You can find stuff like VAGCOM (Volkswagen Audi Group ECU editing software) online, and it only costs a couple of hundred quid for the necessary hardware.
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the sensors in some very old traffic lights in the uk can be fooled by flashing your car headlights at them
Yes... here in the US you can see lights with lux sensors attached to the overhead wires. I think the idea is that if the light was red and there was traffic backed up at the light, an emergency vehicle with flashing lights would trigger the signal to turn green for that direction, allowing the emergency vehicle to pass.
If you're caught at one of these lights (works best at night) and you want it to turn green, you can flash your brights a few times. It's worked for me on occasion with limited sucess.
Best if no police see you do this, though.
Especially school books.
Mod up! I used to eat for a week off one semester's worth of book-buy-back.
and if it's important, they should call you.
I'm sorry, but I DON'T WANT A PHONE CALL! I'd much rather get an email/SMS and respond quickly, efficiently and without the extra "chatter" that happens during the course of a normal phone call.
Maybe I've finally become the anti-social, datacenter-dweller with no ties to the rest of humanity, but I've found that people are stupid and talking to them wastes time. Quick and precise email makes life so much easier. Tell me what the problem is and I'll fix it... then I'll email you back. My blackberry allows me to do this from just about anywhere (inclusive of the "fix it" portion of the transaction).
I admit... the problem with this approach is expecting stupid people to clearly express their issue via text. Most can't do it verbally, so asking them to type it out is a chore.
"I've seen it. It's rubbish." -- Marvin the Paranoid Android
