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December 13, 2009
Kernel support for infrared receivers [LWN.net]
Saying that the kernel should have no protocol understanding because you might wish to decode the signals from the remote to your 1976 airconditioner using a diode hooked to the mic connector on your soundcard sound to me like saying TCP/IP and the e1000 driver shouldn't be in the kernel because you might want to run SNA/SDLC over your homebrew hardware connected to a serial port (hint, you can - from userspace).
Kernel support for infrared receivers [LWN.net]
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Drivers on Cell Phones Kill Thousands, Snarl Traffic | LiveScience
A new study confirms that the reaction time of cell phone users slows dramatically, increasing the risk of accidents and tying up traffic in general, and when young adults use cell phones while driving, they're as bad as sleepy septuagenarians.
"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone," said University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer. "It's like instantly aging a large number of drivers."
The study was announced today and is detailed in winter issue of the quarterly journal Human Factors.
Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Drivers talking on cell phones were 18 percent slower to react to brake lights, the new study found. In a minor bright note, they also kept a 12 percent greater following distance. But they also took 17 percent longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked. That frustrates everyone.
Drivers on Cell Phones Kill Thousands, Snarl Traffic | LiveScience
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