User: chopper749

"a standard serial port"? What's that?

On: Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets

RS-232? USB? How long until USB is obsolete? It would take automakers 3-5 years minimum to switch to USB, and then another 5-10 years after that if they needed to change again. Will USB be around in 15 years?

I would think IBM will get to see it.

On: Judge Orders SCO, IBM To Produce Disputed Code

And I don't see why they couldn't disclose which line numbers we might want to glance at.

911 LOCATION, not just 911 and how will they know

On: FCC: VoIP Providers Must Provide 911 Services

your location? What if you go though a proxy? Will it be a felony if the proxy reports it's location to 911, and not your actual location?

Nuclear engineering 101, anyone?

On: MIT Open Courseware with 500 Courses

Just what the world needed! Free Nuclear Engineering classes! From the comfort of your own 3rd world country!

Sweet. I just did!

On: New Microsoft Mouse Scrolls Both Ways

IBM Mouse

I want a mouse with a joystick

On: New Microsoft Mouse Scrolls Both Ways

like my thinkpad has. I hate rolling the scroll wheel over and over again.. Why can't I just push on it????

Woah. This is deep.

On: Googling Your Way Into Hacking

Try this

Re:to paraphrase

On: Microsoft Tries a "Switch" Campaign

Yes, it's true. I like the Microsoft® Windows® XP® operating system enough to change my whole computing world around. Here's the bottom line: Windows® XP® gives me more choices and flexibility, and better compatibility with the rest of the technology world. Windows® XP® relieved my fears about switching. I can read my files, import e-mail addresses from my Palm®* to the Microsoft® Outlook® messaging and collaboration client, and keep my Web favorites. All the Mac® hardware--including my printer, broadband cable, Zip® drive, and Palm® handheld--works perfectly with my Windows®-based PC®. To my surprise, the process of switching was as easy as the marketing hype had promised. I was up and running in less than one day, Girl Scout's® honor.

Windows is only used for the displays and MP3's

On: Volvo's "Safety Car" Runs Windows 98

I worked on this car. The PC are used to manage the displays and sound system. They were only used so that the system can be modified easily. In a real car, all of the PC's would be replaced with embedded circuits.

I want a PDA that does this!

On: Linux PDA From China

eXpardable: Highly expands the application space, unceasingly promotes the individuality world which renews;