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Xmas Lights + X10 + Webcam = Fun

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the national-lampoon dept.

Clark Griswold writes "My brother has outdone himself this year, installing 22,000 Christmas Lights on the outside of his house alone. The real beauty is the X10-Webcam Combo that allows you to turn the lights ON and OFF and see the results of your handiwork. It only works between 6pm and 10pm MST, but it's pretty fun to turn the zones on and off (though I'm not so sure the neighbors like it!)."

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  1. Abused... by MBCook · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Each web surfer can only update the webcam 5 times and change the lights 3 times withen 5 minutes - this limits the load on my server/Internet connection and I'm concerned about this being (ab)used too much...

    So naturally, we posted it on Slashdot. Maybe a limit of switching the lights 3 times withing 5 minutes TOTAL FROM ALL USERS would have been better. Very cool though.

    PS: Have we ever slashdotted a X10 system before?

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    1. Re:Abused... by rjamestaylor · · Score: 5, Funny
      • PS: Have we ever slashdotted a X10 system before?
      Not sure, I'd like to slash-burn X10.com . . .
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    2. Re:Abused... by Negadecimal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Clark Griswold writes "My brother has outdone himself this year...

      I suppose we all have the right to /. our own families...

  2. Ah slashdot... by CableModemSniper · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only way to create a fire-hazard from half-way around the world...Light ON, light OFF, Light ON, Light OFF, Light ON, Light OFF, Light BOOM! --Sparks everywhere...

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  3. Slashdot is the Grinch by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 5, Funny

    We just slashdotted CHRISTMAS. What next, do the editors engineer a DDoS on GOD HIMSELF?

    Tim

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  4. New Math by Chris_Stankowitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Xmas Lights + X10 + Webcam + /. = Lights Out

  5. And his neighbors say.... by yack0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    THANK GOD FOR SLASHDOT! Now the lights are ALL out!

    Not only did the server that runs them crash, it took all 22,000 lights with it.

    WOOHOO!!!!

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  6. This guy has done better by Kizzle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At Drivemeinsane.com you can control christmas lights in his living room, turn on the sprinkler, office lights, and send mesages that are said with a text to speach program.

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  7. In related news.... by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    A local house burned to the gound when its X10 camera system and 22,000 Christmas lights were Slashdotted.....

  8. On the first day of Christmas... by FrostedWheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    My computer said to me .... B.S.O.D. !!

  9. I feel sorry for... by Phoenix823 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would really feel terrible if this guy has any epileptic neighbors!

  10. /. light haiku by flogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Proud of what I did,
    Brother was envious and
    slashdoted my lights

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  11. Wake Me When The Shuttle Calls by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stories about wiring up your house for Christmas -- I don't care how you go about doing it -- should not ever hit Slashdot unless it can be seen from space.

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  12. Way to go... by fmaxwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great going guys! You Slashdotted Christmas.