On 02/06/2007 03:38:23 PM, Joe Smith wrote:
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
The Linux car would come with a radio plainly visible on
the dash but
it wouldn't work. The car manufacturer would claim that
this was due
to "FCC rules".
The factory radio in my Honda was limited by the
manufacturer to only operate with two small portions of
the radio frequency spectrum. Honda claims it is because
of "FCC rules".
The factory radio also won't let me pirate Sirius or XM
stations for some bizarre reason.
I'm sure you're not poking fun at Linux because the
maintainers are unwilling to break the law, are you?
No, the Linux radio would receive any frequency from 10
Hz to 10 MHz but would require you to climb into the
trunk with a screwdriver and an oscilloscope to change
the station or the volume. ;-)
I'm not sure, but I think you just described the gnu radio
project <grin>
