75 db isn't going to make anyone deaf. Personally having owned a 140 db subwoofer system (metered) in my vehicle, I can attest that 75 db is not going to do any particular damage to my ears past what I've already done.
I recommend running Xdmx and xmove. Possibly NX as well.
Xdmx will allow you to have very, very flexible control over how your dual monitor setup works. It not only supports your local two monitors, but will allow you to strap network pc's/monitors on to your existing setup with little fuss. I ran a six induvidual laptops as my primary display at work for some time with xdmx, and it worked very well. The only downside was my desktop was not quite beefy enough to handle a display size of 3072x1536. It also handles bezel sizes, if you prefer the "looking through a window" perspective versus xinerama's standard continuous desktop. It will support just about any monitor layout you want.
xmove gives you screen-like functionality for your desktop. Get up from your workstation, jump on a laptop with wifi, and xmove will pull the display output across the network - just like screen. Send the applications back to your desktop, and shut your laptop down. Bazing!
NX suppliments this with fantastic compression and will allow you to do stupid things, like do xmove/remote x work at home. Or resume a particularly stunning game of bejewled.
This wheel is in no way compareable to a seatbelt. It's more comparable to a catalytic converter or an O2 sensor.
The breathalyzer-style in car test is targeted at people convicted of a DUI. Thus, it has a very small target population. As soon as something similar occurs on all consumer vehicles, modifications to remove the wheel without consequence will pop up for those who want it. You can replace the emissions equippment on a car with commonly available kits. Your car PCU and the happy folks at the inspection station will be none the wiser. This wheel is no different.
All this works on the same flawed principles of DRM, though not in the same moral vein. An engine is a mechanical device, not a digital one. Slap a digital restriction on an inherently mechanical device, and it's a small step to remove it and make it run properly.
Folks (especially teenagers) who want to go fast have always removed emissions equippment for a few cheap extra horsepower. People who want to drive "after only a beer or two" will remove this wheel. Young adults are adept at changing and installing things on cars. Twenty-somethings, the group most likely to drink and drive (even above teenagers) also have the money to get the proper modifications done.
I don't disagree that it won't have some measureable effect. I do think the effects of mandating this particular bit of saftey equippment on every new car will go far into the effects of diminishing returns. I don't want to see the gap bridged from "specialized knowledge of engines required to circumvent" right into "commodity workarounds available" for the devices judges use to keep drunks off the roads.
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75 db isn't going to make anyone deaf. Personally having owned a 140 db subwoofer system (metered) in my vehicle, I can attest that 75 db is not going to do any particular damage to my ears past what I've already done.
I recommend running Xdmx and xmove. Possibly NX as well.
Xdmx will allow you to have very, very flexible control over how your dual monitor setup works. It not only supports your local two monitors, but will allow you to strap network pc's/monitors on to your existing setup with little fuss. I ran a six induvidual laptops as my primary display at work for some time with xdmx, and it worked very well. The only downside was my desktop was not quite beefy enough to handle a display size of 3072x1536. It also handles bezel sizes, if you prefer the "looking through a window" perspective versus xinerama's standard continuous desktop. It will support just about any monitor layout you want.
xmove gives you screen-like functionality for your desktop. Get up from your workstation, jump on a laptop with wifi, and xmove will pull the display output across the network - just like screen. Send the applications back to your desktop, and shut your laptop down. Bazing!
NX suppliments this with fantastic compression and will allow you to do stupid things, like do xmove/remote x work at home. Or resume a particularly stunning game of bejewled.
Alcohol evaporates off the skin, just like it gets expelled through the lungs. It's just a smaller quantity.
This wheel is in no way compareable to a seatbelt. It's more comparable to a catalytic converter or an O2 sensor.
The breathalyzer-style in car test is targeted at people convicted of a DUI. Thus, it has a very small target population. As soon as something similar occurs on all consumer vehicles, modifications to remove the wheel without consequence will pop up for those who want it. You can replace the emissions equippment on a car with commonly available kits. Your car PCU and the happy folks at the inspection station will be none the wiser. This wheel is no different.
All this works on the same flawed principles of DRM, though not in the same moral vein. An engine is a mechanical device, not a digital one. Slap a digital restriction on an inherently mechanical device, and it's a small step to remove it and make it run properly.
Folks (especially teenagers) who want to go fast have always removed emissions equippment for a few cheap extra horsepower. People who want to drive "after only a beer or two" will remove this wheel. Young adults are adept at changing and installing things on cars. Twenty-somethings, the group most likely to drink and drive (even above teenagers) also have the money to get the proper modifications done.
I don't disagree that it won't have some measureable effect. I do think the effects of mandating this particular bit of saftey equippment on every new car will go far into the effects of diminishing returns. I don't want to see the gap bridged from "specialized knowledge of engines required to circumvent" right into "commodity workarounds available" for the devices judges use to keep drunks off the roads.