256K UP. Frankly I'd like a little more upside bandwidth. I would LOVE to be able to setup a small FPS gaming server but the low bandwidth going up prevents many of the interesting games from being played. I have IDSL also because my cable company won't allow hosting of content either - that sux. IDSL is only 144K and while it can do some VOIP stuff it's not enough for FPS games either. I would GLADLY pay extra for the bandwidth I desire but COMCAST says no such plans exist...
Last LAN part was a PITA with a full sized tower - not any more! That machine is gone replaced by an XPC with integrated everything and a 9700 Pro for video. What a relief!
I've just now built another XPC for my girlfriend and will be replacing 2 file servers and an MP3 jukebox with my next one. If I run out of storage an external Firewire RAID enclosure off of Ebay will do me fine. That machine will be burning DVD too - power to spare.
Doing all of this is going to lower the heatload in my home office, hopefully lower power bills, and provide faster machines all across the board. At this point in time I see NO reason to purchase another full sized machine. If a specific application comes up where I need something bigger I've got about 5 extra shells laying around in the boneyard I can use but there's going to have to be a VERY good reason to deploy one!
As it stands now the XPCs do it all, I've yet to see a single argument for not using one other than the "mine's bigger" argument. Hell, I've even overclocked one of mine and have YET to get it to overheat. I just keep turning the FSB up and it just keeps going - Distributed.net's client gives it a good workout too. This sure beats that full tower with 5 fans in it!:-O
DealDatabase forums has info about this. Are you SURE you've not simply grabbed a 1.0 NIC? There's a Linksys NIC that's 2.0 that is being used by many. Sleeper's ISO has the correct drivers for it...
Read the forums - a VERY good reason for images was posted by a user who's modem went South. He could no longer receive normal software updates or Guide info so he hacked it to use the 'net for Guide. DTV upgraded the TIVO software such that his box no longer functioned correctly and his ONLY upgrade path was to use an image. Anyone want to guess how many S1 modems went bad?
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php ?s =&threadid=30214&postid=133335 Look for Sirket's posting.
Sure it is! I'm about to buy one and do it myself actually. In fact I'd say it's easier since it has USB 2.0 ports on it. Linksys USB 2 NIC, Sleeper's ISO, some cabling, MS_FTP or Tytool and you're in business extracting video. If it weren't for this capability I wouldn't be about to buy one - and with this latest action I'm not sure I will!
The AVSForum bans people who talk about extraction but the DealDatabase forum makes it a common topic with LOTS of talented help and tons of FAQs. It's not hard and the community rox;-)
You mean the 921 PVR that was supposed to be released by DISH a YEAR ago? the one that was supposed to be out this year in time for Christmas? The one that just got pushed back AGAIN until mid Spring to Summer? Or perhaps the 2 tuner 522 box they FINALLY got out the door - that is so stupid if you schedule to record 2 shows at the same time YOU must tell it what tuner to use for each show because it's too stupid to know how to use the dual tuners to resolve conflicts? http://satelliteguys.us just reviewed that one and it started out sounding good - then sucked! DISH has never delivered on their promises and continues to piss me off. If you're an existing DISH user they will only sell you old hardware or new stuff for a million bux, I've had it.
It is for these reasons that I'm looking to sitch to DTV and get a DTIVO. Supposed to get one tonight - dammit!
I've been researching switching from DISH\ReplayTV for about 3 weeks now. Ever since I found out that the S2 DTIVOs had been hacked enough to allow extraction of video and DISH pushed back release of their 921 unit (for who knows HOW long!) I've been looking. DISH has pissed me off for the last time - none of their PVRs are halfway decent and my replay is a Kludge. The DTIVO dual tuner units are supposed to be WAY better. Now this. I'm supposed to pickup an S2 DTIVO tonight that's not RID chipped, it was cheap too. Now I'm not so sure I wish to give DTV my business but there's nothing better out there. If they begin going after the folks who have been hacking their boxes I will drop their service like a hot potato - the hackability of the boxes is WHY I wanted one! What will they be doing next? This SUX!
