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Build Your Own BSD Beer Brewing Control System

Posted by michael on from the worthy-endeavors dept.

gnuguru writes "Here's a great use for some of your old hardware, a BSD beer brewing kit! Components: one 486, FreeBSD, a temperature logger kit, a relay board, some odds and ends from the useful box, and some time. Summer's just around the corner, so get to work gang!" You'll have to use this recipe, naturally.

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  1. BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    BSD: The Beer Service Device.

  2. Summer? by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 3, Funny
    Summer's just around the corner, so get to work gang!

    Being the 15th of January, it is exactly half way through Melbourne's 3 month summer season now. You self centered US folk :p

  3. Hey... by FuturePastNow · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first time I read that headline, I thought it said "BSD Beer Brewing System."

    Oh, wait...

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    1. Re:Hey... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Funny

      The first time I read your post, I thought it was an overused joke that was lame to begain with.

      Oh wait...

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  4. Free, as in? by Ghostgate · · Score: 5, Funny

    This brings new meaning to the phrase: "Free(BSD) as in beer."

  5. Let me see if I've got this straight.... by trs9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, now, I can make beer that's free as in speech? I'm confused.

  6. Great for work by nizo · · Score: 3, Funny

    The fun part is explaining to your boss why you need a fridge for the new computer "disk pack".

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  7. Open Source Beer? by kingjosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    As with any open source project . . . we'll need a lot of testing. Any volunteers?

  8. Coincidence? by nuxx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, what a weird post to read right now... I'm actually brewing beer as I type this. There's about 52 minutes left in the boil. Unfortunately I'm doing it the old analog method.

    If anyone is interested in reading the recipe for the beer I'm making, look here.

    1. Re:Coincidence? by molnarcs · · Score: 2, Funny
      I know you're joking, but just for clarity's sake: the BSD licence does allow to put another label on your beer, but it doesn't allow you to claim it is your own.

      Basically, the BSD licence is similar to PHK's (another FreeBSD developer) Beer-Ware Licence

      * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
      * <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you
      * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
      * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp
      I wonder how many have adopted this licence :)))

      ps. Now this" is really funny! :)))))

  9. BSD eh? by digitalgimpus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Beer Software Distribution

    Should have known.

    A distro dedicated to beer...how wonderful.

    So when will we see Windows XP "Hard Lemonade" Edition?

  10. So will this be free? by bennomatic · · Score: 2, Funny

    As in beer?

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  11. Re:How long until... by Stevyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does the Coors brewing company have to do with beer?

  12. Free as in beer by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yet another misinterpretation Richard Stallman's manifesto! It must drive him bonkers.

    Eric
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  13. Re:Accessories? by G-funk · · Score: 2, Funny

    He said beer, not guiness.... Why anybody would want to drink vegemite instead of just putting it on toast is still a mystery to me of course.

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