http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-29459 Mexico501 » Blog Archive » Police Lose A New Car Because Of GPS Failure Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:18:38 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-29459 [...] Page Summary: I would have thought that they would plan for a unit to fail and so they would have put other tracking devices inside as well. instead of a GPS system, the car would shut off 15 seconds after it was stolen and the doors would lock. As for the car turning off and doors locking, that happened here in Phoenix and the theif ended up kicking out the window and got away before police could get him. The feeling that electronics devices fail so much is because you trust/depend on them much more - so you expect more.read more | digg story [...] [...] Page Summary: I would have thought that they would plan for a unit to fail and so they would have put other tracking devices inside as well. instead of a GPS system, the car would shut off 15 seconds after it was stolen and the doors would lock. As for the car turning off and doors locking, that happened here in Phoenix and the theif ended up kicking out the window and got away before police could get him. The feeling that electronics devices fail so much is because you trust/depend on them much more – so you expect more.read more | digg story [...]

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25415 natmaster Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:13:16 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-25415 Actually, mechanical things are more likely to fail than electronics (unless of course your process is so small that stray alpha particles will flip your bits). The feeling that electronics devices fail so much is because you trust/depend on them much more - so you expect more. When it does fail, you REALLY notice. Actually, mechanical things are more likely to fail than electronics (unless of course your process is so small that stray alpha particles will flip your bits). The feeling that electronics devices fail so much is because you trust/depend on them much more – so you expect more. When it does fail, you REALLY notice.

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25414 Ryan Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:10:36 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-25414 I think that they may use a GPS system if they want to track where the thief goes. Maybe there have been a lot of stolen cars lately and they want to see if one person is taking them all. I'm sure they have some reasoning behind just using a GPS, well, at least I hope they would. :) I think that they may use a GPS system if they want to track where the thief goes. Maybe there have been a lot of stolen cars lately and they want to see if one person is taking them all. I’m sure they have some reasoning behind just using a GPS, well, at least I hope they would.

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25408 Anonymous Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:57:44 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-25408 they must not have been keeping a good eye on him haha they must not have been keeping a good eye on him haha

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25404 ffextensionguru Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:24:56 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-25404 You would think they would also equip the car with Lojack as a fail-safe back-up. As for the car turning off and doors locking, that happened here in Phoenix and the theif ended up kicking out the window and got away before police could get him. They got their new car, less a driver side window though. :| You would think they would also equip the car with Lojack as a fail-safe back-up. As for the car turning off and doors locking, that happened here in Phoenix and the theif ended up kicking out the window and got away before police could get him. They got their new car, less a driver side window though.

]]> http://cybernetnews.com/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-25402 Anonymous Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:18:05 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/02/police-lose-a-new-car-because-of-gps-failure/#comment-25402 Just last night I saw something on tv about something similar to this. instead of a GPS system, the car would shut off 15 seconds after it was stolen and the doors would lock. I think this way is a little better than a GPS system. Just last night I saw something on tv about something similar to this. instead of a GPS system, the car would shut off 15 seconds after it was stolen and the doors would lock. I think this way is a little better than a GPS system.

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