This seems to me that the parties supporting this legislation want the codes and data for non-engine related codes.
For those of you who don't know, cars made after 1996 have to be OBD-II(2) compliant. OBD stands for On-Board Diagnostics.
The OBD-II system has to monitor the same set of engine functions and some transmission functions, use the same codes and have the same connector no matter what car. A 1999 BMW will have the exact same engine diagnostic connector as 1999 Ford Escort, and the basic engine trouble codes will be the same.
The problem seems to be that repair persons and DIYers like me DEMAND more information pertaining to transmission, brake, air bag, electric seat, climate control, electronic suspension and various other modules. Hell, a lot of Fords use one module for everything called GEM (Generic Electronic Module) which control everything from windshield wipers to sprak timing.
This crap about companies wanting fuel tables or component design specs is complete crap. Anyone remember a couple of years ago when various groups wanted this type of info and the car companies used the straw argument that "giving away the entire computer code would allow people to bypass theft prevention systems." No one wanted all the codes, they wanted the non-generic codes.
It would be nice to find out why my brothers air suspension is acting up while not having to pay one hours rate so a grease monkey can hook up a scanner for 5 mins.
I don't understand Intel's undermarketing of the Pentium M. It's a great, cool running, power saving chip from what I've seen and experienced. Coupled with a power miser chipset like it is in the latptop, the M would be perfect for "Shuttle" type systems or any system aimed at people who want quiet and/or ultra low power consumption.
Warning: Anecdotal evidence and quasi-bragging ahead. For about a month, I had a 1400Mhz Pentium M in a Dell Inspiron 500m and I was surprised and pissed off at how closely this 1400Mhz chip came to my desktop's Athlon XP 2200 running at 1800 MHz
Using identical settings in GKnot, the M converted movies to Divx at nearly the same speed as my Athlon, looking at VDubs's FPS rating every now and then it seemed like the M was ~0.2-0.9 FPS slower. In the end, it took 20 minutes longer then my Athlon to work Ghostbusters II and 14 minutes longer for Blade Runner-two movies picked at random so I could get an idea of how fast it was.
Sandra 2001 benchmarks put them nearly even in the banchmarks they shared ie., the Athlon doesn't have SSE2 and the M doesn't have 3DNow!.
In defense of my Athlon, I was only using PC133 in it at the time, which Sandra benched at 1019 MB/s vs. the Inspiron's PC2100 that Sandra benched at 1200MB/s - low most likely because of the memory stealing Intel Extreme(ly) crappy video onboard. I don't know if memory speeds would have helped the divx times at all, but it woudl would be nice to test again now that I have PC2100 in my desktop-benching at 1996MB/s.
On the other hand, I was reading how AMD is bringing parts of its mobile power saving technology to some of its desktop chips. "Cool and Quiet" or something like that? Anything that will let me use quieter fans and possibly reduce my power usage is good, as is anything that allows for smaller form factors.
You forgot to mention that as video games have gotten more violent and realistic, youth crime has hit rick bottom.
Young minds need to explore death in a fantasy context, so they can control their demons. An excellent book about stuff like this is "Killing Monsters" (forgot who the author is).
Mass-production education, absent parents, junk food and junk society... these warp minds.
They've warped minds to the point that youth crime is way down, drug deaths are even rarer then they were 15 years ago, teen pregnancy is down. In fact, despite all the mind warping, all things negative teenage are down, but the same thing cannot be said for people in thier 30s and 40s-crime rate up. If you don't believe me, check out the FBI's UCR for the last 10 years.
Diversions that keep kids off the street and most likely beneficial insofar as they provide a release mechanism.
The kids who could benefit from the diversions won't use them and come from families that won't use them. The kids affected and generally forced into these diversions don't and never did need them. They just lose their ability to manage their own time and plan their own activities.
To put it succinctly: The kids are alright, in fact they're much better then anyone says.
tell me where you live and I'll coil a long copper wire around a mile-long stretch of the powerline that goes to your house and power my trailer with it. I'm sure you won't mind the higher bill from the power company in your mailbox, since I'm not stealing anything...
Unless your copper wire were somehow placed after the meter-which usually lives on the side of the house, why would the home owner see a higher bill?
Most hams who would do "public service" type stuff in an emergency have battery and/or generator backups anyhow, so the "who cares because they won't have the power in an emergency anyway" argument doesn't work here.
Why do people always say stuff like this when discussing abolishing the electoral college?
Without the winner take all system we have now, a person would have to have 100% of populations in those states votes, unlike now, where they can win just 35% and still get credited with the whole state.
Does anyone really believe that EVERY SINGLE person in either NY,CA,IL and TX would all vote for the same person and therefore override the votes of every other state in the country? Not a chance.
Abolishing the winner-take-all system of electoral votes would be a great start towards election reform.
I went online totally unrestricted and I like MILLIONS of other teens came out fine.
Restrictions are cheap and easy, helping your kids develop personal responsibility is a little harder and requires a little more resourcefulness. Guess which one has the better payoff in the end?
