Sam, get some sleep. You're very tired.

The metallic reflective layer is NOT where the information is stored, it just aids in the information retrieval. In other words, this method might not destroy the data at all. It's true that it's pretty hard to get the data back, but depending on various conditions it may not be impossible.

Most likely T-mobile, since pretty much nothing else lets you use 3G on N900
But I'd like to know for sure, too

Easy for you to say if you don't want to play a game that's only available for PS3, for instance MGS4.

If I understand TFA correctly, these sensors act as a radar, except they analyze EM fields (which are distorted by metal cars) within the working radius

Fedora 14 here with OSS ATI drivers
Chromium works fine; Firefox 4b7 works (slow~ish, after updating extensions), Firefox 4b8 (JS preview build) doesn't work

FTFA: "Cryptologist Ron 'The R in RSA' Rivest withdrew his MD6 process - it was highly-rated but conspicuously sluggish"

Someone simply misread or misunderstood "sluggish" for "too fast"

Fix'd

Yeah, vote for Mickey Mouse - he doesn't have an agenda!

2 major problems with using iPad as a car pc (off the top of my head, mind you)

* glare -- HUGE problem when you're in daylight and you've got light coming in from every window. And if the sun hits the screen directly... have fun!
* no extensibility -- no CD/tape/radio. Forget sat radio. No higher quality GPS or any other upgrades. True, you don't get extreme flexibility with pre-built car pcs, but they're still upgradeable to an extent..