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What is this Strange Gadget in My Car?
VanessaDannenberg asks: "Four months ago my fiancé and I bought a 1997 Thunderbird, which came with a few aftermarket mods. Of particular interest is this strange radio-related gadget that was attached to the windshield above the mirror. It has two 5-pin ports on it (as pictured) which accept a flat cable that runs under the car's headliner. I can't tell where that cable ends, but I figure it's a laptop interface (RS232?). Has anyone seen this thing before? What does it do?"
It controls the Orbital Mind Control Lasers (OMCL), that keep Americans buying 7 kinds of dish-soap.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Hope you didn't want to use your geocities account for a few days.
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You didn't really expect a Geocities link to last on Slashdot, did you?
Ask Slashdot + Geocities Account + Pictures = None of us have any idea what you're talking about. So, bearing in mind that I can't RTFA, I'm going to do this BOFH style and go with... let's see, today's Tuesday... portable tracking device for the orbital laser system - one false move and you're a subatomic particle, buddy. Now, the best way to get rid of it would be to put it in the microwave and set it for twenty minutes on high. It might smell, so you might want to take the Missus and Snuffles the dog for a walk.
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
Since no one can see it, we all have to guess. I'd wager it's either a carphone antenna mount, or maybe a GPS navigation system antenna link.
jX [ Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Einstein ]
"Even if they're labeled free sex and beer." or something like that.
And lemme tell ya, if it's labeled 'Gravity - Do Not Touch,' DON'T FREAKIN' TOUCH IT! (that sentence proves there's still a use for the caps lock key, you losers)
For a possible scenario of what could happen in that type of situation, see the short film, 'This Guy Is Falling.' Great little flick. Might still be able to catch it at atomfilms.com. (sorry, too lazy to check and karma whore with a link)
It's the C4, that's connected to it, under the carpeting you need to worry about.
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
It's an idiot detector. It appears to have served its purpose, so you can detach it now :)
More seriously, why the fnord did you think "Ask Slashdot" is the right place to ask this kind of question, and why did the editors decide this was worthwhile to post? Oy.
For every problem, there is at least one solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
You can't own Thunderbird, man. That's what OSS is all about...
My god, what is happening here?! The summary states the name of the person who submitted it is Vanessa. Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children! :o
A blog like any other.
Because he secretly heard that if he can detect 10 other idiots, and pass the mystery on to them, and if each of them detects 10 idiots... that in 1 month he will receive $10e6 from an account in Nigeria.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
my god, i know that /. geeks are supposed to be desperate but are we this desperate?
i felt strangely excited as i stumbled on my way to the bedroom and then the bathroom, in that order, after catching this.
mommy, make it stop. it hurts.
What is this 'dotslash' of which you speak?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
I know what he's done. He's forgotten to "cd www.slashdot.org".