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Dashboard Linux - 1 Year Later

Posted by michael on from the how-to-raise-your-insurance-rates dept.

bergeron76 writes "It's been just over a year since the DashPC/Dashboard Linux project initially got jump started. Since then, the project has grown by an order of magnitude. The initial codebase has been released on freshmeat and sourceforge, and we're working with several other developers on integrating projects such as Linux GPS Navigation, wardrive mapping, and ODBII automobile interfacing. The potential is endless, considering just a couple of recent news headlines, and how we'd love to eventually bring them to both new and existing automobiles."

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  1. Yay. by The+Turd+Report · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, not only do I get to try and dodge all the morons with their cell phones and in-dash dvd players. Now, I have to avoid people compiling their kernels on the road. Sheesh.

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    Michael Loves Me!
  2. Why stop with ICE/GPS? by Handpaper · · Score: 4, Funny
    Even a 500MHz cpu could do all this and run the ignition/injection system used to operate the engine.

    Just think - downloadable map upgrades, no more hardware 'chipping', and best of all...

    You do not have enough permissions to run engine_init
    Locking all doors...
    Done
    Automated police call activated
    You're nicked sonny...

    1. Re:Why stop with ICE/GPS? by Subcarrier · · Score: 2, Funny

      Even a 500MHz cpu could do all this and run the ignition/injection system used to operate the engine.

      $ Ignition key detected.
      $ Accelerator angle is 0 zegrees. Adjusting fuel injection rate...
      INTERRUPT HANDLER: Division by zero error. Trying to recover...
      $ New fuel injection rate 2147483647 gallons per second.
      $ Air intake insufficient. Connecting turbo charger to oxygen tanks...
      $ Done.
      $ Adjusting valves...
      $ Done.
      $ Fuel mix oxygenation below nominal but within acceptable parameters.
      $ Stand by for ignition...
      WHOOOSHHH!

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      "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
  3. Re:slashdotted by All+Names+Have+Been · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdotted? You try running your webserver out of the dash of a 1988 Ford Festiva and see how far you get.

  4. A conversation by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Wow. Your car sure is quiet! What kind of muffler do you have on there? I don't hear anything at all!"

    "I don't have a muffler. I just upgraded, and I couldn't get the sound to compile."

    Don't let friends drive a Bad Ms Win CE!

  5. Requested feature by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember those old games that had the "boss key"? Can we get a "cop key?" I.e. you're being pulled over, and in a split second you can switch away from the pr0n you were watching while driving to an innocuous looking map readout.

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    Cyde Weys Musings - Scrutinizing the inscrutable
  6. Re:slashdotted by HorrorIsland · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't you mean how far you get per gallon?

  7. many good points, one bad one.... by /Idiot\ · · Score: 3, Funny

    all that cool tech and they still put the steering wheel on the wrong side!

    :-)

    /me ducks

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    /dev/Idiot/
  8. Re:Kudos to these folks by vr · · Score: 3, Funny

    As for watching DVDs while you drive... Well... that problem might just take care of itself (hopefully with minimal collateral damage).

    Yeah.. that movie sucked.