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Linux-powered Mobile Cocktail Mixer

Posted by michael on from the apt-get-install-rum dept.

weissi writes "You remember the slashdot.org story Linux-based Bar-Monkey? We found it pretty cool, but it has/had problems: definitely too big, and no plans and no source were available. That's why we decided to build our own Linux powered mobile cocktail mixer. Enjoy it..."

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  1. Linux seems like it will take over the world.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when you're drunk. ;)

  2. Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want one of these in my car.

  3. Does the kernel come with... by spiritraveller · · Score: 5, Funny
    a "shaken not stirred" module?

    Or is it patched for margaritas with crushed ice and salt???

    Mmmm, open source is good... burp!

  4. Had to say it. by dolo666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these! Mmmmm, happy drinking! :)

  5. wget by n0k14 · · Score: 5, Funny

    will it be able to wget more booze when it runs out?

    1. Re:wget by aardvarko · · Score: 4, Funny

      It uses FTP - the Fluid Transfer Protocol.

  6. Free... by Christoff84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since it does run on Linux...does that mean the drinks are on the house?

    1. Re:Free... by howlatthemoon · · Score: 5, Funny

      To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in ``free speech,'' not as in "free beer.'' ;-)

  7. Double the cost, still too big by TheRedHorse · · Score: 4, Informative

    The original bar monkey only cost $235 dollars to build, this mixer costs for 400 euro or $480 or so US.

    From the pictures of the mobile cocktail mixer, while it is smaller then the bar monkey, I still wouldn't call it "mobile". It's 15 inches * 27 inches * 15 inches. Looks to be built using a large toolbox and mentions 14 pumps so probably heavy.

    Nice idea, but still needs improvement.

  8. Humm, where are the ingredients? by Almost-Retired · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find it a bit odd that in all the pix on the so-called construction page, not one of them shows a closeup of the pumps or any containers for the ingredients.

    Methings we've been trolled.

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  9. Re:Small tip by ajs318 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That explains Perl then.

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  10. Re:Wow by Cyno01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cheap, thinkgeek, huh?

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  11. Re:What about some drinks like ... by ajs318 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Warning: loading coke will taint the kernel: no license. See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
    echo "Fucking stupid propietary drink"
    Just give it a few weeks for someone to come out with a GPLed cola drink. Of course, if it was running KDE, there would probably be a Koke module, embarrassingly similar to the proprietary original but with one little niggle spoiling the overall experience. And of course there would be a GNOME equivalent, gnoke, which would be pretty, indefinitely customisable, but terminally slow.
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  12. This will never work by eap · · Score: 4, Funny
    # Our own Punica-device is powered by a 40MHz Intel i486 CPU with 16MiB RAM

    In a machine this old the Liquor to CPU bus will be a serious bottleneck.

  13. Re:Small tip by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    The real question is, does the software recognize sloppy hand-mashing-on-keyboard as a request for a drink? Does it know that if you roll your palm down on the right side of the keyboard that you want another martini?

  14. Mixit and Punica by gringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the sourceforge page :

    Punica is a selfbuilt, Linux powered drink mixer.

    Apparently, this machine was able to build itself. I see that recursive compilation appears to have taken a step up in the world.

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  15. security won't be a problem by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    drunk admins will move on to harder stuff, using snort and even crack to improve security.

  16. hoax by nudicle · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I'll probably get modded troll but am I the only one who thinks this looks like a hoax? Did you see the pictures? It's hilarious. They have a metallic box, a laptop sitting on top ... some hose running up and out, and some computer elements looking "home brew" occasionally in the frame.

    Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think /. just got taken for quite an amusing ride.