X10 Hallowe'en Display 151
Spic writes "I'm sure alot of us remember the Christmas light display using X10 that was up for last Christmas, well, the same guy has a Hallowe'en display up. Pretty neat idea. You can even vote for your favorite politcal candidate: Bush, Kerry, or The Incredible Hulk. Looks like he also anticpated our arrival."
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Re:awww (Score:5, Informative)
RTFA
Re:awww (Score:3, Funny)
If you build it, they will come indeed.
OH CRAP!!!! (Score:5, Interesting)
P.S. The pop up is an HTML body alert=message based on the referrer
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:5, Interesting)
28: 0.14%: 10: 0.16%: 533,805: 0.17%:
5: 0.02%: 1: 0.02%: 63,463: 0.02%:
7: 0.03%: 3: 0.05%: 95,263: 0.03%: Amiga
3: 0.01%: 1: 0.02%: 43,369: 0.01%: OS/2
10: 0.05%: 0: : 121,863: 0.04%: Mozilla/3.01 (WIERD)
honestly.... major props to anyone who gets hits from os/2 AND the arpanet!
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:3, Informative)
The OS/2 stuff is still cool though
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:1)
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:2)
I didn't add weird
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:1)
too cool (Score:1)
didja see this browser in your stats called "woo woo!"
what is that???
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Some other funny moments (yes a log can be funny)
56% Mozilla (Score:2)
57.36%: Mozilla
27.46%: MSIE
5.88%: Safari
4.23%: Opera
for me, Mozilla (Firefox) just works. It is ready for prime time, general use. We may be early adopters, but 57% is awesome!
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:4, Informative)
P.S. Some bizzarre perl/apache errors popping up occasionally in the errors_logs - YIKES!
PPS. Good points moosesocks - I'd mod you up if I had any points.
Re:awww (Score:2)
Re:awww (Score:1)
Get
heh.. (Score:2, Funny)
2 hours till the controls come online, wonder if he'll last..
X11 (Score:5, Funny)
(Joking)
Re:X11 (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, mod! Yes, you! Leave Slashdot immediately!
You do NOT belong.
Re:X11 (Score:2)
However it's still a funny post....
OT- Modding, Karma, and funny (Score:5, Informative)
so the new thing is to mod up things that are really funny with something other than funny; underrated is typically the best option (it maintains the previous "funny" tag but ups the score and ups the karma) but not everyone got the memo.
That being said, it'd be pretty fresh if my halloween display next year could indeed run Xwindows... or at least Xbiff and Xeyes.
Re:OT- Modding, Karma, and funny (Score:2)
Re:X11 (Score:3, Insightful)
Hmm, and unfair moderation on
I'd say he does belong here, and the rest of us should leave.
Re:X11 (Score:1)
For those of us unaware... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:For those of us unaware... (Score:5, Funny)
It's celebrating the birth of Santa Claus.
Re:For those of us unaware... (Score:4, Funny)
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor.
Christmas linky (Score:5, Informative)
Christmas lights [216.239.57.104]
Re:For those of us unaware... (Score:2)
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Jesus,
Happy birthday to you.
--Full Metal Jacket
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/viewtopic.ph
You dolt! (Score:2)
slasdotted... *zot* (Score:4, Funny)
Re:slasdotted... *zot* (Score:1)
Re:slasdotted... *zot* (Score:1)
Re:slasdotted... *zot* (Score:1)
Re:slasdotted... *zot* (Score:2)
So who's laughing now?
Mastercard (Score:4, Funny)
2,500 kw of electricity: Who knows?
Slashdotting some guy's house for no readily apparent reason: Priceless
For revenge on your boss, there's cash, for everything else, there's mastercard.
What's X10? (Score:4, Interesting)
There was a message saying control would be activated in 2 hours or so, does that mean we can control the decorations from the webcam? If so, what can be controlled?
Annoying questions aside, the "Incoming Slashdotter" message was cool. Nice to be part of an internet locust swarm.