Dealdatabase.com is a VERY good resource. The AVS video forums are decent but mention extraction and you're banned. Tystudio and Tytool allow extraction but not as easily as the ReplayTV tools. Dual tuners and better scheduling, THAT is what I wanted. Really pisses me off that yet another company is sticking their head up their ass to ruin a good user community.
Sincer you've bought one perhaps you can answer this please... On the front page it says:
Its 20GB* drive can carry over 5,000 songs**.
Drive implies to me that it has a small HD inside ala iPOD. But in the detailed specs it says:
All of the player's storage and playback happens on the circuits of electronic chips. There are no moving parts to skip, break down, or collect dust, as with traditional portable players.
So is it solid state or not? If it's solid state I'm WAY excited but if it's a HD I'm less excited. The iPOD is pretty sweet and at $349 (did you find it cheaper?) this is fairly close to the iPOD's price. A HD inside would put the iPOD ahead of this one simply because it's a known quantity and there's nothing too innovative other than OGG. Since every piece of music I've got, well over 130GIG(!), is in MP3 I don't see myself switching anytime soon. OGG buys me nothing right now even if it might be argued that it's better....
I liked it too and don't even recall what replaced it . It wasn't a perfect show but I thought it had potential. A shame it was shot down after just a few shows.:-(
I seem to recall that it had some sort of immersive technology and that he crashed one and could feel it burning his hands or somesuch when it was destroyed? WOW, been a looooong time since I read that and now that you've mentioned it I remember it well although not the title or character names. Scary!
But also kind of cool - if an immersive headset were built for even a largish kind of flying toy I'd think it would be pretty cool! The micro helicopter review linked\mentioned above made for a good read and is certainly much closer to consumer reality...
Engine RPMs and load which can be measured either via a pressure sensor or some form of mass airflow sensor is used to calculate fuel pulse. Thorttle position can also come into play depending upon how it's been setup. NO system I'm aware of must have vehicle speed in order to calculate fuel flow - that's incorrect. Speed of vehicle doesn't change fuel requirements - wind resistance simply causes engine load to increase.
Some EMS monitor vehicle speed and use it to limit speed but only due to the number of liability lawsuits that have occured. Far be it for a Camaro to be able to exceed the speed rating of it's tires for instance.
What's interesting is that things like steering angle and brake application are listed as things recorded. These data points are NOT required for the engine to operate. An argument could be made to monitor brake application because it usually draws some engine vac and power steering can apply additional load but both of those loads can be compensated for without using the EMS to do it. ABS isn't in the engine controller usually nor the cruise control, it's usually a standalone ECU module for these functions.
For awhile now manufacturers have been making their EMS more and more omnipotent over vehicle operation - something I'm not a fan of. One single point of failure in a part that's not user servicable could be quite costly. Some vehicle dealers won't sell you an EMS these days without allowing them to do the work - seems odo information is now stored in them!
No thanks! My OEM EMS was too limited for the performance work I decided to do and has been removed\replaced with something I can control myself....
Lawyers asking to have this tossed out have pointed out a decent percentage of cases where the data retrieval was damaged. In addition loss of traction could make the VSS think the car was going faster than it's actual over the road speed. Swapping tires little error) or swapping gears (potentially big error) can change the recording of the VSS too.
My point is that the data, just like radar guns today, will be taken as gospel by the tech illiterate judicial system even if you explain to them the many reason s why it could be full of shit...
But there's at least one case where linking being some sort of violation was held up in court I'm afraid. The DeCSS linking done by 2600 was found in violation and even held up under at least one appeal. Unfortunatly I think they finally ran out of energy to pursue it and left it at that rather than trying to go further fighting it. I hope that you don't run into that same problem and support your posting of their memos...
A PITA to read the Salon article with their trial subscription B.S. but it was a pretty interesting read. The article seemed to jive with what I know about Access and how security can be cirumvented on it's databases. It's pretty shocking information that they're hooking any part of this to the 'net with what amounts to a 2-way path into the data source. I hope to hell that this does indeed get picked up by the more mainstream press and that it's inclusion here on Slashdot helps.
