From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: OT -- An extremely dumb curiosity question? Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:53:14 +1100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87d54gap1x.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <87y7n8y2z4.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171197639 23836 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2007 12:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:40:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 11 13:40:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HGE0O-0001pv-AD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:40:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGE0N-000135-TS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:h4BNUCh2trt/HEYHZpRFXlqfp+g= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 44 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145478 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:41082 Archived-At: thorne writes: > Pascal Bourguignon writes: >> Everything. >> >> Including coffee! >> >> http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:rFz1-BnQCfEJ:www.chez.com/emarsden/downloads/coffee.el+coffee.el&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 > > Where exactly does one obtain an rfc2324 compliant coffee maker, i'd > like to know. > I can't quite remember, but think it may have been the Linux journal which had a circuit diagram and directions for creating the coffee maker. It was quite some time ago and from memory, quite simple. Essentially, it was just a normal coffee maker connected to a simple power switch which could be activated from an ethernet port which was in turn controlling the power on the coffee maker. Not fully rfc2324 compliant I guess, but if you had one of those automated expresso machines, like the Seko, which has a bean hopper and water tank, you would be a long way towards being able to send a command to the coffee maker to instruct it to make you a cup of coffee. Of course, you still need to remember to fill it with water and coffee beans and you would always have to remember to leave a cup under the spout if you don't want coffee going everywhere! Many years ago, I was given some power switches which could also understand tcp/ip via an ethernet port. I hooked them up to the stereo, kettle and coffee perculator. I then had cron jobs that would fire up these devices each morning monday to friday. Instead of crappy clock radio waking me up, I got good sounding music (and music of my choice) and by the time I staggered out of the shower, there was a hot cup of coffee waiting for me and I just put boiled water into the tea pot for my partner (she is even worse int he mornings than I am). The cron job would also turn everything off (well, essentially, it turned off the music once I had left for work). This was pre-wireless days and after a while, my partner got the pip with all the cables everywhere. Now the partner is gone and wireless has arrived - it might be time to try again! Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au