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Submission + - Mysterious Pluto Switch Found In Iowa (wired.com)

aez writes: Photos of the mystery computing device appeared on the web in late February. Taken with a smartphone, they were a bit washed out and a little blurry in places, but you could easily read the name printed on the long, thin piece of hardware. “Pluto Switch,” the label said.

The images were posted by two men who said the device had unexpectedly turned up at a branch office in the tiny farmland town of Shelby, Iowa — population: 641 — and they were hoping someone could tell them what it was.

Clearly, these two men were familiar with the ins and outs of computer networking, and clearly, this was a networking switch, a way of shuttling data between machines. But they’d never heard of the Pluto Switch, and it was littered with networking ports they’d never seen before. “Any ideas?” they asked. “The writing on the back is Finnish.”

Comment Depends on the size of your blind spot (Score 1) 652

I drive a minivan. The backup camera cost $1500 and came with free nav. I can't imagine backing out of the garage or driveway where I live (with 3 kids) on to my street (lots of kids) or on my kid's daycare or school parking lot without one. But when I drive the sedan, the blind spot is much smaller; I'm not so concerned.

Comment Re:Don't do this if you're very unfit. (Score 1) 437

Im not knocking good hard exercice, but
It is impossible for a healthy person (no matter how unfit) to injure his heart by working it hard
seems overreaching. I just found this quote from the American Heart Association:
"Extreme exertion can sometimes cause heart failure in people with normal hearts"

Comment Re:Are yellows in Denver really short? (Score 1) 433

Shortening yellows where there are cameras is truly of grave concern. And yes studies have shown that longer yellows can make an intersection safer and reduce incidence of violations - at that intersection. But there seems to be a paradox wherein drivers may become accustom to the longer yellows, diminishing the benefits, and making those intersections where yellows have not been extended more dangerous.

Comment Re:Other Motivation? (Score 1) 101

Is it possible that Garmin and others will benefit from their older devices not working well in the near future as we will have to upgrade? And they can lay the blame with someone else. Maybe they're not as unhappy about this as they would have us believe. I seem to recall hearing that the GPS system we use now is being depricated. Sats are failing, and the military is not replacing them, but they have a new better system on the way.

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