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The NetBSD Toaster
kv9 writes "Finally after many, many yeas of running on everything-but-your-toaster NetBSD is there too. Technologic Systems has made a toaster that is controlled by NetBSD and powered by one of their ARM boards, the TS-7200. Everything is controlled through sysctl, there are LEDs that show you what is going on, the toaster can play MP3s while it fries the bread and even has Apache/PHP installed. More information in the press release [pdf warning] and on this running NetBSD on the TS-7200 page."
Can it burn CDs^W^W^W toast?
I'll bet it makes lousy toast. You know, the kind with BCBs all over the place.
"We are the Dyslexia of Borg. Your ass will be laminated. Futility is resistant."
The BTOD? Black Toast of Death?
will Roxios Toast sue wonderbread for trademark infrigement now?
I guess their server is toast.
I'm a little confused by this story.
Did Netcraft just confirm that my toaster is dead?
How long before we get a proper talkie toaster then :)
like this
This might be appropriate for a single guy on a budget, but we all know that scaling problems will keep this from being deployed in any serious environment.
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
"Shh shh shh, not right now son. Im making *PZZZTTT* toast!!!!"
"...it fries the bread and even has Apache/PHP installed."
that will teach them to run their webserver on a toaster!
What I want to know is, if I finish toasting one slice of bread, and then immediately decide I want to toast another, will it reset and toast the second slice for the correct amount of time, instead of popping up way too early like most toasters do? Of course it would have to take into account that the toaster is already hot, and not toast it for quite as long as the first slice (since it would have taken a little time to warm up at first).
$x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
$x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
...now they need to get it running on the kitchen sink!
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
News for Nerds <--------> Stuff that Matters
I'd put this solidly on the "Nerds" side.
'Hi, would you like some toast?'
This just proves how ahead of its time Amiga was. The Video Toaster came out in 1990. Now, 15 years later, someone finally puts another system on a toaster and it doesn't even have video! Maybe another 15 and the world will catch up.
...the year of BSD on the countertop!
Now, if only NetBSD ran a garbage-disposal, we could say that NetBSD runs everything and the kitchen sink!
I don't fear computers, I fear the lack of them. -I. Asimov
Finally! My dreams have come true!
IWARS.
People, in general, disappoint me. Politicians even more so.
Th is one talked.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
But... do they fly?
The filesystem is the package manager
In fact, that's how it works. Insert bread, start webserver, advertize its existence on Slashdot. Resulting meltdown turns bread into toast.
I believe posters are recognized by their sig. So I made one.
But does that claw hammer run BSD?
Another one bites the dust
...until someone implements RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
Open Source Java Web Forum with LDAP authentication
Have they made one of these chips yet to control your wife?
Yep
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Great. So now I can worry about a Denial-of-Breakfast attack.
:P
Just kidding folks
Now with mod_bagel and mod_frozen !! oh my!
Everybody knows that jelly-jet is so outdated and inefficient. Even my g/f uses jam sublimation, and her spread is so much crisper, smoother and even than what jelly-jet provides.
I prefer spicer printing; even though the Cinnamon/Mint/Vanilla/papriKa toner cartridges are much more expensive and don't have the breadth of color, they'll spice thousands of pieces of bread and have a much higher flavor granularity. I get up to 2400 grains per inch on mine, but that's a little strong for my casual, everyday toast consumption.