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Linux Based CarPC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-do dept.

Uber-Review writes "If you have been looking for a Linux based car PC. One man has made this a reality and documented putting together a Linux based car PC. Some of the features of this on board car PC is it can automatically sniff and record locations of wireless access points and plot them with GPS. You can watch a movie, browse the internet, get weather forecasts and stream Direct TV from your house right to your car. For an added bonus, you can remote start the car, and connect to it from inside the house and use SSH in, and transfer files without even getting off the couch."

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  1. Killer app? (Re:You have a point.) by m0nk3ym1nd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Middle-of-the-night-strangely-related-weirdness: I just closed the door after talking to a cop (OK, OK, I told my wife first, then had a snack, and then insomaniacally logged in, so it's not *just* closed... it's not like I immediately must login to Slashdot every time I talk to the cops) who rang my doorbell to tell me 'some cat' had been sitting in my car parked on the street in front of my house. I'd forgotten to lock the doors, d'oh! She chased him off, nothing was taken, we've been having a rash of crimes in the area and could I please be more cognizant (her word) of keeping my doors locked, thankyouverymuch. And yes, she was hot, thanks for asking.

    Would I love to have on disk a nice, clear, 3.3 megapixel self-portrait of this 'cat' sitting in my driver's seat? Yes, indeed I would. Having the door lightswitch trigger the shutter should be trivial. I'd like to have a portrait of my hero chasing him off, too, but designing an app to choose only the attractive plainclothes (Did I just say plainclothes? Ignore the honking two-way radio and clipboard and she'd have looked like she was on a date) policewomen instead of filling my HDD with pictures of traffic would exceed my skills. Bayesian filtering?

    She is a neighbor, as well, which I guess is how she knew the guy, or 'cat' in pretty-cop-lady-lingo, didn't belong in the car he was in. Seeing as how we're neighbors and all, aren't I obligated to stop by and, um, thank her?