My friend, if I've got a swarm of people with Vaseline and ski masks at the ready, we're probably not going to be too concerned about going outside to screw up CCTV cameras.;)
Most agreed, devers. and this town is very oriented towards tech, for the South. The University of Arkansas is one of the fastest-growing universities in the area, with many accolades given to its engineering and business departments every year.
Support the Northwest Arkansas Secession Movement!;)
A while back, I needed rack specs, and had a bitch of a time finding them, so after I found them, I whipped up some layouts. Here's a PNG showing dimensions for everything; it'll render at true size on 72dpi monitors.
I believe he's talking abuse as in somebody coming by and downloading a bunch of child porn and making threats on government officials' lives, not excessive leeching.
but your point that radios chouldn't slide out in seconds for safety reasons have been proven wrong.
No, my point stands. The fact that some people will sacrifice secure mounting for convenience doesn't invalidate the point that it could come loose and smack you in the head.
Yes, there is. There isn't a standard capacity, but the interface is standard (IDE) and the form factor is too (3.5" drive slot)
Really? Explain the full-height 5.25" SCSI drive in my server, the 20mb half-height 5.25" ESDI drive in my old IBM XT, the 9mm thick 2.5" laptop drive in my Thinkpad, the 3.5" 1 gig SCSI drive in my Powermac, and the 1.8" drive in my friend's iPod.
'Oh, sure, but 80 percent of computers are built to take 3.5" drives', you say. Well, I'll wager that 80 percent of cars take a standard DIN stereo mount.
I think alot of people would like the ability to simply plug something into their car stereo using a standard earphone jack. I'm just saying that there should be standards for how you extend a stereo (the tape/cd changer/minidisc drive interface).
My mom doesn't want a line-in. My brother doesn't want a line-in. I do. And I have it, on my $200 Pioneer deck.
Anybody who's geeky/hackerly enough to want to pipe external audio through their car system is going to probably get an aftermarket deck, roughly half of which have RCA ins.
There is a standard SIZE (I think) but I can't just pull mine out and slide a new one in.
Yes, there is a standard DIN chassis size, and your car is a fucking moving vehicle that can at times reach speeds of 100 mph. Do you want your radio to just 'slide in and out', possibly decapitating you or smashing your chest in when you get into a headon wreck at 140mph combined speed? Cars are built a little bit more robustly than computers, and yes, screws and bolts are always needed.
I'd have to take off my dash (I assume) and get to a ton of screws. (I have a 2k Honda Oddessey).
You're perfectly right. Of course, swapping a stereo isn't supposed to be a ten-minute pull swap. It shouldn't take more than a half hour to completely take off all parts needed, and if it takes one longer than that, they shouldn't be trying to install their car stereo.
I found this out while trying to find out how to plug something into my car stereo. I wanted to plug in my iPod through a standard dual RCA stereo cable, but I can't do that without buying an aftermarket stereo.
Yeah, and I want a Firewire port for my ECU - but 99 percent of other car driver's don't. (well, maybe more people want it with my car than with average joe car)
wanting to have any controll over the chips in your car easily is a LOT to ask.
It's not a safety thing. It's an auto shop conspiracy thing. You think the car dealers WANT tuners to be able to plug in a serial cable and reprogram their fuel maps? Hell no!
A company like reprograms ECU's for turbo usage, adjusted fuel maps, improved injector capacity, etc. You'd be shocked at how crippled Japanese imports are compared to domestics.
Any idea why monitors with DVI support are more (it's digital, so in theory, it should cost less, because there's no need for a analog to digital conversion)?"
It is often a higher quality signal, and a more reliable and logical interconnect. Thus, they charge more.
And that ADC chip that converts from VGA to digital LCD-ready signals probably costs them about $0.75.
You hear that? It's the world's smallest copy of Winamp playing sad, sad pirated MP3's just for your grandma. Incidentally, WinXP comes with a rudimentary, though effective Internet Connection Firewall that takes one click to activate.
The Internet isn't pretty, it isn't clean and it isn't proper. Just because Granny can't keep up with the times and learn how to operate machinery properly doesn't mean that Microsoft's gotta bow down and de-evolve their OS even further towards the lowest common denominator.
No, but whose fault is it if you buy a pair of pants with "KICK ME" emblazoned on the backside, and you complain that people kick you all the time, even though you didn't possess the technical inclination to look on the ass for any signs, markings or invitations to random passerby?
If you are really occupying your car enough that you can't either type in ID3's on your home machine and then transfer, or hook up a $3 PS2 keyboard in the trunk or under your seat, I worry for you.
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My friend, if I've got a swarm of people with Vaseline and ski masks at the ready, we're probably not going to be too concerned about going outside to screw up CCTV cameras. ;)
Most agreed, devers. and this town is very oriented towards tech, for the South. The University of Arkansas is one of the fastest-growing universities in the area, with many accolades given to its engineering and business departments every year.
;)
Support the Northwest Arkansas Secession Movement!
A while back, I needed rack specs, and had a bitch of a time finding them, so after I found them, I whipped up some layouts. Here's a PNG showing dimensions for everything; it'll render at true size on 72dpi monitors.
