Re: GM & MS

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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

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