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This seems to me that the parties supporting this legislation want the codes and data for non-engine related codes. For those of you who don't know, cars made after 1996 have to be OBD-II(2) compliant. OBD stands for On-Board Diagnostics. The OBD-II system has to monitor the same set of engine functions and some transmission functions, use the same codes and have the same connector no matter what car. A 1999 BMW will have the exact same engine diagnostic connector as 1999 Ford Escort, and the basic engine trouble codes will be the same. The problem seems to be that repair persons and DIYers like me DEMAND more information pertaining to transmission, brake, air bag, electric seat, climate control, electronic suspension and various other modules. Hell, a lot of Fords use one module for everything called GEM (Generic Electronic Module) which control everything from windshield wipers to sprak timing. This crap about companies wanting fuel tables or component design specs is complete crap. Anyone remember a couple of years ago when various groups wanted this type of info and the car companies used the straw argument that "giving away the entire computer code would allow people to bypass theft prevention systems." No one wanted all the codes, they wanted the non-generic codes. It would be nice to find out why my brothers air suspension is acting up while not having to pay one hours rate so a grease monkey can hook up a scanner for 5 mins.
I'm Not trolling OR arguing, but I would like a little more info on the contract you talk about. Is this the T-Mobile thing?
I don't understand Intel's undermarketing of the Pentium M. It's a great, cool running, power saving chip from what I've seen and experienced.
Coupled with a power miser chipset like it is in the latptop, the M would be perfect for "Shuttle" type systems or any system aimed at people who want quiet and/or ultra low power consumption.
Warning: Anecdotal evidence and quasi-bragging ahead.
For about a month, I had a 1400Mhz Pentium M in a Dell Inspiron 500m and I was surprised and pissed off at how closely this 1400Mhz chip came to my desktop's Athlon XP 2200 running at 1800 MHz
Using identical settings in GKnot, the M converted movies to Divx at nearly the same speed as my Athlon, looking at VDubs's FPS rating every now and then it seemed like the M was ~0.2-0.9 FPS slower. In the end, it took 20 minutes longer then my Athlon to work Ghostbusters II and 14 minutes longer for Blade Runner-two movies picked at random so I could get an idea of how fast it was.
Sandra 2001 benchmarks put them nearly even in the banchmarks they shared ie., the Athlon doesn't have SSE2 and the M doesn't have 3DNow!.
In defense of my Athlon, I was only using PC133 in it at the time, which Sandra benched at 1019 MB/s vs. the Inspiron's PC2100 that Sandra benched at 1200MB/s - low most likely because of the memory stealing Intel Extreme(ly) crappy video onboard. I don't know if memory speeds would have helped the divx times at all, but it woudl would be nice to test again now that I have PC2100 in my desktop-benching at 1996MB/s.
On the other hand, I was reading how AMD is bringing parts of its mobile power saving technology to some of its desktop chips. "Cool and Quiet" or something like that?
Anything that will let me use quieter fans and possibly reduce my power usage is good, as is anything that allows for smaller form factors.
Brain also misplaced.
You forgot to mention that as video games have gotten more violent and realistic, youth crime has hit rick bottom.
Young minds need to explore death in a fantasy context, so they can control their demons. An excellent book about stuff like this is "Killing Monsters" (forgot who the author is).
Mass-production education, absent parents, junk food and junk society... these warp minds.
They've warped minds to the point that youth crime is way down, drug deaths are even rarer then they were 15 years ago, teen pregnancy is down. In fact, despite all the mind warping, all things negative teenage are down, but the same thing cannot be said for people in thier 30s and 40s-crime rate up. If you don't believe me, check out the FBI's UCR for the last 10 years.
Diversions that keep kids off the street and most likely beneficial insofar as they provide a release mechanism.
The kids who could benefit from the diversions won't use them and come from families that won't use them. The kids affected and generally forced into these diversions don't and never did need them. They just lose their ability to manage their own time and plan their own activities.
To put it succinctly: The kids are alright, in fact they're much better then anyone says.
Couldn't they then tell you to stop aiming your antenna at their satellite?
tell me where you live and I'll coil a long copper wire around a mile-long stretch of the powerline that goes to your house and power my trailer with it. I'm sure you won't mind the higher bill from the power company in your mailbox, since I'm not stealing anything...
Unless your copper wire were somehow placed after the meter-which usually lives on the side of the house, why would the home owner see a higher bill?
A garage, huh? So what model AMD do you run?
How do they handle flow control and handshaking with a system like that, and how pure is the stream?
Most hams who would do "public service" type stuff in an emergency have battery and/or generator backups anyhow, so the "who cares because they won't have the power in an emergency anyway" argument doesn't work here.
XP Pro has a group called "Network Configuration Operators" or something to that effect which allows non-admins to perform certain netconfig tasks.
Why do people always say stuff like this when discussing abolishing the electoral college?
Without the winner take all system we have now, a person would have to have 100% of populations in those states votes, unlike now, where they can win just 35% and still get credited with the whole state.
Does anyone really believe that EVERY SINGLE person in either NY,CA,IL and TX would all vote for the same person and therefore override the votes of every other state in the country? Not a chance.
Abolishing the winner-take-all system of electoral votes would be a great start towards election reform.
I went online totally unrestricted and I like MILLIONS of other teens came out fine.
Restrictions are cheap and easy, helping your kids develop personal responsibility is a little harder and requires a little more resourcefulness. Guess which one has the better payoff in the end?