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Complete PC instead of a Car Stereo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-that-looks-cool dept.

An anonymous reader submitted linked to a PC that fits in your car stereo slot. It's a bit spendy at $1k, but its got CD/DVD, PCMCIA, USB, Keyboard, Mic, Headphones, VGA, more. And besides being powered by your car, it also has built in GPS. Lots of interesting hacking ideas here for people who prefer to spend more time in their cars then me ;)

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  1. Obligatory by chas7926 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!!!

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  2. Huh? by $lacker · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    Lots of interesting hacking ideas here for people who prefer to spend more time in their cars then me ;)
    Uhh.... I spend a LOT more time in my car than I spend in you....

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  3. Re:And now the story in English (copy-edited) by Cryptnotic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It absolutely should not. "I" is the nominative form, and cannot be used as the object of a preposition, which is "than" in this case.

    Grammar is necessary in human language to avoid misinterpretation, just as strict syntax is necessary in programming to ensure unambiguity.

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  4. Re:I need a short english lesson... by patco15 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have actually wondered i bit over when to use "that" and when to use "which". Could anybody clear that up for me in even more detail, than the parent of this post? It would be appriciated.

    Going way OT here, but I've never cared about karma before, so why not? By the way, this comes from one of the writing stylebooks on my desk, it's not my lame-o example. I keep it handy there because its one of the things that the Word grammer checker gets (sort of) wrong.

    From The Little, Brown Compact Handbook (page 385).

    That always introduces restrictive clauses: We should use the lettuce that susan bought (that susan bought limits the lettuce to a particular lettuce). Which can introduce both restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, but many writers reserve which for only non restrictive clauses: The leftover lettuce, which is in the refridgerator, would make a good salad (which is in the refrigerator simply provides more information about the lettuce we already know of). Restrictive clauses (with that or which are not set off by commas; nonrestrictive clauses (with which are.

    Also, note that, according to this usage guide, your parent post is wrong. Using which does not necessarily require a comma. Which can be used for restrictive clauses without a comma although the Microsoft Word grammer checker would not have you believe so.

  5. Irony by Ezubaric · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > Lots of interesting hacking ideas here for
    > people who prefer to spend more time in their
    > cars than me.

    It should be "than I." It's an understood clause with the pronoun acting as the subject of "than I do." So it would have to be nominative case.

    Let he who is without sin . . . [ouch]. Where did that stone come from?

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