Whats going to go into manufacturers heads the instant that this is going to happen?
They're going to think "Hell, why should we build our cars to xyz specifications when they're never going to be allowed or able to go anywhere above abc specifications.
As soon as this happens, the engine in your car will turn into a hamster, and you'll have record times for acceleration, and figures like "0 to 100km/h in 45 seconds!" will be commonplace, simply because the manufacturers tell their engineers to save money by only designing to go to 105 km/h, not anywhere higher.
And the worst part of this is that brakes will go to crap too, because the companies will know what sort of speeds you're going at. Bad Brakes is Bad Brakes, you know.
In short, this opens up a can of worms that manufacturers will abuse to make manufacturing cheaper and our safety as bad if not worse than ever.
Well, not for the My Computer Idea - but take a look at the tasklist - it seems to indicate that there are 8 Internet Explorer Windows Running, but they only take one slot up! Great! Personally, when you have a lot of windows of the same task open (generally netscape, emacs, etc) - You don't want clutter. Lets steal this feature before MS even comes out with it!
Ok, thats my 5 cents. (which is about 2 Cents USD)
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They're going to think "Hell, why should we build our cars to xyz specifications when they're never going to be allowed or able to go anywhere above abc specifications.
As soon as this happens, the engine in your car will turn into a hamster, and you'll have record times for acceleration, and figures like "0 to 100km/h in 45 seconds!" will be commonplace, simply because the manufacturers tell their engineers to save money by only designing to go to 105 km/h, not anywhere higher.
And the worst part of this is that brakes will go to crap too, because the companies will know what sort of speeds you're going at. Bad Brakes is Bad Brakes, you know.
In short, this opens up a can of worms that manufacturers will abuse to make manufacturing cheaper and our safety as bad if not worse than ever.
Well, not for the My Computer Idea - but take a look at the tasklist - it seems to indicate that there are 8 Internet Explorer Windows Running, but they only take one slot up! Great! Personally, when you have a lot of windows of the same task open (generally netscape, emacs, etc) - You don't want clutter. Lets steal this feature before MS even comes out with it!
Ok, thats my 5 cents. (which is about 2 Cents USD)