It's nice that you stopped by to post too, your personal comments on what has been going on are insightful and valuable - thank you! Had I mod points this would be top of my list to mod up.
The woman's skin peeled away with her clothing when it was removed. Perhaps not charred and blackened but pretty damned screwed up!
As to the damages - she sued for MEDICAL EXPENSES and the jury went above and beyond. She stated herself that she was shocked at the award and it was later reduced. Note that she attempted to settle with them before suing - she simply wanted her medical expenses taken care of and they refused.
Yes, she should have assumed the liquid was hot but the people serving it out of a window also should have realized that the person they were handing it too might spill it and it should NOT have been so hot as to burn her that badly. No school I'm aware of teaches children that 200 degree liquids is just right for anything edible - get real.
A local takeout place in my area used to hand out hot tea that was so hot it was still undrinkable after an hour's long drive. So hot that it came with two cups AND a damned insulator thing for your hand. Obviously they knew it was scalding hot! After encountering this twice I stopped going there as my complaints fell on deaf ears. I'd sooner juggle a grenade in my car than deal with that - it's an accident waiting to happen. Why would a place hand out something liek this knowing that the person they were giving it too might spill it?
The Shatter exploit is alive and well - NGSSoftware has some VERY interesting code for excercising it on WIN32, Microsoft will likely be unable to patch this without having to extend WIN32 APIs (recompile your apps) or change the architecture of Windows. Mind you that's what was stated when this all first released last year too and tey simply patched a few sysem calls - it's cat and mouse that they cannot win I'm afraid. This was handily demonstrated in 'Vegas just recently at Black Hat.
Anyway, it seems that it's going to be possible to do this in WIN2K3 too. It will be harder due to the "canaries" that Microsoft has instituted in the stack to detect overflows but the speaker had some pretty interestin ideas on getting around it and I believe it's been done. The code to exlpoit WIN2K and XP was released BTW, I'm not sure if they've rleased th code for 2K3 but it's coming and certainly enough info was handed out that smarter people in the audience could probably code it up given some time.
to be fair - this was NOT a remote exploit but it was a terrific way of comprimising the UI (much security relies on simply graying out buttons it seems) and to escalate privliges. If you've never seen an Explorer desktop AND the Login box at the same time you really missed a treat;-)
It's easier than that DCOMCNFG, click on the "Default Properties" Tab (WIN2K), and then uncheck the box that says "Enable Distributed COM On This Machine". TaDa - no more DCOM issues patch or not:-) XP has a similiar dialog with th esame executable name but I'm not sure where in the dialog the checkbox is located...
Considering that when the patch was released there was NO "live attack" in the field then you had plenty of time to test and evaluate things - that's what corporate IT people do for a living. Or alternately you could do what I did and simply turn off DCOM until you could better evaluate the patch through other's experiences.
Oh, the DirectX thing has been out even longer. No exploit I'm aware of but yes I patched that one and game framerates have increased slightly. It apparently does more than just patch the vulnerability - it's an upgrade.
P.S. Honestly it's NOT the worm that I worry abut. It's the half dozen exploits on PacketStorm that give an attacker a remote command shell on the target system. Once I've got a command shell on your system I add a few accounts, download a little data, and you're toast even if you update your system. THAT is what worries me most...
More detail on these cards and the firmware please!:-) I was there but unfrotunatly didn;t know about this - all the vendors had were pretty crappy 802.11 cards from what I could see:-( A few years ago I had a shot at a VERY nice card but was too stupid at the time to pick it up.
Umm, GPS. Would you REALLY want someone pointing a laser at you powerful enough to span 30+ miles and attempting to hit a little target for the measuring device? the slightest movement and it would be way off target hitting who knows what. GPS works much better for this.
Oh, and it POURED rain earlier in the week during Black Hat. The lunch tent was flooding and all the little cutie towel girls at Ceasers were running people back and forth with umbrellas - did they really think we'd melt?! The locals seemed to be pretty amazed, seems it seldom rains. People in the hotel reported that the storm was comnig with multiple lightning strikes visible from the thundercloud as it rolled in. Pretty wild to watch!
