Comments on: hackaday links

By: moochoo

moochoo — Mon, 09 May 2005 12:48:49 +0000

i assume you mean

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/icopulate.shtml

and you are aware it was an april fools joke yeah?

By: dan mellstrom

dan mellstrom — Sun, 08 May 2005 20:18:14 +0000

That ipod to ipod thing has already been done commercially. it is called iCopulate and I think you can get it at thinkgeek, or just froogle it

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Sun, 08 May 2005 20:07:59 +0000

The blinking light may not last too long… when the LED is off, virtually no current is drawn so the voltage drop across the resistor is 0. This means that the full 12 volts is across the LED — far more than the 5v maximum specified. It depends on how the circuit in the LED was made – maybe it’ll last, maybe it won’t.

Also, I guess having the light in the lighter socket solves the problem that other installations would have — you need a way to turn off the light while you are driving!

By: suntiger

suntiger — Sun, 08 May 2005 18:29:30 +0000

Uhm, you’ve posted Podshanking before, I think.

By: kodex1717

kodex1717 — Sun, 08 May 2005 17:15:36 +0000

Could we have a direct slashdot link, please?

By: Casual Observer

Casual Observer — Sun, 08 May 2005 15:31:27 +0000

A flashing LED installed in a cig plug??

Anyone seriously looking to steal your car will recognize this as a lame DIY and leave it where your car was sitting.
Exactly how many alarms utilize an LED stuck into the lighter socket?
And how many of them blink the LED that fast?

The only people who will be fooled by this are the ones who don’t care about your car in the first place.
Why not hang a hex keypad under it while you’re at it?

By: Joshua Holbrook

Joshua Holbrook — Sun, 08 May 2005 09:52:19 +0000

Half the links are dead now. Ha-ha! Poor people.

By: barbobot

barbobot — Sun, 08 May 2005 07:22:23 +0000

Could we please have direct links

(This is obviously a feeble attempt to bitch and moan, I hate slashdot please dont link to them if there is a direct link)

By: Hazel

Hazel — Sun, 08 May 2005 06:38:30 +0000

I did almost the exact same thing a couple years ago. Except I used the blinking LED from an old Logitech Mouse Package. I mounted it in my 91 JettaGLS and it looked factory – not something sticking out of the cigarette lighter.

By: captain obvious

captain obvious — Sun, 08 May 2005 01:54:20 +0000

It simulates the blinking light found on most car alarms.

By: madd_matt

madd_matt — Sun, 08 May 2005 01:47:32 +0000

The fake car alarm is just a red light that sits in your power socket to deter theives. Or impress people. Or something like that.

By: TVtheFleshtone

TVtheFleshtone — Sun, 08 May 2005 00:38:05 +0000

Anyone know what the fake car alarm exactly DOES that makes it like a car alarm? Thanks.

By: micah buckley-farlee

micah buckley-farlee — Sat, 07 May 2005 23:39:28 +0000

heheh, quadruple post.
anyways, did you mean to post a link to the topic listing of Slashdot’s encryption topic?

By: Miniman

Miniman — Sat, 07 May 2005 23:08:27 +0000

WOW, Someone hit the post button 4 times, …
LOL