<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Preston Boyington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:preston.lists@gmail.com">preston.lists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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> The fewer idiots we have piloting cars, the few wrecks so we can make<br>
> them lighter. The lighter the car, the less fuel is needed to move it.<br>
><br>
> I welcome our robotic overlords (as long as it's not running a variant<br>
> of windows :-)<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>"Another story in our continuing series, the 16 deaths today in a 50 mph<br>
construction zone along Interstate 285 were apparently the result of a<br>
passenger plugging in an iPod after the vehicle wirelessly updated the<br>
motion control system. It is thought that the user was trying the<br>
latest kernel version in an attempt to get the audio to play correctly<br>
while the communication system was in operation..."<br></blockquote><div><br>"In other news, DHS is reporting that transport computer systems are still down across the nation as the 'drive-by sql-injection attacks' continued after the link between Microsoft, Oracle and the nations interstate road driving software was revealed to have a security flaw. The Linux Foundation, adamantly denying any involvement in the current attacks, was warning of poor design during the bidding phase of the project and is now suing the Federal government for locking them out of the bidding claiming 'unfair regulations that appeared at the last minute prevent them from qualifying for submission'.<br>
<br>Neither Microsoft nor Oracle had a comment prepared as their email was down as well."<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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