I run an aftermarket ECU in my car. I spend a great deal of time tuning and monitoring what's going on in my car - doing this with a laptop in the passenger seat SUX and also requires too much of my attention. I'm often reduced to datalogging and then perusing the logs to see what went on. This particular ECU, made by AEM, also allows me to create CUSTOM DASHBOARDS. I can create all sorts of nifty graphic gauges to monitor any of about 100+ different things going on with the car. Again, displaying these on the laptop SUX.
I have a mostly empty DIN slot in my dash with an Alpine MP3 player above it. This box is indeed attractive but the CPU a tad slow. Their other machine is MUCH more interesting to me, faster too. However the big problem is still the darned display. Flip out LCDs can be a PITA - they get in the way of other important controls. While I could certainly use a box like this in my case, to monitor things if nothing else, placing a display somewhere that wouldn't be in the way is still the biggest problem. The only really good space I've got in my car is over the passenger side airbag which is both too far away and is a safety device I'd prefer to retain.
I guess we'll see - I'm looking hard at their other box but I'm just not sure abou the display. Their displays cost BIG bux too - ouchie! I could care less about playing DVDs in the car (helloo, I'm DRIVING) and I've already got an MP3 player. Just something to dislpay ECU parameters and record data would be way cool.
Oh, and in my particular case Windows is a must as this software I need to run only runs on WIN32 platforms..
P.S. Anyone know how this thing acts when power is removed? Does it send a signal to the OS or must we remember to shut it down each time as well as turn it on? That would kind of suck...
But overall a pretty good review. First I'd ever heard of Click n' Run but it would seem to take care of one of THE biggest issues newbies have with Linux - aka "How the BLAST do I install something?! Compile?! Wazzat'?". I don;t think lack of the VPN should've gotten dinged as much as it did - most folks on the Mom level aren't using VPN anyway....
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256K UP. Frankly I'd like a little more upside bandwidth. I would LOVE to be able to setup a small FPS gaming server but the low bandwidth going up prevents many of the interesting games from being played. I have IDSL also because my cable company won't allow hosting of content either - that sux. IDSL is only 144K and while it can do some VOIP stuff it's not enough for FPS games either. I would GLADLY pay extra for the bandwidth I desire but COMCAST says no such plans exist...
Last LAN part was a PITA with a full sized tower - not any more! That machine is gone replaced by an XPC with integrated everything and a 9700 Pro for video. What a relief!
:-O
I've just now built another XPC for my girlfriend and will be replacing 2 file servers and an MP3 jukebox with my next one. If I run out of storage an external Firewire RAID enclosure off of Ebay will do me fine. That machine will be burning DVD too - power to spare.
Doing all of this is going to lower the heatload in my home office, hopefully lower power bills, and provide faster machines all across the board. At this point in time I see NO reason to purchase another full sized machine. If a specific application comes up where I need something bigger I've got about 5 extra shells laying around in the boneyard I can use but there's going to have to be a VERY good reason to deploy one!
As it stands now the XPCs do it all, I've yet to see a single argument for not using one other than the "mine's bigger" argument. Hell, I've even overclocked one of mine and have YET to get it to overheat. I just keep turning the FSB up and it just keeps going - Distributed.net's client gives it a good workout too. This sure beats that full tower with 5 fans in it!
Gosh thanks for that - I'm leaving to puke now damn you!
I think I'd have preferred Goatse - gack!
DealDatabase forums has info about this. Are you SURE you've not simply grabbed a 1.0 NIC? There's a Linksys NIC that's 2.0 that is being used by many. Sleeper's ISO has the correct drivers for it...
Read the forums - a VERY good reason for images was posted by a user who's modem went South. He could no longer receive normal software updates or Guide info so he hacked it to use the 'net for Guide. DTV upgraded the TIVO software such that his box no longer functioned correctly and his ONLY upgrade path was to use an image. Anyone want to guess how many S1 modems went bad?
p ?s =&threadid=30214&postid=133335 Look for Sirket's posting.
