[Arm-netbook] car "infotainment" doesn't upgrade....

[luke.leighton]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Derek <dlahouss at mtu.edu> wrote:
> luke.leighton <luke.leighton <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> funny that....
>
> What do you mean, my car's cell-phone system is only designed to last 2
> years, and that was designed 5 years ago when the car was in design?  And
> car companies are more interested in charging $1000 for a $100 dollar part
> since you can't get it "factory-finish" on the aftermarket.

 you heard about why if you push a button a garage-door opener it will
set car alarms off in the neighbourhood?  it's because they use a
$0.15 part @ 433mhz with a wide-band reception instead of a $1 part
with proper narrow-band filtering.  i assume that this is also the
reason why, if you are locked out of your car, you can ask someone
with a GSM mobile phone to press a duplicate door-opener AT THEIR END
of the conversation...

> Course, you could also have a car that runs on a generator (7kW) and seats 2
> with some funky styling (for airflow reasons) and the "entertainment" and
> nav system is run from a pc card.  Now if only I could remember who I knew
> that was working on that...

 ha ha very funny derek :)  actually the original design seated 3 (one
staggered in the middle) and the new one seats 4.  i'll get to that
again after this is all underway....

l.