These are Evil. They have the volume up high enough that you can hear them over the traffic nearby, which means you are getting blasted by commercials.
The gas companies are rolling in profit. This is just adding insult to the injury of our $3.60/gallon gas prices.
Oh, and you know that the commercials shown to you are linked to YOUR CREDIT CARD. They know you as a customer. And they are feeding that data back into the system that feeds you personalized commercials.
Boycott the stations that install these. Better yet, call the gas companies and tell them what you think. Then go elsewhere.
Paul's company Pixo didn't actually write the iPod UI. They wrote the underlying code that allowed the UI to be displayed. It's a subtle but important difference.
It's kinda like saying Home Despot built a house because the contractor used lumber and tools purchased from Home Despot.
Been there, done that. 20 years ago. Convergent Technologies pioneered that concept in the middle 1980s with our? NGEN line of machines. CPU unit, one or more Hard Drive units, Phone line units, graphics cards, etc. all connected side to side, and snapped together in whatever config you wanted (provided it was less than 36" wide).
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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The gas companies are rolling in profit. This is just adding insult to the injury of our $3.60/gallon gas prices.
Oh, and you know that the commercials shown to you are linked to YOUR CREDIT CARD. They know you as a customer. And they are feeding that data back into the system that feeds you personalized commercials.
Boycott the stations that install these. Better yet, call the gas companies and tell them what you think. Then go elsewhere.