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.ph
Sure it is! I'm about to buy one and do it myself actually. In fact I'd say it's easier since it has USB 2.0 ports on it. Linksys USB 2 NIC, Sleeper's ISO, some cabling, MS_FTP or Tytool and you're in business extracting video. If it weren't for this capability I wouldn't be about to buy one - and with this latest action I'm not sure I will!
;-)
The AVSForum bans people who talk about extraction but the DealDatabase forum makes it a common topic with LOTS of talented help and tons of FAQs. It's not hard and the community rox
You mean the 921 PVR that was supposed to be released by DISH a YEAR ago? the one that was supposed to be out this year in time for Christmas? The one that just got pushed back AGAIN until mid Spring to Summer? Or perhaps the 2 tuner 522 box they FINALLY got out the door - that is so stupid if you schedule to record 2 shows at the same time YOU must tell it what tuner to use for each show because it's too stupid to know how to use the dual tuners to resolve conflicts? http://satelliteguys.us just reviewed that one and it started out sounding good - then sucked! DISH has never delivered on their promises and continues to piss me off. If you're an existing DISH user they will only sell you old hardware or new stuff for a million bux, I've had it.
It is for these reasons that I'm looking to sitch to DTV and get a DTIVO. Supposed to get one tonight - dammit!
I've been researching switching from DISH\ReplayTV for about 3 weeks now. Ever since I found out that the S2 DTIVOs had been hacked enough to allow extraction of video and DISH pushed back release of their 921 unit (for who knows HOW long!) I've been looking. DISH has pissed me off for the last time - none of their PVRs are halfway decent and my replay is a Kludge. The DTIVO dual tuner units are supposed to be WAY better. Now this. I'm supposed to pickup an S2 DTIVO tonight that's not RID chipped, it was cheap too. Now I'm not so sure I wish to give DTV my business but there's nothing better out there. If they begin going after the folks who have been hacking their boxes I will drop their service like a hot potato - the hackability of the boxes is WHY I wanted one! What will they be doing next? This SUX!
Dealdatabase.com is a VERY good resource. The AVS video forums are decent but mention extraction and you're banned. Tystudio and Tytool allow extraction but not as easily as the ReplayTV tools. Dual tuners and better scheduling, THAT is what I wanted. Really pisses me off that yet another company is sticking their head up their ass to ruin a good user community.
Drive implies to me that it has a small HD inside ala iPOD. But in the detailed specs it says:
So is it solid state or not? If it's solid state I'm WAY excited but if it's a HD I'm less excited. The iPOD is pretty sweet and at $349 (did you find it cheaper?) this is fairly close to the iPOD's price. A HD inside would put the iPOD ahead of this one simply because it's a known quantity and there's nothing too innovative other than OGG. Since every piece of music I've got, well over 130GIG(!), is in MP3 I don't see myself switching anytime soon. OGG buys me nothing right now even if it might be argued that it's better....
I liked it too and don't even recall what replaced it . It wasn't a perfect show but I thought it had potential. A shame it was shot down after just a few shows. :-(
I seem to recall that it had some sort of immersive technology and that he crashed one and could feel it burning his hands or somesuch when it was destroyed? WOW, been a looooong time since I read that and now that you've mentioned it I remember it well although not the title or character names. Scary!
But also kind of cool - if an immersive headset were built for even a largish kind of flying toy I'd think it would be pretty cool! The micro helicopter review linked\mentioned above made for a good read and is certainly much closer to consumer reality...
geez, no blank comments allowed?
Engine RPMs and load which can be measured either via a pressure sensor or some form of mass airflow sensor is used to calculate fuel pulse. Thorttle position can also come into play depending upon how it's been setup. NO system I'm aware of must have vehicle speed in order to calculate fuel flow - that's incorrect. Speed of vehicle doesn't change fuel requirements - wind resistance simply causes engine load to increase.
