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Comment Re:Great Idea! (Score 1) 330

I use the countdown timer on my $20 cell phone to provide the same functionality.

Sometimes I acknowledge the timer and then forget though, so I am still planning on hooking the washer and dryer to the house computer (a sheevaplug) so that I can have something more persistent when the washer is done.

Comment Re:Stay away from root (Score 1) 348

For a personal desktop, the user's account is all that matters. It would be a cake piece to then get the user's browse history, e-mail contacts, keystrokes, passwords (including root/sudo password), banking information, etc. as well as send spam, launch ddos, etc.

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