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Inexpensive Dashboard PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-needs-a-project dept.

Kristian - Dreamless writes "Wanting to war drive with style? The other day I surfed the web to find a free dash pc solution to my car since the commercial ones cost around 2000-2500$ here in Denmark. I found DashPC.com and I must say this looks promising a very nice GUI and the features seems to be endless: Navigation with War driving, Multimedia and so on. Requirements? Low cost pc and a dash LCD display."

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  1. does it run by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ....BeOS?

  2. 2 comments and already done? by pummer · · Score: 0, Funny

    i wish my server was a c64 like this guy's

    1. Re:2 comments and already done? by itsme1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ok, at least we have an excuse for not RTFA.

  3. Nice by mikepaktinat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like the website was hosted in a car, it's already down.

    1. Re:Nice by tinrobot · · Score: 5, Funny

      Perhaps it's in a tunnel.

  4. Re:Down by xie · · Score: 5, Funny

    It didn't even last 2mins ... perhaps hitting refresh over and over will help?

  5. There a mechanic available? by nih · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sites down, can someone go clean their spark plugs?

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  6. Sorry Officer... by bushboy · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was surfing pr0n at the time of the accident...

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  7. Is the poster taking WAR driving to the limits? by Peden · · Score: 1, Funny

    He lists his occupation as professional soldier, does that mean that he wardrives for a living? ;)

    1. Re:Is the poster taking WAR driving to the limits? by bigbaloney · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nah, he just keeps track of how many people he's run over in a spreadsheet.

  8. Re:Down by bushboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps the car hosting the server crashed...

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  9. Mirror by Zardus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Site's buckling. I managed to make a mirror.

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    1. Re:Mirror by k.ellsworth · · Score: 1, Funny

      mirros /.ed too.... something tells me that i shouldn't look that site... is like a karmic instance....

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  10. Re:Great Idea, but will still cost a pretty penny. by pholower · · Score: 0, Funny

    Sorry, I am still wardriving in my VW Rabbit with my Commodore 64.

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  11. Re:What of the display for this? by bigbaloney · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean, like a crosshair? ;-)

  12. Not Meatloaf Approved by miracle69 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That webserver won't let me see paradise by the dashboard lights.

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  13. Imagine by mikepaktinat · · Score: 1, Funny
    Imagine a beowulf cluster of .. th..
    Cough...Cough....Cough

    oh never mind, too much Carbon Monoxide

  14. Re:Down by MoonBuggy · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, his wardriving program just went out of range of the hotspot. As soon as he drives past another WiFi connection it'll be back up.

  15. Re:What of the display for this? by ravind · · Score: 3, Funny

    Except for the odd occasion, when curiosity might drive you to look through the windshield to check what's on the road.

  16. Access 97 by lateralus_1024 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/htdocs/dashpc.com/index.php on line 37
    Too many connections"

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    How did he get MS Access to return this custom error?

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  17. Yet another reason why I'll never use MySQL by ravic · · Score: 1, Funny
    Why does it seem like MySQL suffers from slashdotting more than any other DB backend?
    Warning: main(includes/include_once.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/httpd/htdocs/dashmatics/includes/application _top.php on line 172

    Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/include_once.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/home/httpd/lib/php') in /home/httpd/htdocs/dashmatics/includes/application _top.php on line 172

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: tep_db_connect() in /home/httpd/htdocs/dashmatics/includes/application _top.php on line 175
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  18. remember the p0rn thing? by MoFoQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not too long ago, some ppl got busted for watching p0rn in a car (the passengers were and other drivers happened to witness it); well...this will add new meaning to the phrase: "distracted drivers."