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Running Linux On Your Swimming Pool

Posted by michael on from the chemistry-101 dept.

Forkenhoppen writes: "Ever considered having a computer look after your swimming pool maintenance? Check out this project by Richard J. Kinch. Mr. Kinch uses a Linux box configured with several shell scripts to control the chlorination levels of his pool."

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  1. What do you use Linux for? by Dionysus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hmmm... this really got me thinking, maybe a poll question?

    What do you use Linux/*BSD for?

    I have a firewall/file/mp3/mail server running Debian Linux (Woody), and a desktop system running Win2K and Debian Linux (dualboot).

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    Je ne parle pas francais.
  2. Re:MS is finished by Metrollica · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't worry about Microsoft's future, Windows CEMeNT is on its way.

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    --Metrollica
  3. Re:More linux ideas by Metrollica · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DEATH to the FRENCH!

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    --Metrollica
  4. White History Months are March to January by Artifice_Eternity · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are 11 months not enough?

  5. Re:Dem pesky neighbours by stud9920 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    PoolState poolState = pool.getPoolState();
    This is poor OO. as it's a method of class Pool, we KNOW it's the poolstate we're gonna get.
    Besides, suppose you then add a jacuzzi and do jacuzzi.getJacuzziState(), I wish you very much fun in writing a function that checks the state of each. Not that it's hard, only not very nice.
    I suggest you rename getPoolState() getState(). This way, it will be much easier to abstract the API later for your jacuzzi.