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Holy Grail of Remote Controls
castilejw writes "CNN has an article showing where researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have teamed with researchers from Maya Designs, Inc. to produce the ultimate universal remote, which "would choreograph not just home entertainment systems but also intelligent appliances all around the house: microwave ovens, clothes dryers, air conditioners.". The device they have shown is a modified Compaq iPAQ, which they have so far modified to control two lamps, a fan and a stereo with a five-CD changer." Seems like that much is pretty easy. Now when it
can control my answering machine, my MP3 collection, and my garage door, I'll
be ready to automate my soul. Update: 09/02 15:34 GMT by CT : Oops, this is a duplicate. Move along :) We suck so much. Blah blah blah.
There is no reason to even post anymore messages under here.
I already heard that you repeating shit!
Or...... you could just read the damn site once in a while! Cmdr is the worst about these deja vu posts.
Apparently Slashdot has not covered an issue until Cmdr Taco has posted it.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- With President Bush's "faith-based" legislation facing an uncertain fate, the White House is planning an aggressive effort to implement parts of the program this fall even if Congress does not approve, administration officials said yesterday.
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Occasional is an understatement.
You'd think that the editors would read their own site. Pitiful that this occurs so often.
I did not think so.
If you read your own site, stories a couple days old wouldn't get re-posted.
What does it say when the editors are no longer a part of the slashdot community?
When are you going to write some scripts that use grep, etc to do quick story checks?
CmdrTaco: Seems like that much is pretty easy. Now when it can control my answering machine, my MP3 collection, and my garage door, I'll be ready to automate my soul. ./er: This is not the duplicate I am looking for /.er:
Slashdotters: YOU #$^@ing IDIOT!!!! You posted this yesterday!!!
CT: This is not the duplicate you are looking for
CT: Move along
"Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest."
This was the random Slasdot quote... seriously, they should have cancelled today.
Oops, the original story was slashdotted! Here's the reprint:
:) We suck so much. Blah blah blah.
castilejw writes "CNN has an article showing where researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have teamed with researchers from Maya Designs, Inc. to produce the ultimate universal remote, which "would choreograph not just home entertainment systems but also intelligent appliances all around the house: microwave ovens, clothes dryers, air conditioners.". The device they have shown is a modified Compaq iPAQ, which they have so far modified to control two lamps, a fan and a stereo with a five-CD changer." Seems like that much is pretty easy. Now when it can control my answering machine, my MP3 collection, and my garage door, I'll be ready to automate my soul. Update: 09/02 15:34 GMT by CT: Oops, this is a duplicate. Move along
Just press the green button to post a duplicate story at random!!!
Or, for extra control, use the buttons on the keypad to type in the exact number of the story you want to duplicate, then press the yellow button.
If you want to post "First Post" to the current story, press blue.
Or, if you wish to vote randomly on the last 20 Slashdot polls, and post a confusing comment on 3 of them, press red.
Nuff said.