I find the Win2k/Linux page on Microsoft pretty humerous. With all the faults (of Linux) they mention they seem to presume that you actually want to run Win2k *and* Linux.
While you can use a multimeter, test light, or such to retrieve the codes from the onboard computer, another way to do this is with a number of 'computer code retrievers' on the market.
I saw some devices mentioned above that do this job (and probably alot more judging from the pricetags), but if you want just a device that spits out the code, this would be your thing. Usually they come with a book/papers that tell you what each code means (lean oxygen sensor, bad fuel sylenoid, etc). This box, roughly the size of a TI graphing calculator (but not nearly as good a display, if one at all) has a cable interface/wires coming off it that you hook into the computer system. I know on my dad's Oldmobile station wagon (ha!) you plugged into the computer through a wire harness in the glove compartment. On my Ford Tempo I believe you hook up through a wire harness that is under the hood. So it'll vary, but should be easy enough to find, heck the book that comes with the decoder device will probably give you an idea of where it plugs in.
I tried to find a link to one on the web, but could not unfortunately. However I know Wal-Mart, Napa Auto Parts, Autozone, and several other auto parts dealers carry these devices. I'm sure if you looked around or asked someone in their store they would know what your talking about. I know one in particular that works on both GM and Ford cars. They cost about $25-$40 depending on the brand and probably some of the bells and whistles.
If you already have a multimeter and can get the probes onto the right pins to get the code, I would say just go that route.
I agree wholeheartedly.. client side or server side.. censorship will not work. There will always be a way to 'get around the system.' (Hey thats what some people live for, right?) More advanced technology (at least not alone, maybe not at all) can not solve something like this..
Why does COPA (claim) want such strict censorship out there? To protect children.. I believe we saw that fact stressed several times in the report from Waldo. Do I want my children to be protected (when my wife and I choose to have them) from some things on the Internet? Yeah, I do, but censorship is not the answer.
Lets go back to basics.. parents watch your kids! Know where your children are, know what they are doing. I'm not saying watch them like a hawk.. but simply parents being a part of a child's life is a big step in the right dirrection. What do I do if my kid surfs on to a site that shows how to make this 'awesome bomb'? Talk to them about it, thats what. Do I block them from looking at, am I afraid that they are going to blow up their school? No.. I would have hoped to have taught them better and to have been a better example them to do something like that. Are there exceptions? Yes, but we're talking about the situation generally, as a whole. If a child surfs onto a 'nudy site' talk to them about it, if you don't want your child going to such a site, talk to them about it, why you don't want them to do that, why they shouldn't if you feel so.
It all goes back to open communication lines and trust.. which is something unfortunately our society has diverged from majorly, especially with our own families/parental units.. once you have open communications between parents and children a trust forms, parents dont have to worry as much about their children looking at 'bad stuff' on the 'net, cause they know they can talk about it.
And like I said before.. parents watch your kids! You can't depend on some 'chip' or 'software' to baby sit for you. That's a huge contributing factor to the gap between families today.. trying to have some one or some thing watch your kids for you, all the time.
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Couldn't some of the same arguments about anonymous information be said about the Internet as a whole?
"Hi all - the ABM, a proposed solution to spam first posted to /."
Dang, don't we have enough people spamming first posted as it is? Now they are going for FTC backing and a fancy acronym!
And to think, at first I thought the headline was referring to toilets.. now THAT would be cool!
I find the Win2k/Linux page on Microsoft pretty humerous. With all the faults (of Linux) they mention they seem to presume that you actually want to run Win2k *and* Linux.
Mom: "Matthew! How many times have we told you?? Don't go over to Timmy's house, he's a bad influence!"
Kid: "But, but.."
Mom: "No excuses, we have the video surveillance and the GPS data to prove it. You're grounded!"
*Mom rips off speakers and game console arm, just like the borg her son has become*
Kid: "NooOOoOoOOoOoOoo!!! I've been cut off from the collective! Make the voices come back, Mommy!"
It's bad enough having to delete spam out of email but off of my answering machine too!?
Good grief Charlie Brown, you've been spammed! Bruce
I saw some devices mentioned above that do this job (and probably alot more judging from the pricetags), but if you want just a device that spits out the code, this would be your thing. Usually they come with a book/papers that tell you what each code means (lean oxygen sensor, bad fuel sylenoid, etc). This box, roughly the size of a TI graphing calculator (but not nearly as good a display, if one at all) has a cable interface/wires coming off it that you hook into the computer system. I know on my dad's Oldmobile station wagon (ha!) you plugged into the computer through a wire harness in the glove compartment. On my Ford Tempo I believe you hook up through a wire harness that is under the hood. So it'll vary, but should be easy enough to find, heck the book that comes with the decoder device will probably give you an idea of where it plugs in.
I tried to find a link to one on the web, but could not unfortunately. However I know Wal-Mart, Napa Auto Parts, Autozone, and several other auto parts dealers carry these devices. I'm sure if you looked around or asked someone in their store they would know what your talking about. I know one in particular that works on both GM and Ford cars. They cost about $25-$40 depending on the brand and probably some of the bells and whistles.
If you already have a multimeter and can get the probes onto the right pins to get the code, I would say just go that route.
Bruce
I agree wholeheartedly.. client side or server side.. censorship will not work. There will always be a way to 'get around the system.' (Hey thats what some people live for, right?) More advanced technology (at least not alone, maybe not at all) can not solve something like this..
Why does COPA (claim) want such strict censorship out there? To protect children.. I believe we saw that fact stressed several times in the report from Waldo. Do I want my children to be protected (when my wife and I choose to have them) from some things on the Internet? Yeah, I do, but censorship is not the answer.
Lets go back to basics.. parents watch your kids! Know where your children are, know what they are doing. I'm not saying watch them like a hawk.. but simply parents being a part of a child's life is a big step in the right dirrection. What do I do if my kid surfs on to a site that shows how to make this 'awesome bomb'? Talk to them about it, thats what. Do I block them from looking at, am I afraid that they are going to blow up their school? No.. I would have hoped to have taught them better and to have been a better example them to do something like that. Are there exceptions? Yes, but we're talking about the situation generally, as a whole. If a child surfs onto a 'nudy site' talk to them about it, if you don't want your child going to such a site, talk to them about it, why you don't want them to do that, why they shouldn't if you feel so.
It all goes back to open communication lines and trust.. which is something unfortunately our society has diverged from majorly, especially with our own families/parental units.. once you have open communications between parents and children a trust forms, parents dont have to worry as much about their children looking at 'bad stuff' on the 'net, cause they know they can talk about it.
And like I said before.. parents watch your kids! You can't depend on some 'chip' or 'software' to baby sit for you. That's a huge contributing factor to the gap between families today.. trying to have some one or some thing watch your kids for you, all the time.
Bruce