Re:What's X10? (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:What's X10? (Score:5, Informative)
-S
Re:What's X10? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1)
Re:What's X10? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1)
No, he didn't (Score:3, Funny)
Umm, with his webserver being slashdotted after less then 10 comments, I think it's safe to say he didn't expect our arrival. Anyone got a cache?
Re:No, he didn't (Score:1)
-1 Redundant (Score:2)
What good is that going to do you when the site is supposed to be interactive?
Bookmark it and come back to it in a day or so.
The gooogle cache of the text at least. (Score:1)
Cool (Score:1)
Although i do like being able to change the webcam pan/zoom setting. I have not seen that before
But i don't really look for this stuff.
Anticipation... (Score:5, Funny)
>Looks like he also anticpated our arrival.
"Anticipation is only half the battle" -- Old Slashdot saying
Re:Anticipation... (Score:3, Insightful)
I just read that as:
"Anticipation is only half the bottle."
Worse, I almost modded it Insightful.
Darn - I was hoping for the Halloween docs (Score:1)
After all:
... was WAY too early, and nowhere near as juicy, as we've come to expect.
Oh, well - guess I'll have to wait for this year's slashdot halloween costume poll http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1007 [slashdot.org]
Possible FIre hazard (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Possible FIre hazard (Score:2)
Hah! (Score:5, Funny)
mozilla http://images.google.com/images?q=halloween&hl=en
Seriously, though, this guy impresses the crap out of me. The most I ever did was turn my bedroom lights on and off over the Internet and freak my parents out.
I might be out of line here... (Score:5, Insightful)
[OT] Re:I might be out of line here... (Score:1)
Most of the time it's the pipe that gives up under a /.ing or it's a server configured to not become completey useless (other than web), although sometimes the box probably does become a smoking hole.
Remember the Gmail Machine, the page that generated a random number and it if matched the correct one you "won" a gmail invite? That page was PHP and for every hit it locked the cou
*sigh* Mirrordot... (Score:2, Informative)
Slashdotted - Mirrors Here (Score:5, Informative)
X10 Halloween Display (Score:3, Funny)
"X10 Halloween Display" -> "X10 Hallowe'en Display". Same change in the article text.
Huh?
Wikipedia answers all (Score:2)
Re:Wikipedia answers all but the question asked (Score:3, Informative)
Hallowe'en derives from Hallow's E'en.
Hallow's E'en derives from Hallow's Even.
Hallow's Even derives from Hallow's Eve.
Hallow's Eve is the day before All Hallow's Day (or All Saint's Day) - the day that celebrates the saints that have no day of their own (eg, Saint Patrick, Saint George, Saint Valentine).
Useless fact #37 for the day. Enjoy.
Re:Wikipedia answers all but the question asked (Score:2)
Re:Wikipedia answers all but the question asked (Score:2)
Re:X10 Halloween Display (Score:1, Interesting)
No fair (Score:5, Funny)
That's not fair! The Hulk is taking votes away from Kerry!
Re:No fair (Score:5, Funny)
H4r h4r!
Re:No fair (Score:1)
Well, the Hulk was really a shoo-in for the Green Party nomination.
Of course; he's the "Green" candidate! EOM (Score:1)
Re:Of course; he's the "Green" candidate! EOM (Score:1)
Re:No fair (Score:2, Funny)
Hah! (Score:5, Funny)
No one expects the Slashdot Inquisition!
Re:Hah! (Score:2)
so... (Score:3, Funny)
this guy must love the Internets now!
Webcam image (Score:5, Interesting)
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Bush is winning (Score:1, Troll)
Polls don't mean much. . Re:Bush is winning (Score:1)
Seriously, it should be a close race, the polls are usually polling likely voters, and for the first time in over a decade we've got a major rash of young people registering to vote, and as long as the Democrats continue to register more new voters, we'll be fine.
In the end it will boil down to voter turnout. If there's high voter turnout the dems will win, if it's low, then the republican
Re:Bush is winning (Score:2)
Coral Cache (Score:2)
physical slashdotting (Score:2)
2510 Blue Heron Circle Lafayette, CO [komar.org]
'alot' should be 'a lot' (Score:1)
'A lot' is two words.
