2013-08-12 20:22:31.4005+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments
Monster boondoggle: Network World: US to standardize car app/communication device components is a bit of a fluff piece on US DOT: RITA: Request for Information Connected Vehicle - Next Stage Certification Environment.
(And I call it a boondoggle knowing that friends of mine will profit from this... Mostly because said friends have shared with me the silliness of the thinking behind it.)
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#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-12 21:49:56.210399+00 by: Jack William Bell
Cool! Work-related links for me.
#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-12 22:28:29.12649+00 by: Dan Lyke
I used to be pissed off about government spending like this. Now I just feel good for my friends managing to ride the absurdity gravy train.
When life imitates Gogol or Kafka, what else can you do?
#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-13 11:57:47.568856+00 by: DaveP
As a point of information, there was an article about it in this month's American Motorcyclist, the monthly mag of the American Motorcyclist Association, so I guess the PR push is full-on at this point.