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Christmas is Coming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yo-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-egg-nog dept.

Couple of Christmas bits to get ya in the spirit: We have a link to Planet Christmas as well as the tech details and even some danger. This thing features 96,790 miniature Christmas lights, 7.2 miles of wire to connect everything, 110 strobe lights, the 8' inflatable snowmen, handled by 425 computer controlled circuits. A slightly less ambitious project was submitted by apago. This project lets winamp control christmas lights, complete with schematics for the serial interface and source code for the plugin.

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  1. gag by Jburkholder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PlanetChristmas
    <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
    <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">

  2. Happy Hannakah by Nick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't forgot about Hannakah, too :)

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    1. Re:Happy Hannakah by adamy · · Score: 3, Offtopic

      Actually, please forget about Hannukah. It is a nothing holday, that is only mentioned 'cause it falls out near X-Mas. If you want to show how truely open minded and all embracing you are, tell someone Chag Sameach on Simchas Torah.

      While the story of Hannukah itself is interesting, its long reaching affects are more so. After the revloution which pushed the Syrian-Greeks out of Israel, the Macabees assumed the leadership of the country, They were so bad at it, they invited, yes, invited, the Romans in. Once the Romans had a foothold, they assumed control of the country...which lead to the Diaspora (and Christmas...and Easter).

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  3. Other things coming also... by copponex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, it's very PC, but Christmas is purely a tradition for me. This is the melting pot, folks! Enjoy the diversity!

    So Happy Hannukah, Merry Kwaanza, Happy Yule (for the Wiccans), have a rejoiceful Ramadan. And Happy (insert tradition here) to the Hindus, Buddhists, shamans, Incans, Native peoples, Taoists, at whatever time of year your celebrate your, uh, thingy. And a big shout out to all the pagan brothers and sisters practicing their "fertility rites" during the break from work. You know who you are.

    -Dean

  4. Re:Real Ultimate Power by BrianGa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The best type of ninjas are....TROLL ninjas!