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Endless Liquid Refreshment

rabtech writes "I'm very lazy. As part of that continuing effort, I've come up with a guide for installing a soda fountain in the house. I've detailed how to get the equipment, hoses, and supplies, as well as how to install and calibrate the system. Now you won't ever need to move for lack of liquid refreshment! My next project: Food Replicator."

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  1. Even more impressive by Drunken+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would be if you'd managed to rig a kegorator to dispense Guinness. If you feel like drinking a calorie-laden fizzy beverage, it might as well be one that tastes good.

    Besides which, there is evidence that diet soda drinks are mildly carcinogenic and may slow down the metabolism enough to negate the fact that they are less caloric.

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    1. Re:Even more impressive by Cryptnotic · · Score: 4, Funny

      As a college student who drank Guinness through a plastic tube attached to a cheap ($20) plastic tap on keg (yes, directly from the tube without using a cup), I can say that no other equipment is necessary.

      That having been said, now that I am no longer a college student, I absolutely prefer Guinness served in a glass. Actually, I think I would have preferred it in a glass back then, but all we had was that plastic tube.

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  2. your going to need this too.. by dumbmrblah · · Score: 2, Funny

    an insulin dispenser

  3. Re:Not worth it. by packeteer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Liters? What kind of sick fucking country uses liters? I like my pop... thats right not soda, not "soft drinks"... POP in GALLONS, OUNCES, and PINTS for the beer.

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  4. Re:hmmm.... by localghost · · Score: 3, Funny

    Teeth are overrated, and fat keeps you warm in the winter. I'll take the soda fountain, thank you.

  5. lazy indeed by mlknowle · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I'm very lazy. As part of that continuing effort, I've come up with a guide for installing a soda fountain in the house. I've detailed how to get the equipment, hoses, and supplies, as well as how to install and calibrate the system. Now you won't ever need to move for lack of liquid refreshment! My next project: Food Replicator."

    Wow! You're right! That 'continuing effort to be lazy" sure does take a lot of work!!!

  6. New Submissions for Sunday! Slow Day by puto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! How to install a soda fountain! The very height of tehcnology. Something I have always wanted to do. Wait a minute.

    If the guy would have installed it and controlled it with a wireless NIC and had Big Gulp cups printed with the Penguin and a caffeine molecule

    Whats next in the story department?

    1. Watching Paint Dry - The do's and don'ts.
    2. Color Coding Recycling bins.
    3. Zen and the Art of the Compost heap.
    4. Tae Boe Power Knitting.
    5. Sheep dipping for fun and profit.

    But seriously, admittingly I sit in front of computers probably far too much, this guy has no life. Diagramming his soda dispenser installation?

    Hooray that he installed then had so much time on his hands to create a web page?

    Now I have seen everything.

    Puto

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  7. Coulda Spent It On... by GamezCore.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or with that same $500 you could've spent $495.00 on a decent web server, and then bought a case of your favorite soda.

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  8. You'll probably need by Safety+Cap · · Score: 4, Funny

    an automated insulin injector, thanks to your newly-developed diabetes, too!

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    1. Re:You'll probably need by Kelerain · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or he could just hack in an insulin injector into the soda machine!

      yes I know.. ;)

  9. Feeling Incontinent? by polv0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if going to the bathroom becomes too inconvenient, try some of these.

  10. The question remains... by moertle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

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    1. Re:The question remains... by yokem_55 · · Score: 2, Funny

      And in Soviet russia, the soda fountain installs YOU!

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  11. Re:interesting by product+byproduct · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can plastic survive soda corrosion?

    If you build your plastic pipes out of 2-liter soda bottles, you should be ok.

  12. Number 6 beat you to it. by haydon4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My next project: Food Replicator.

    Number 6: And I invented the bottemless peanut bag.

    Homer (number 5): Wow!

  13. And you didnt use it to cool your PC?!? by happyhippy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Why didnt you hook it up to cool down your rig? Jeez it would be worth the expense then.

    Disclaimer: The link is slashdotted so I dont know he did or not.

  14. Re:Dentists' goldmine by liquidsin · · Score: 2, Funny

    3. PROFIT! [because coders' teeth fall out]

    I'm glad you put that explaination there in parentheses, because I had no idea why a dentist would profit from this scenario. Once again, thanks for the road map!

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  15. Re:Compounding a problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, horseshit. I know this son of a bitch, he's a nutritionist himself. Don't listen to the "oh, eat healthier, get excersise, feel better" jibber jabber. They've always had a hard-on bitching about things like heart attacks, diabetes, bubbleass, etc. Don't worry, it won't happen to you! He thinks water, fruit juice, and vegetable juice taste better? Next think you know he'll be saying that pointing your willy towards your mouth and firing piss down your throat will taste better as well. Let me tell you, from first hand experience, nothing tastes better than instant gratification. Be happy. Drink Coke!

    -Cody the Coca-Cola Bottler

  16. Soda's ok by quintessent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soda's alright, but I'm more of a water drinker. Do you think you could adapt this thing to dispense water on demand?

  17. Slurpee machine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My dream as an engineer-turned-manager is that I will someday use dot-com investor funds to buy a Slurpee machine for my engineers...

    We'll have team building parties where we merge flavors to create a special slurpee specific to a particular project.

    Got any good job leads?

  18. Re:Actually, it would be cooler to keep it simple by DTC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey now! Just because this guy built his own soda fountain, it doesn't give you the right to infer that he's a jerk!

  19. Re:interesting by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Can plastic survive soda corrosion?"

    Uh, are you aware that Coca Cola is commonly shipped in *plastic* bottles? ;P

  20. Re:One important thing to note... by outsider007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is damn cool though, and the chicks dig it

    no, it's not cool at all. and the chicks just didn't want to hurt your feelings.

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  21. Re:One important thing to note... by iwillrefuse · · Score: 5, Funny

    that's simply a lie. chick dig things they don't normally get, and although this seems odd for a slashdot statement, I'm pretty sure I got laid just because I had a soda machine. Either that, or my charm. And I'm pretty sure it was the previous. :)

  22. Cauliforms? by toxcspdrmn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you really have deadly cauliflower-like organisms in your water supply? Perhaps you meant "coliforms".

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  23. Re:One important thing to note... by outsider007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    where exactly do you have to go to find a chick who 'doesn't normally get' soda?

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  24. Expert Instructions R Us by Mulletproof · · Score: 2, Funny

    Homade Soda Fountain instructions

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    "Be aware that there may be mistakes or gross errors on my part, as well as omissions. IF you spot any errors of this sort, please contact me so I may correct them at once!"

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    A very bad idea.

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