From rssfeeds@jmason.org Tue Oct 1 10:36:31 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A27116F22 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:36:02 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:36:02 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9180YK15354 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:00:34 +0100 Message-Id: <200210010800.g9180YK15354@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: boingboing Subject: Automotive software Easter Egg discovered Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 08:00:34 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-570.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://boingboing.net/#85506836 Date: Not supplied Slashdot's reporting that according to the current ish of Popular Science, an Easter Egg has been discovered in the transmission control software for the BMW M3: ...the proper combination of commands to the electronically controlled manual transmission will cause the car to rev up to 4000rpm and drop the clutch... Are we sure that this is a feature and not a bug? Link[1] Discuss[2] [1] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/29/2232249&mode=flat&tid=126 [2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/SVZhehqjGbC