Sincerely,
The 'a lot' grammar Nazi
don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:3, Informative)
- the guy has a big public display of lights at his house, twice a year
- he encourages zillions of people see his house & publishes it on the web
- he publishes detailed pictures [komar.org], the address, and lan/lon coordinates [komar.org] of his house.
You would think he'd want people to come see his house, right?
I saw he lived pretty close to where I was so I decided to visit [slashdot.org] - I thought it would be neat to post a video of what the house looked like as people voted.
so I drive there only to find, IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY!!
I got to the head of Blue Heron, and there's a gate that closes at 7 pm. I could call and ask to be let in, but it was 9:15pm on a Sunday night and I know this guy has two little kids [komar.org], so I don't bother calling - it would be rude. As a faithful slashdotter, I would have tried the "911" entry code, but I saw there was a special key for emergency personnel, so I didn't try (plus, they put they keypad in a hard-to-reach place)
<RANT>What is it with gated communities?! I don't see how crime is much of a problem in this place because it's pretty much alone in the countryside. It's not like there is a crackhouse next door. And, since most burglaries occur before 7pm [crimereduction.gov.uk], the gate won't help much. And, if you want to commit some crime at night, just get there before 7pm, wait, and then make your getaway whenever you want -- the gates will always let you out.</RANT>
I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I think he should reconsider where he lives, or push the homeowner's association to remove the gate.
So, anyway, don't try to go there. You're not welcome... unless you come before 7pm, and then sit on their lawn until dark.
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:4, Informative)
There's a bit of controvery over my lights since in 2002, the Boulder Camera wrote about them and a lot of people drove by (the gates are opened for about two weeks then) and the homeowner's association was not too happy about that. You are welcome to Send HULK an Email (from the webcam page) if you want more info.
And on the "gate issue", while I'm a technical guy, I don't do layer 8 of the networking stack - i.e. except for "Vote for Hulk", I stay outa politics.
P.S. BTW, "Beware of Dog" (really!) - see D-6 in the webcam FAQ [komar.org]
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:2)
Where I grew up there were lots of neighborhoods that decorated. My favorite, in Pimmit Hills, even put xmas lights on their vw beetle. [tripod.com]). We always took family and visitors on evening car tours to the best houses. People respected the privacy of the homeowners and the neighbors... hopefully people out here don't ruin it and do the same.
Keep up the good work!
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:2)
Enjoyed that "Tacky Christmas Lights of Northern Virgi
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:2)
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:2)
When you get to the front gate of the community, the keypad invites you to call the house you're visiting to get buzzed in. (I think this is the model I saw [southbaystorage.com]) I didn't use it, but from the sign and the buttons, it looks like you can type in t
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:2)
When I said "alternative entry: is there a code slashdotters can use to get in", I wasn't trying to find some sneaky way to get in. Often times, residents can give out special entry codes to friends and relatives so that they don't have to call in. This possibility would be issued by and be at the sole discretion of xmas2003 (and hopefully revoked nov 1st).
Also, just so we're on the same track here... the gate I'm talking about is a community gate. It limits a
This always happens... (Score:1)
If it's not Consolidated Lint, it's just fuzz!
Opinion on decorations (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Opinion on decorations (Score:2)
Lisa: Hey, I thought Krusty was Jewish.
Bart: Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
and
Kent Brockman: Yes, whether your Christian or just non-Jewish everyone loves Santa Claus
Mozilla Wins! (Score:2)
Webcam operational all night for overseas /.'ers (Score:2)
And as noted, I was driving to work a few days ago, and I heard on the radio one of those "Bud Lights Presents Real Men of Genius" commercials for "Mr. Halloween Decorations Man" - needless to say, it struck a chord with me! ;-)
I've Google'd to the end of the Internet, but can't seem to find this. So if anyone out there can find a web site with it will
explanation (Score:5, Funny)
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