If OnStar can turn the car off, they can also provide the GPS location to the parent in realtime, perhaps thourgh a web interface (updating every X seconds with latest position) for a nominal fee.
I've worked on controllers to interface to CANbus systems on Toyota hybrid vehicles, to increase the total range using an additional battery pack. It's amazing some of the things you can do once tied into CANbus.
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You can physically seperate the OnStar module from the CANbus system to prevent this action from being taken. Once unable to communicate to the CANbus, non-drive/owner-initiated actions are mitigated. Keep in mind, you don't get to use any OnStar services afterwards once this is done.
I've performed this procedure for a friend (also remove the entire GPS antenna). I can dig up pics of the entire operation if interested.
I have T-Mobile@Home. It's an add-on to my T-mobile service whereby my phone (Blackberry Curve) uses my 802.11b/g access point at home to route my calls instead of a cell tower. The phone will actually use any Wi-Fi access point I have access to (home, work, Starbucks). In return for taking my call off of the cellular network, T-Mobile doesn't charge me for the call (doesn't come out of my minutes) when it rides the public net.
I don't work for T-Mobile, I've just been a very satisfied customer for the last 5 years.
Please forgive me for going off-topic, but a lot of this is going to be taken care of when we move to electric drivetrain systems (a la Tesla Roadster). Why? There are much fewer points of failure. An engine is a complex piece of machinery, and people take advantage of that (such as unsavory mechanics). Making the system more simple (and cheaper to maintain) goes a long way towards fixing things.
Doing a cost-benefit calculation would turn up that your suggestion is a fairly expensive proposition. How about we do the easy things first:
1) Ban incandescent light bulbs. Switch to CFLs and LED bulbs
2) Immedicately raise the CAFE standard to 40MPG
3) Require furnace manufactures to only sell furnances with efficieny ratings above 90% (yes, they make them. no, they aren't that expensive)
4) Move from using water heaters to tankless heaters
These simply steps would go towards saving $600-$800 million a year in energy costs (yes, this number is research I've done. By just switching every bulb in the US to a CFL, we'd save $600 million a year).
How many people die in a single day? How many people die from space travel? It's a high risk occupation. CFCs have nothing to do with the foam falling off of STS-107. Engineering oversight did. Quit your whining.
Honestly, my "Fuck Humans" statement was sarcastic, in reply to parent's post "Fuck Gorillas". I'm of the belief that humans can exist on Earth without damaging the biodiversity in place. To say "Fuck Gorillas" is ignorant to say the least.
I didn't run the numbers, but when you take into account how much a satellite costs, it very well may be financially viable to use planes for a lot of low altitude grunt work. Also, I would assume you would use a fuel-sipping aircraft like a Diamond Star (about 12 gallons per hour if I recall correctly, and it burns diesel fuel not Avgas or Jet-A). No need for a Gulfstream to do this kind of work, putting all that time on a turbine that is way overpowered for the task.
A webmaster simply monitoring what I click on, in order to track (at least partially) my browsing habits, for his own gain (ads), with no benefit to me, without my express consent, is the parasitic part.
You're on the site, right? That's your benefit. You don't need to give your "express consent" for him to track what you do on his site. Don't like the terms? Don't go to the site.
Actually, Google wouldn't even need a satellite. A lot of imagery (the low-altitude stuff at least) can be obtained using data acquisition payloads on planes.
Seconded. I've done implementations (hosted an in-house) of both Google Minis as well as the full blown Enterprise appliances. They are amazing creatures. I would recommend the Mini to almost anyone, while the Enterprise costs a pretty penny.
Have your admins take a look at putting some Cogent bandwidth into the mix. Some will say it's crap, but I've found it to be excellent. You can get a 100Mb pipe extremely cheap from them.
In nuclear engineering, the void coefficient (more properly called "void coefficient of reactivity") is a number that can be used to estimate how much the thermal output of a nuclear reactor increases (or decreases, if negative) as voids (steam bubbles) form in the reactor moderator or coolant. Reactors in which either the moderator or the coolant is a liquid typically will have a void coefficient value that is either negative (if the reactor is under-moderated) or positive (if the reactor is over-moderated). Reactors in which neither the moderator nor the coolant is a liquid (e.g., a graphite-moderated, gas-cooled reactor) will have a void coefficient value equal to zero.
Read the article for more details. Something it doesn't mention is that it's illegal to build a reactor in the US with a positive void coefficient (i.e. a reactor that can "run rampant").
I don't have a link directly to the Library of Congress at the moment, so Wired will have to do (the author of the article helped get the provision put into place):
Owners of $600 smartphones can rejoice in last week's ruling by the Library of Congress exempting cell phone unlocking from the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. So can environmentalists and business travelers.
The new rule explicitly allows people to circumvent technological protection measures on their cell phones in order to switch carriers and use the phone on a different network.
If I'm a government, and absolutely, positively need a vaccine/supplies/etc. on the other side of the world in a couple of hours, yes, 2.4 million is chump change (a shuttle launch costs 500-600 million dollars). This is the reason scramjets/ramjets are in development. Getting between the two farthest points in the world takes a short time when you're traveling at Mach 4-10.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/25/1136228&threshold=1
"Apple's recent decision to void warranties for folks that unlocked their iPhones may wind them up in legal hot water. The site Phone News points out that Apple appears to have broken a key warranty law relevant to SIM unlocks. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, a law decades old, would seem to prevent Apple from voiding warranties in the way it is threatening to do with the iPhone, or so the site argues. 'The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act states that Apple cannot void a warranty for a product with third-party enhancements or modifications to their product. The only exception to this rule is if Apple can determine that the modification or enhancement is responsible [for] damaging the product in question... The legal [questions are]: Is the SIM Unlock process that has become mainstream doing damage to iPhone? And, also, is Apple designing future software updates to do damage to iPhone when said SIM Unlock code is present?'"
