Looks really good, except there is no link for development or source. If Diego is truly linux based, should there be? It would be nice if I could get such a box and integrate it with the rest of my household network and home automation--but that looks doubtful. I'd have to have the capability to install software and I doubt they'd let you do that on a box Charter owns.
I forgot to mention the only information contained in these tags is tire type, manufacturing plant, and manufacturing date. VIN information is NOT stored in the tag.
These tags are a good thing from a production stand point. Ford is required to record which plant a tire came from, when that tire was produced, and which car it's being installed on. Right now, this is a manual process and fairly costly. The embedded tags will make it an automatic process and less prone to errors. The requirement to record this information evolved from the Explorer/Firestone troubles.
The tags will also stop a rather disturbing problem in the rental car business. People sometimes rent a car, exchange the good tires for bad, and return the car to the agency. Without the tags, there's no traceability.
A similar process exists for airbags and ignition keys. These databases are NOT available to anyone including the dealers, so I fail to see how privacy is an issue.
BTW: The tires installed by Ford are of a higher quaility then the same exact tire available after market. They are produced to tighter specifications. Believe it or not.
Funny thing about memories--I too thought I didn't have any early memories. When my son was born, each stage of his development after infancy has brought back a flood of memories from my early childhood. And they weren't related to language--they were sensory memories. The visions, smells, sounds, tastes, even some of the textures of my childhood. The strongest seem to be visual.
About language-I'm good with French, German, and Old English (think Beowulf). My personal experience and other's research suggests that the way a person thinks is dependent partly on what language they speak. Language my have something to do with memory as well, who knows.
Your argument doesn't hold up too well. Speed chip manufacturers are reselling automobile manufacturers BIOS code with slight modifications to the air/fuel/timing settings.
I work for Ford in a Taurus/Sable plant's IT department. The computer and software that controls air/fuel mixture/shifting/braking/air-bag/climate-control/e tc. is indeed copy protected. The software varies from region to region (california is different from the rest of the US, Canada is different, etc). Yet there are "speed chips" available. Ford isn't going after these "speed chip" manufacturers under the DMCA.
Yeah, it does sound like a Village People song-I agree with you there.
Seems to me hardware vendors don't have a leg to stand on concerning aftermarket modifications to their hardware. People have been moding cars for years with aftermarket parts.
Dangit, if I buy the hardware and want to modify it, I payed for it--it's mine--why shouldn't I be able to? Void the warranty, yes. But don't tell me I'm doing something legally wrong.
Does anyone else think Bush's support of an invasion into Iraq is a ploy to divert public attention from the fact that we still haven't caught Bin Ladden? Seems to me no other country supports such an attack. I can't find justification for the US to attack another country that hasn't made a hostile move towards the US. Possible?
Yeah, it was bad. I mourn that day when so many died by so few who felt that was the only way to make a statement or exact revenge or push some political agenda or whatever.
A life, any life, is a precious thing that once taken, can never be returned. How can we protect our lives? How can we be safe? Freedom is inherently unsafe. Yet, between safety and freedom, I'll always choose freedom.
My hats off to the couragous crew and passengers of the 4th airliner. If there were a civilian version of the Medal of Honor and if anyone truely deserved it, the people of that 4th airliner certainly do. Good job, thank-you and God bless.
I'm a sys admin at one of the Ford plants in the US. A few notes on the Model E program.
The computers that the Model E program provided were crap--scraps from a botched deal with HP for company machines. Most people I've talked to in my domain wished they hadn't heard of the Model E program.
As far as giving company computers to employees as those computers are phased out, all Ford company computers are leased from Dell.
On the nose. The digital convergence is almost upon us. Telephone/television/Internet/e-mail/home automation/household information all through one wire--the beautiful blue cable--the all powerful network. For some of us, it's already here. For others it's a dream. For the rest--they have no idea the wonders we bring.
My company is too cheap to buy these geek seats. I'm using a chair that looks like it's fromold WWII Army surplus. It's like a tank though--heavy and strong. I like it. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
I do a lot of reading in bed. My PC is at the other end of the house. Naturally, the bed and the PC don't go weel together. I wonder if you've considered the palm DOC format or ISilo format? These formats, especially DOC, allow documents to be loaded on a PDA like the Palm platform or Pocket PC platform. These platforms are much friendlier in bed and make your document much more accessible(? OK--I can't spell!).
I've been developing a router for X10 that routes X10 commands over an ethernet network. With touchscreen systems throughout the house, it would be a great means of control for the disabled. I've given thought on integrating voice mail into the system, along with e-mail, internet, etc. The idea in the end is to integrate voice/video/data/internet/e-mail/home automation into one coherent and easy to use package. I'd gladly make the code available if you think it would help.
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Does anyone else think it's odd that the link to the PDF is dead?