;)
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I've got a 300dpi version, but no way am I posting that on Slashdot. And no, it's not rackspecs300dpi.png.
I believe he's talking abuse as in somebody coming by and downloading a bunch of child porn and making threats on government officials' lives, not excessive leeching.
Joke beats YOU to death!
Really? No catch or latch at all?
Hm. Interesting.
but your point that radios chouldn't slide out in seconds for safety reasons have been proven wrong.
No, my point stands. The fact that some people will sacrifice secure mounting for convenience doesn't invalidate the point that it could come loose and smack you in the head.
I mean there's a thriving aftermarket in higher power output accessories... why isn't there one for more efficient accessories?
Because driving 120mph around a curve is a fuck of a lot more fun than being able to drive from NY to LA and back on two tanks of gas.
Yes, there is. There isn't a standard capacity, but the interface is standard (IDE) and the form factor is too (3.5" drive slot)
Really? Explain the full-height 5.25" SCSI drive in my server, the 20mb half-height 5.25" ESDI drive in my old IBM XT, the 9mm thick 2.5" laptop drive in my Thinkpad, the 3.5" 1 gig SCSI drive in my Powermac, and the 1.8" drive in my friend's iPod.
'Oh, sure, but 80 percent of computers are built to take 3.5" drives', you say. Well, I'll wager that 80 percent of cars take a standard DIN stereo mount.
I think alot of people would like the ability to simply plug something into their car stereo using a standard earphone jack. I'm just saying that there should be standards for how you extend a stereo (the tape/cd changer/minidisc drive interface).
My mom doesn't want a line-in. My brother doesn't want a line-in. I do. And I have it, on my $200 Pioneer deck.
Anybody who's geeky/hackerly enough to want to pipe external audio through their car system is going to probably get an aftermarket deck, roughly half of which have RCA ins.
Must everything be a conspiracy?
Your sig makes this one all the more ironic.
That link in the last paragraph didn't parse. It's...
Jim Wolf Technology
Yet there is no standard stereo.
Is there a standard hard drive?
There is a standard SIZE (I think) but I can't just pull mine out and slide a new one in.
Yes, there is a standard DIN chassis size, and your car is a fucking moving vehicle that can at times reach speeds of 100 mph. Do you want your radio to just 'slide in and out', possibly decapitating you or smashing your chest in when you get into a headon wreck at 140mph combined speed? Cars are built a little bit more robustly than computers, and yes, screws and bolts are always needed.
I'd have to take off my dash (I assume) and get to a ton of screws. (I have a 2k Honda Oddessey).
You're perfectly right. Of course, swapping a stereo isn't supposed to be a ten-minute pull swap. It shouldn't take more than a half hour to completely take off all parts needed, and if it takes one longer than that, they shouldn't be trying to install their car stereo.
I found this out while trying to find out how to plug something into my car stereo. I wanted to plug in my iPod through a standard dual RCA stereo cable, but I can't do that without buying an aftermarket stereo.
Yeah, and I want a Firewire port for my ECU - but 99 percent of other car driver's don't. (well, maybe more people want it with my car than with average joe car)
wanting to have any controll over the chips in your car easily is a LOT to ask.
It's not a safety thing. It's an auto shop conspiracy thing. You think the car dealers WANT tuners to be able to plug in a serial cable and reprogram their fuel maps? Hell no!
A company like reprograms ECU's for turbo usage, adjusted fuel maps, improved injector capacity, etc. You'd be shocked at how crippled Japanese imports are compared to domestics.
Any idea why monitors with DVI support are more (it's digital, so in theory, it should cost less, because there's no need for a analog to digital conversion)?"
It is often a higher quality signal, and a more reliable and logical interconnect. Thus, they charge more.
And that ADC chip that converts from VGA to digital LCD-ready signals probably costs them about $0.75.
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You hear that? It's the world's smallest copy of Winamp playing sad, sad pirated MP3's just for your grandma. Incidentally, WinXP comes with a rudimentary, though effective Internet Connection Firewall that takes one click to activate.
The Internet isn't pretty, it isn't clean and it isn't proper. Just because Granny can't keep up with the times and learn how to operate machinery properly doesn't mean that Microsoft's gotta bow down and de-evolve their OS even further towards the lowest common denominator.
No, but whose fault is it if you buy a pair of pants with "KICK ME" emblazoned on the backside, and you complain that people kick you all the time, even though you didn't possess the technical inclination to look on the ass for any signs, markings or invitations to random passerby?
you wouldn't be such a poor fucking troll!
Suck it down, first Soviet Russia post! This one's for WIPO.
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First Soviet Russia post, bitches. Suck this one down for Michael Jackson's deformed nose!
Second post, too!
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Pourin out a 40 for WIPO....
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Note that their special color is silver; like a white screen, a sufficiently light color such that color projected on it will appear. Viola!
If you use a different color, could you get, say, a cello, or perhaps a double bass?
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Log the fuck off and drive, please.
If you are really occupying your car enough that you can't either type in ID3's on your home machine and then transfer, or hook up a $3 PS2 keyboard in the trunk or under your seat, I worry for you.