On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 16:19 -0500, Thompson Freeman wrote: > 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> That would be Stallman's personal car. <eg> It's bound to have EMACS somewhere under the hood. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
