You can be hassled for not having an ID on you walking in the park. I don't know if it's a law, but I know people who have been given a hard time about it before. Then again, I'm in the military, so I'm used to carrying ID on me all the time. An idea like this doesn't bother me that much -- except for the simple fact that it gives authorities a much larger measure of control and potential to abuse. If it's not abused, it shouldn't be a problem. So it would have to have very strict guidelines on how authorities are allowed to use it.
oh yeah...;)
I remember taking water over the bow... Now that was an impressive sight from the bridge!
you've got a good point, though -- everyone is talking about how it would be too big, etc... read the article -- it would be five sections, 985 feet (approximately) which is a good 200 feet shorter than a modern day aircraft carrier... I don't think size would be a major problem.
Unfortunately this doesn't work on anything made past about 93 or 94. The automotive industry switched over from the older connector where you could short two pins on the connector and then read the pulses on the dashboard to a new system where you have to have some type of a computer to connect to the car's computers. I've been unable to find any info on this, even though I tried quite a bit -- it seems it's quite proprietary. I do believe you can buy a simple computer that's designed to do this for about 200 bucks at your local auto store -- if somebody were to get one of those and reverse it I know I'd be grateful.
you're scary... finally someone who thinks like me. The thing is, too many people underestimate the abilities of "the other side." Quite an interesting post, though -- and it makes me wonder what your background is...;)
Check out Via's home page -- I don't have the links in front of me, but to paraphrase, they said that in the future, if there was a demand, they might build in support to their motherboards. My understanding is that the two chips are pin for pin compatible, but I'm sure the bios and chipsets would have to be different.
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You can be hassled for not having an ID on you walking in the park. I don't know if it's a law, but I know people who have been given a hard time about it before. Then again, I'm in the military, so I'm used to carrying ID on me all the time. An idea like this doesn't bother me that much -- except for the simple fact that it gives authorities a much larger measure of control and potential to abuse. If it's not abused, it shouldn't be a problem. So it would have to have very strict guidelines on how authorities are allowed to use it.
oh yeah... ;)
I remember taking water over the bow... Now that was an impressive sight from the bridge!
you've got a good point, though -- everyone is talking about how it would be too big, etc... read the article -- it would be five sections, 985 feet (approximately) which is a good 200 feet shorter than a modern day aircraft carrier... I don't think size would be a major problem.
Unfortunately this doesn't work on anything made past about 93 or 94. The automotive industry switched over from the older connector where you could short two pins on the connector and then read the pulses on the dashboard to a new system where you have to have some type of a computer to connect to the car's computers. I've been unable to find any info on this, even though I tried quite a bit -- it seems it's quite proprietary. I do believe you can buy a simple computer that's designed to do this for about 200 bucks at your local auto store -- if somebody were to get one of those and reverse it I know I'd be grateful.
you're scary... finally someone who thinks like me. The thing is, too many people underestimate the abilities of "the other side." Quite an interesting post, though -- and it makes me wonder what your background is... ;)
Check out Via's home page -- I don't have the links in front of me, but to paraphrase, they said that in the future, if there was a demand, they might build in support to their motherboards. My understanding is that the two chips are pin for pin compatible, but I'm sure the bios and chipsets would have to be different.