Good read. Who's anonymous?
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| Sander_Marechal Sep 28, 2009 4:52 PM EDT |
This is a good read, thanks for posting it Carla. One question: Who is the anonymous writer and contributor? Or is he/she anonymous on purpose? Anyway, it sounded like the OLF was a success. Too bad there are only very few such events near where I live. |
| tuxchick Sep 28, 2009 5:19 PM EDT |
I submitted it on behalf of a fine Lxerer who wishes to remain anonymous. Yes, I laundered the article through my LXer account! |
| Sander_Marechal Sep 28, 2009 5:45 PM EDT |
Laundering articles, laundering money. What's next? Laundering clothes? Oh wait.... |
| Scott_Ruecker Sep 28, 2009 6:28 PM EDT |
LOL, you took the words right out of my mouth Sander..;-) |
| gus3 Sep 28, 2009 6:29 PM EDT |
It's either that, or we all run around naked. So, laundering clothes it is. |
| tuxchick Sep 28, 2009 6:54 PM EDT |
Good. I always think of the Far Side classic, the bears spying on the nudist camp: "I just totally lost my appetite" |
| Steven_Rosenber Sep 29, 2009 4:13 PM EDT |
If there's an open-source washer/dryer out there, I expect one of us to find it. |
| jdixon Sep 29, 2009 4:31 PM EDT |
> If there's an open-source washer/dryer out there, I expect one of us to find it. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find one of the more recent models running embedded Linux. I haven't seen any which do though. |
| Sander_Marechal Sep 29, 2009 5:33 PM EDT |
I doubt it. Even the most complicated washing programs and sensor monitoring would be cheaper to implement in a simple microcontroller than in Linux running on some kind of embedded ARM or RISC. Perhaps you can find something more sophisticated in those big, professional, programmable washers? |
| Bob_Robertson Sep 30, 2009 6:22 PM EDT |
Sander, as an old hand at taking things apart, although "back together again" is something I still find challenging :^), I have always been simply _astounded_ at the mechanical complexity of washing machines. Long before microcontrollers, the bundle of wires that came out of the single seemingly-simple knob of a clothes washer was frightening in its complexity and function. Electronics I understand. Some of those mechanical things ()Antikythera Mechanism or self-winding wrist watch) are completely befuddling. |
| alc Sep 30, 2009 6:45 PM EDT |
"Sander, as an old hand at taking things apart, although "back together again" is something I still find challenging :^), I have always been simply _astounded_ at the mechanical complexity of washing machines." I once took a washing machine apart and put it back together with only 5 pieces left over.My best effort yet. :) |
| Bob_Robertson Sep 30, 2009 7:05 PM EDT |
> I once took a washing machine apart and put it back together with only 5 pieces left over.My best effort yet. :) Remember the original Compaq computers, that looked like sewing machines in their cases, keyboard on the bottom and built-in screens and floppy drives? http://oldcomputers.net/compaqii.html No matter how careful I was, I always _always_ had screws left over after putting them back together. (I was doing PCs at an independent shop in Berkeley around 1986. I miss Blondie's Pizza) |
| softwarejanitor Sep 30, 2009 8:46 PM EDT |
@Bob_Robertson Those luggables were so over-constructed you could have left out twice as many screws as you likely did without much danger of any structural compromise. Heavy SOBs those were... Sometimes progress is a good thing! |
| Steven_Rosenber Oct 01, 2009 3:24 PM EDT |
Quoting:I doubt it. Even the most complicated washing programs and sensor monitoring would be cheaper to implement in a simple microcontroller than in Linux running on some kind of embedded ARM or RISC. Perhaps you can find something more sophisticated in those big, professional, programmable washers? I guess all the "real" clothes washers use NetBSD ... $ ls | grep missing_sock |
| Steven_Rosenber Oct 01, 2009 3:27 PM EDT |
Quoting:I miss Blondie's Pizza Love Blondie's ... Cafe Intermezzo http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-intermezzo-berkeley is my favorite on Telegraph ... |
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