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USB Menorah

Posted by michael on from the christmas-cheer-topic-not-entirely-appropriate dept.

Fiver-rah writes "There's USB Christmas trees; lame acrylic things with LED lights that are powered by your computer. It's an amusing idea, but it doesn't really take advantage of being attached to a computer. Enter the USB Menorah. It can correctly calculate the dates of Hannukah for at least the next few thousand years (or any historical date back to 2 B.C.E.). As well as 'lighting' the candles based on when the sunsets (I set the default geography for San Francisco/Berkeley, but you can enter any latitude/longitude and (assuming you don't live too close to the arctic circle) it will be correct to within a few minutes. Furthermore, the shamas (candle you use to light the other candles) can blink out any morse-code message you want--it'll convert the words to morse code for you! And you can even put it into Kwanzaa mode! Each candle can take three different colors (Red, Green & Yellow), allowing you to do some animation. Software is a GPL command line program for Mac OS X. Basically only the USB communication stuff needs to be ported for other OS's. Delcom (the manufacturer of the USB interface chip) supplies drivers for Windows, and a few people have written Linux drivers, so it wouldn't be too hard for a motivated individual."

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  1. and by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it can tell you how many palestinian children can fill an apartheid wall

  2. FUCK ISRAEL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck israel you ethnic cleansing weapons of mass destruction having Un resolution defying war criminals.

  3. you fucking musslms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    if that the best products you can make
    who'd by that shittz

  4. Re:Heil Hitler! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you filthy jew.

    godwin's rule didn't stop hitler, now did it?

  5. Re:Advent Wreath by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about gas for Catholics too?

  6. Re:How Loving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, but you can have a Talmus dildo right up your filthy jew ass.

  7. Re:"Menorah..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fucking jews...

    your stupid candles.

    All to celebrate the slaughter of hellenic Israelites and the ultimate triumph of the evil Juden of Judea.

    I can't wait until each and every one of you is deported to Israel!!!! GET OUT!

  8. Kwanzaa is not a holiday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is utter bullshit invented in 196(6..7)

  9. Re:Saddam would love one of these by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hint #1: Tikrit is not a Kurdish-controlled area. Never has been, never will be.
    Hint #2: "British tabloid" in conjunction with "French news agency" does not equate to "credibility".
    Hint #3: If Saddam had been captured by the Kurds, they would've fed him his own fucking intestines, not "drugged him and left him for US troops".
    Hint #4: You're a fucking mental retard.
    Hint #5: Owned.

    Hope this helps!