Not being a Brit, I would still admit that many of Jeremy's observations are "spot on". I freaking love Top Gear. I love it when they come to the US for bits.
-- ME2 On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]>wrote: > You watch Top Gear? Wow, I am surprised that Jeremy Clarkson is popular > with a US audience after some of the things he has said about the place! :-) > > Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: *Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:55:40 -0700 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > *Subject: *Re: FW: Hacking Cars with MP3 Files > > I think it was on Top Gear that they showed when using the Nav in the Audi, > if you touch a climate control, the display switches from the Nav map to > Climate settings - whether you want it to or not. > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> > What reason on Earth justified tying the music player to the vehicle >> > control systems? >> >> In some cars, what used to be "the radio" is actually morphed into a >> general-purpose interface for all sorts of things. The sales VP at >> $WORK has an Audi which is almost more computer than it is car. The >> same 5 inch LCD in the dash accesses music, navigation, cell phone, >> climate controls, seat positions, driving preferences, engine >> maintenance, etc., etc. Mark my words, the day isn't far off where >> we're going to have to reboot our cars. >> >> [insert "If Microsoft made cars" joke here] >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
