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Send A Message To An LED Sign

Posted by timothy on from the well-that's-brave dept.

An anonymous reader submits "I just got a Pro Lite LED sign today. After a few minutes splicing and wiring up a DB9 to RJ11 connection, and a little fun with python, I've got a script that lets me take input from the web and display it on the sign. Eventually it will have other, more useful, purposes, but I figured I'd let you guys play with it as it is. There's also a log of past messages."

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  1. Re:Hah by __aavhli5779 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This may get modded down, but the guy who posted the article is an utter moron.

    He's already posted this link on two message boards (Ars Technica and Something Awful), to be informed that his copy of IIS Personal Web Server, included with Windows, which allows a maximum of 5 connections, couldn't stand up to the onslaught.

    Evidently, he decided posting it on Slashdot was a logical next step.

  2. Why approve this submission? Idiot editors! by Monoman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This was an AC post calling for control of a piece of hardware. How do we know the AC is even the real owner of the sign? Even if it is real, the sign probably crashed under the load just from /. subscribers (all 3 of them :-) ) before it was posted for the public.

    Over the years I have had quite a few submissions rejected and then the editors publish something like this. eeedeeeeots!

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