Freeway driving where 20% of all cars stop working randomly, particularly at high speed or with lots of passengers. Most cars can be restarted after disconnecting the batteries and waiting a few minutes.
Error messages on the dashboard like "Fatal exception: engine_mon_2, no restart possible. Restart now?"
Planning for an extra 10 minutes every time we go anywhere. The car takes a while to boot up and shut down.
Days when we just stay home, as a virus exploiting all Microsoft Autos makes driving particularly hazardous. The virus keeps the digital speedometer showing 55, at any speed.
More weight on the side of investing in a new iMac. I keep holding off, but I also keep wandering into tech stores and playing with the Macs.
And there's probably a new business idea here, too. How about a Mac-centric SI or VAR firm with services for small-medium businesses, working up to enterprise clients? Could be fun.
Crash test penguin? Chrysler meets Linux. DaimlerChrysler buys 108 dual-processor Linux workstations from IBM to run car-crash simulations, highlighting the spread of the low-cost "cluster" supercomputer technique. [CNET News.com]
Creating Beowulf clusters and then tuning applications to run on them is a very specialized skill. There are likey a few good startup company ideas in this - it's somethig I would enjoy doing. I wonder if there's a strong medical tie-in. Hmmmm....
