Formula One ECU's to be made by Microsoft

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"Microsoft MES has been selected as the official ECU (Engine Control Unit) supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010."

Link: http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2006/July/050706-01.html

See pic for my first thought.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[diablopilot 2]

Can you fit CTL+ALT+DEL on a steering yoke?

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[1969912 0]

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Can you fit CTL+ALT+DEL on a steering yoke?

Don't see why not. They fit just about everything else on 'em.

See pic and legend below.

1. Pit lane speed limiter
2. Differential +
3. Engine push
4. Gear upshift
5. Traction control +
6. Engine push setting switch
7. Clutch lever
8. Traction control
9. Team info inlap
10. Burn out
11. Multifunctional switch
12. Lambda
13. Diagnostic
14. Wing angle info switch
15. Clutch
16. Differential selective switch
17. Team radio
18. Traction control -
19. Gear downshift
20. Engine break
21. Differential -
22. Neutral
23. Display page change

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[auburnguy 0]

Schumacher's wheel makes the bmw wheel look like a child's toy.
These things are 25k a piece.

"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way."
- Homer Simpson

[Andrewwhyte 1]

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Schumacher's wheel makes the bmw wheel look like a child's toy.
These things are 25k a piece.

25k well spent when you have the blue screen of death eh?