours on 2 AAA el-cheapo alkaline batteries, about 45 days of use. I once managed to run the beast a whoping 34 hours on a pair of the same batteries. Uptime hack is pretty handy, and once you get to know your batteries' discharge curve you can really guess how long they'll last (I have found many variations, even between batteries from the same pack).

    Nevertheless, I really wouldn't mind a Palm Vx. The lithium-Ion battery is a dream to use, and if you know how to use them properly (recharge them as often as possible, never empty it totally and never, ever, leave the device usused with an empty battery).

    Cheers,

    /max