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Thanks, that's interesting. Every time I see someone with iPhone earplugs driving their car I am thinking about the "experience" ;-) I did some IT forensics on
by bflesch 11y ago
Thanks, that's interesting. Every time I see someone with iPhone earplugs driving their car I am thinking about the "experience" ;-)
I did some IT forensics on Mercedes models a couple of years ago, and you could retrace the bad guys' routes by looking at the exception log of their Windows CE navigation software. It had an exception ~5 minutes, and always dumping the stack including the filename of the currently played audio file that told the current road to the driver.
The horrible thing I have learned from car shopping during the past year is that all manufaturers are just repackaging the components delivered by continental. If you buy the premium options at Audi or Volvo, you basically get the same component from a third party. There is no secret sauce in the car apart from the engine and the navigation software, and they screwed up both big time.
- gumby 11y agoThe extreme case of this was the Boxter which was completely outsourced and just badged Porsche. Well that was the extreme case, now it's increasingly common (e.g. Lexus SUV). The good news is this increases commoditization of the car business.