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It should only prevent OnStar from functioning (hence, the INFO label on the fuse). The rest of the car should continue to function normally.
If OnStar can turn the car off, they can also provide the GPS location to the parent in realtime, perhaps thourgh a web interface (updating every X seconds with latest position) for a nominal fee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controller_Area_Network
I've worked on controllers to interface to CANbus systems on Toyota hybrid vehicles, to increase the total range using an additional battery pack. It's amazing some of the things you can do once tied into CANbus.
I've performed this procedure for a friend (also remove the entire GPS antenna). I can dig up pics of the entire operation if interested.
I don't work for T-Mobile, I've just been a very satisfied customer for the last 5 years.
Please forgive me for going off-topic, but a lot of this is going to be taken care of when we move to electric drivetrain systems (a la Tesla Roadster). Why? There are much fewer points of failure. An engine is a complex piece of machinery, and people take advantage of that (such as unsavory mechanics). Making the system more simple (and cheaper to maintain) goes a long way towards fixing things.
1) Ban incandescent light bulbs. Switch to CFLs and LED bulbs
2) Immedicately raise the CAFE standard to 40MPG
3) Require furnace manufactures to only sell furnances with efficieny ratings above 90% (yes, they make them. no, they aren't that expensive)
4) Move from using water heaters to tankless heaters
These simply steps would go towards saving $600-$800 million a year in energy costs (yes, this number is research I've done. By just switching every bulb in the US to a CFL, we'd save $600 million a year).
How many people die in a single day? How many people die from space travel? It's a high risk occupation. CFCs have nothing to do with the foam falling off of STS-107. Engineering oversight did. Quit your whining.
Honestly, my "Fuck Humans" statement was sarcastic, in reply to parent's post "Fuck Gorillas". I'm of the belief that humans can exist on Earth without damaging the biodiversity in place. To say "Fuck Gorillas" is ignorant to say the least.
Fuck humans. What have they ever done except fuck the planet six ways to Sunday?
I didn't run the numbers, but when you take into account how much a satellite costs, it very well may be financially viable to use planes for a lot of low altitude grunt work. Also, I would assume you would use a fuel-sipping aircraft like a Diamond Star (about 12 gallons per hour if I recall correctly, and it burns diesel fuel not Avgas or Jet-A). No need for a Gulfstream to do this kind of work, putting all that time on a turbine that is way overpowered for the task.
You're on the site, right? That's your benefit. You don't need to give your "express consent" for him to track what you do on his site. Don't like the terms? Don't go to the site.
Actually, Google wouldn't even need a satellite. A lot of imagery (the low-altitude stuff at least) can be obtained using data acquisition payloads on planes.
How does the pricing compare to the Google product offerings? And does your licensing allow us to offer hosted solutions?
Seconded. I've done implementations (hosted an in-house) of both Google Minis as well as the full blown Enterprise appliances. They are amazing creatures. I would recommend the Mini to almost anyone, while the Enterprise costs a pretty penny.
Have your admins take a look at putting some Cogent bandwidth into the mix. Some will say it's crap, but I've found it to be excellent. You can get a 100Mb pipe extremely cheap from them.
How do Sprint's EVDO speeds compare to Verizon's? I'm trying to nail down who to go with, and Sprint's pricing/contract terms seem less draconian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_coefficient
In nuclear engineering, the void coefficient (more properly called "void coefficient of reactivity") is a number that can be used to estimate how much the thermal output of a nuclear reactor increases (or decreases, if negative) as voids (steam bubbles) form in the reactor moderator or coolant. Reactors in which either the moderator or the coolant is a liquid typically will have a void coefficient value that is either negative (if the reactor is under-moderated) or positive (if the reactor is over-moderated). Reactors in which neither the moderator nor the coolant is a liquid (e.g., a graphite-moderated, gas-cooled reactor) will have a void coefficient value equal to zero.Read the article for more details. Something it doesn't mention is that it's illegal to build a reactor in the US with a positive void coefficient (i.e. a reactor that can "run rampant").
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/commentary/circuitcourt/2006/12/72241
Owners of $600 smartphones can rejoice in last week's ruling by the Library of Congress exempting cell phone unlocking from the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. So can environmentalists and business travelers.The new rule explicitly allows people to circumvent technological protection measures on their cell phones in order to switch carriers and use the phone on a different network.
Was it that hard you couldn't google for this?
Can you hear me Boston? Let me turn it up for you.
If I'm a government, and absolutely, positively need a vaccine/supplies/etc. on the other side of the world in a couple of hours, yes, 2.4 million is chump change (a shuttle launch costs 500-600 million dollars). This is the reason scramjets/ramjets are in development. Getting between the two farthest points in the world takes a short time when you're traveling at Mach 4-10.
Can anyone just go out and apply for a clearance? Or do you have to be sponsored by a company? Sounds like it would be a nice feature on a resume.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=7xF&pwst=1&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=NIN+garageband&spell=1
The the real world, a 35% profit margin isn't outrageous. Lots of companies have margins approaching 50-60%.
Oh, snap.