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Some EMS monitor vehicle speed and use it to limit speed but only due to the number of liability lawsuits that have occured. Far be it for a Camaro to be able to exceed the speed rating of it's tires for instance
What's interesting is that things like steering angle and brake application are listed as things recorded. These data points are NOT required for the engine to operate. An argument could be made to monitor brake application because it usually draws some engine vac and power steering can apply additional load but both of those loads can be compensated for without using the EMS to do it. ABS isn't in the engine controller usually nor the cruise control, it's usually a standalone ECU module for these functions.
For awhile now manufacturers have been making their EMS more and more omnipotent over vehicle operation - something I'm not a fan of. One single point of failure in a part that's not user servicable could be quite costly. Some vehicle dealers won't sell you an EMS these days without allowing them to do the work - seems odo information is now stored in them!
No thanks! My OEM EMS was too limited for the performance work I decided to do and has been removed\replaced with something I can control myself....
Lawyers asking to have this tossed out have pointed out a decent percentage of cases where the data retrieval was damaged. In addition loss of traction could make the VSS think the car was going faster than it's actual over the road speed. Swapping tires little error) or swapping gears (potentially big error) can change the recording of the VSS too.
My point is that the data, just like radar guns today, will be taken as gospel by the tech illiterate judicial system even if you explain to them the many reason s why it could be full of shit...
But there's at least one case where linking being some sort of violation was held up in court I'm afraid. The DeCSS linking done by 2600 was found in violation and even held up under at least one appeal. Unfortunatly I think they finally ran out of energy to pursue it and left it at that rather than trying to go further fighting it. I hope that you don't run into that same problem and support your posting of their memos...
A PITA to read the Salon article with their trial subscription B.S. but it was a pretty interesting read. The article seemed to jive with what I know about Access and how security can be cirumvented on it's databases. It's pretty shocking information that they're hooking any part of this to the 'net with what amounts to a 2-way path into the data source. I hope to hell that this does indeed get picked up by the more mainstream press and that it's inclusion here on Slashdot helps.
It's nice that you stopped by to post too, your personal comments on what has been going on are insightful and valuable - thank you! Had I mod points this would be top of my list to mod up.
The woman's skin peeled away with her clothing when it was removed. Perhaps not charred and blackened but pretty damned screwed up!
As to the damages - she sued for MEDICAL EXPENSES and the jury went above and beyond. She stated herself that she was shocked at the award and it was later reduced. Note that she attempted to settle with them before suing - she simply wanted her medical expenses taken care of and they refused.
Yes, she should have assumed the liquid was hot but the people serving it out of a window also should have realized that the person they were handing it too might spill it and it should NOT have been so hot as to burn her that badly. No school I'm aware of teaches children that 200 degree liquids is just right for anything edible - get real.
A local takeout place in my area used to hand out hot tea that was so hot it was still undrinkable after an hour's long drive. So hot that it came with two cups AND a damned insulator thing for your hand. Obviously they knew it was scalding hot! After encountering this twice I stopped going there as my complaints fell on deaf ears. I'd sooner juggle a grenade in my car than deal with that - it's an accident waiting to happen. Why would a place hand out something liek this knowing that the person they were giving it too might spill it?
The Shatter exploit is alive and well - NGSSoftware has some VERY interesting code for excercising it on WIN32, Microsoft will likely be unable to patch this without having to extend WIN32 APIs (recompile your apps) or change the architecture of Windows. Mind you that's what was stated when this all first released last year too and tey simply patched a few sysem calls - it's cat and mouse that they cannot win I'm afraid. This was handily demonstrated in 'Vegas just recently at Black Hat.