Looks really good, except there is no link for development or source. If Diego is truly linux based, should there be? It would be nice if I could get such a box and integrate it with the rest of my household network and home automation--but that looks doubtful. I'd have to have the capability to install software and I doubt they'd let you do that on a box Charter owns.
I forgot to mention the only information contained in these tags is tire type, manufacturing plant, and manufacturing date. VIN information is NOT stored in the tag.
These tags are a good thing from a production stand point. Ford is required to record which plant a tire came from, when that tire was produced, and which car it's being installed on. Right now, this is a manual process and fairly costly. The embedded tags will make it an automatic process and less prone to errors. The requirement to record this information evolved from the Explorer/Firestone troubles.
The tags will also stop a rather disturbing problem in the rental car business. People sometimes rent a car, exchange the good tires for bad, and return the car to the agency. Without the tags, there's no traceability.
A similar process exists for airbags and ignition keys. These databases are NOT available to anyone including the dealers, so I fail to see how privacy is an issue.
BTW: The tires installed by Ford are of a higher quaility then the same exact tire available after market. They are produced to tighter specifications. Believe it or not.
Funny thing about memories--I too thought I didn't have any early memories. When my son was born, each stage of his development after infancy has brought back a flood of memories from my early childhood. And they weren't related to language--they were sensory memories. The visions, smells, sounds, tastes, even some of the textures of my childhood. The strongest seem to be visual.
About language-I'm good with French, German, and Old English (think Beowulf). My personal experience and other's research suggests that the way a person thinks is dependent partly on what language they speak. Language my have something to do with memory as well, who knows.
Good thought. I'd hate to find out we failed to save our planet because of a BSD from the Microsoft Windows XP Mass Driver Edition.
Your argument doesn't hold up too well. Speed chip manufacturers are reselling automobile manufacturers BIOS code with slight modifications to the air/fuel/timing settings.
I work for Ford in a Taurus/Sable plant's IT department. The computer and software that controls air/fuel mixture/shifting/braking/air-bag/climate-control/e tc. is indeed copy protected. The software varies from region to region (california is different from the rest of the US, Canada is different, etc). Yet there are "speed chips" available. Ford isn't going after these "speed chip" manufacturers under the DMCA.
Yeah, it does sound like a Village People song-I agree with you there.
Seems to me hardware vendors don't have a leg to stand on concerning aftermarket modifications to their hardware. People have been moding cars for years with aftermarket parts.
Dangit, if I buy the hardware and want to modify it, I payed for it--it's mine--why shouldn't I be able to? Void the warranty, yes. But don't tell me I'm doing something legally wrong.
Does anyone else think Bush's support of an invasion into Iraq is a ploy to divert public attention from the fact that we still haven't caught Bin Ladden? Seems to me no other country supports such an attack. I can't find justification for the US to attack another country that hasn't made a hostile move towards the US. Possible?
Yeah, it was bad. I mourn that day when so many died by so few who felt that was the only way to make a statement or exact revenge or push some political agenda or whatever.
A life, any life, is a precious thing that once taken, can never be returned. How can we protect our lives? How can we be safe? Freedom is inherently unsafe. Yet, between safety and freedom, I'll always choose freedom.
My hats off to the couragous crew and passengers of the 4th airliner. If there were a civilian version of the Medal of Honor and if anyone truely deserved it, the people of that 4th airliner certainly do. Good job, thank-you and God bless.
I'm a sys admin at one of the Ford plants in the US. A few notes on the Model E program.
The computers that the Model E program provided were crap--scraps from a botched deal with HP for company machines. Most people I've talked to in my domain wished they hadn't heard of the Model E program.
As far as giving company computers to employees as those computers are phased out, all Ford company computers are leased from Dell.
On the nose. The digital convergence is almost upon us. Telephone/television/Internet/e-mail/home automation/household information all through one wire--the beautiful blue cable--the all powerful network. For some of us, it's already here. For others it's a dream. For the rest--they have no idea the wonders we bring.
Yeah, but when you wash it, will you loose CMOS?
My company is too cheap to buy these geek seats. I'm using a chair that looks like it's fromold WWII Army surplus. It's like a tank though--heavy and strong. I like it. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
I do a lot of reading in bed. My PC is at the other end of the house. Naturally, the bed and the PC don't go weel together. I wonder if you've considered the palm DOC format or ISilo format? These formats, especially DOC, allow documents to be loaded on a PDA like the Palm platform or Pocket PC platform. These platforms are much friendlier in bed and make your document much more accessible(? OK--I can't spell!).
I've been developing a router for X10 that routes X10 commands over an ethernet network. With touchscreen systems throughout the house, it would be a great means of control for the disabled. I've given thought on integrating voice mail into the system, along with e-mail, internet, etc. The idea in the end is to integrate voice/video/data/internet/e-mail/home automation into one coherent and easy to use package. I'd gladly make the code available if you think it would help.