;-)
Anyway, it seems that it's going to be possible to do this in WIN2K3 too. It will be harder due to the "canaries" that Microsoft has instituted in the stack to detect overflows but the speaker had some pretty interestin ideas on getting around it and I believe it's been done. The code to exlpoit WIN2K and XP was released BTW, I'm not sure if they've rleased th code for 2K3 but it's coming and certainly enough info was handed out that smarter people in the audience could probably code it up given some time.
to be fair - this was NOT a remote exploit but it was a terrific way of comprimising the UI (much security relies on simply graying out buttons it seems) and to escalate privliges. If you've never seen an Explorer desktop AND the Login box at the same time you really missed a treat
It's easier than that DCOMCNFG, click on the "Default Properties" Tab (WIN2K), and then uncheck the box that says "Enable Distributed COM On This Machine". TaDa - no more DCOM issues patch or not :-) XP has a similiar dialog with th esame executable name but I'm not sure where in the dialog the checkbox is located...
Considering that when the patch was released there was NO "live attack" in the field then you had plenty of time to test and evaluate things - that's what corporate IT people do for a living. Or alternately you could do what I did and simply turn off DCOM until you could better evaluate the patch through other's experiences .
Oh, the DirectX thing has been out even longer. No exploit I'm aware of but yes I patched that one and game framerates have increased slightly. It apparently does more than just patch the vulnerability - it's an upgrade.
P.S. Honestly it's NOT the worm that I worry abut. It's the half dozen exploits on PacketStorm that give an attacker a remote command shell on the target system. Once I've got a command shell on your system I add a few accounts, download a little data, and you're toast even if you update your system. THAT is what worries me most...
More detail on these cards and the firmware please! :-) I was there but unfrotunatly didn;t know about this - all the vendors had were pretty crappy 802.11 cards from what I could see :-( A few years ago I had a shot at a VERY nice card but was too stupid at the time to pick it up.
Umm, GPS. Would you REALLY want someone pointing a laser at you powerful enough to span 30+ miles and attempting to hit a little target for the measuring device? the slightest movement and it would be way off target hitting who knows what. GPS works much better for this.
Oh, and it POURED rain earlier in the week during Black Hat. The lunch tent was flooding and all the little cutie towel girls at Ceasers were running people back and forth with umbrellas - did they really think we'd melt?! The locals seemed to be pretty amazed, seems it seldom rains. People in the hotel reported that the storm was comnig with multiple lightning strikes visible from the thundercloud as it rolled in. Pretty wild to watch!
I run an aftermarket ECU in my car. I spend a great deal of time tuning and monitoring what's going on in my car - doing this with a laptop in the passenger seat SUX and also requires too much of my attention. I'm often reduced to datalogging and then perusing the logs to see what went on. This particular ECU, made by AEM, also allows me to create CUSTOM DASHBOARDS. I can create all sorts of nifty graphic gauges to monitor any of about 100+ different things going on with the car. Again, displaying these on the laptop SUX.
.
I have a mostly empty DIN slot in my dash with an Alpine MP3 player above it. This box is indeed attractive but the CPU a tad slow. Their other machine is MUCH more interesting to me, faster too. However the big problem is still the darned display. Flip out LCDs can be a PITA - they get in the way of other important controls. While I could certainly use a box like this in my case, to monitor things if nothing else, placing a display somewhere that wouldn't be in the way is still the biggest problem. The only really good space I've got in my car is over the passenger side airbag which is both too far away and is a safety device I'd prefer to retain.
I guess we'll see - I'm looking hard at their other box but I'm just not sure abou the display. Their displays cost BIG bux too - ouchie! I could care less about playing DVDs in the car (helloo, I'm DRIVING) and I've already got an MP3 player. Just something to dislpay ECU parameters and record data would be way cool.
Oh, and in my particular case Windows is a must as this software I need to run only runs on WIN32 platforms.
P.S. Anyone know how this thing acts when power is removed? Does it send a signal to the OS or must we remember to shut it down each time as well as turn it on? That would kind of suck...
But overall a pretty good review. First I'd ever heard of Click n' Run but it would seem to take care of one of THE biggest issues newbies have with Linux - aka "How the BLAST do I install something?! Compile?! Wazzat'?". I don;t think lack of the VPN should've gotten dinged as much as it did - most folks on the Mom level aren't using VPN anyway....
Sure they do, there are several of them running at my corporate Hq. Granted they're rack mount servers and not desktop systems but yes they DO exist.