Linux-powered Mobile Cocktail Mixer 170
weissi writes "You remember the slashdot.org story Linux-based Bar-Monkey? We found it pretty cool, but it has/had problems: definitely too big, and no plans and no source were available. That's why we decided to build our own Linux powered mobile cocktail mixer. Enjoy it..."
Linux seems like it will take over the world.... (Score:5, Funny)
OMG! Nothing GNU? (Score:2)
Doesnt this product violate the licensing agreement? I say ignore this guy's closed-source junk, burn his house to the ground, rape his sister, and flip off his cat!
Re:OMG! Nothing GNU? (Score:2)
Re:OMG! Nothing GNU? (Score:2)
*goes to fetch his pitchfork, torches, studded dildo , chains, and got milk t-shirt*
Small tip (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Small tip (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Small tip (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Small tip (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Small tip (Score:4, Informative)
All joking aside, God I hope not. Using aspirin while drinking could very well kill you. Aspirin inactivates some key enzymes that neutralize alcohol in your body. Taking aspirin just before, during, or just after drinking could cause your blood alcohol levels to shoot up much faster than normal, causing severe damage.
Tylenol is also bad for a drinker because it has a severe liver toxicity when combined with alcohol. In fact Tylenol and ethanol on their own can be bad for your liver, combine them and they become worse for your liver than you would expect.
The best cure for a hangover is a little more alcohol and lots of Gatorade. The alcohol takes the edge of the mini-withdrawal you undergo and the Gatorade keeps you hydrated and replaces vital lost electrolytes and sugars. I've found that lemon-lime Gatorade and gin is actually a decent combination.
Re:Small tip (Score:1)
Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
How about the ice cuvbes? (Score:2)
Re:How about the ice cuvbes? (Score:1)
Re:How about the ice cuvbes? (Score:2)
Cool (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Cool (Score:2)
Re:Cool (Score:2)
Bond meets Futurama (Score:1, Funny)
Coders (Score:1, Funny)
security won't be a problem (Score:5, Funny)
Does the kernel come with... (Score:5, Funny)
Or is it patched for margaritas with crushed ice and salt???
Mmmm, open source is good... burp!
Pick up girls!! (Score:2, Funny)
Had to say it. (Score:5, Funny)
wget (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wget (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wget (Score:1, Funny)
Re:wget (Score:1, Funny)
Re:wget (Score:1)
(Yes, shamelessly stolen from that ThinkGeek t-shirt ;)).
Great (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great (Score:2)
Free... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Free... (Score:1)
but yeah, stop it with these annoying jokes that aren't really funny already
Please?
webmaster geek shirts [wabshirts.com]
Double the cost, still too big (Score:5, Informative)
From the pictures of the mobile cocktail mixer, while it is smaller then the bar monkey, I still wouldn't call it "mobile". It's 15 inches * 27 inches * 15 inches. Looks to be built using a large toolbox and mentions 14 pumps so probably heavy.
Nice idea, but still needs improvement.
Re:Double the cost, still too big (Score:1)
Re:Double the cost, still too big (Score:2)
Reminds me of a headline from SimCity 2000: "Naysayers Say Nay"
Pictures? (Score:1)
webmaster geek shirts [wabshirts.com]
Re:Pictures? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pictures? (Score:1)
no.
is that a hint?
*hick*
click here for stuff [wabshirts.com]
Re:Pictures? (Score:1)
Pics (Score:1)
Re:Pics (Score:1)
Wrong. (Score:3, Informative)
Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:5, Insightful)
Methings we've been trolled.
--
Cheers, Gene
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:1)
all those little labels under the buttons get kinda funny, too. what's this little lightning bolt? "BEER". flower icon? "MORE BEER"
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:1)
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:1)
Looks to me like a giant case - how do the pumps (if there are any) work with the supposed bottles they had to consume?
I like diagrams.
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:1)
Re:Humm, where are the ingredients? (Score:2, Informative)
About 90% of the source code consists of generic list implementations (copy-and pasted). Yeah, right, like 20 times the same linked list implementation!
The other 10% look very incomplete. Hence this code snipet from the main pump control module:
unsigned short int hw_control(device_t slot, time_t time, const char *dev) {
printf("%s:%d\n", dev, slot);
printf("%s:%d\n", dev, 0);
return 0;
}
I'm not sure how thi
Pumps to what? (Score:3)
Re:Pumps to what? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pumps to what? (Score:2, Funny)
oh, I suppose some of you have already graduated...
We have almost everything..... (Score:1)
The finishing touches..... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The finishing touches..... (Score:1)
Re:The finishing touches..... (Score:1)
This will never work (Score:5, Funny)
In a machine this old the Liquor to CPU bus will be a serious bottleneck.
age (Score:2)
Re:age (Score:1)
Re:age (Score:2, Informative)
Re:age (Score:2)
Cigarettes are cool once you're 16 too.
Mixit and Punica (Score:4, Funny)
Punica is a selfbuilt, Linux powered drink mixer.
Apparently, this machine was able to build itself. I see that recursive compilation appears to have taken a step up in the world.
Re:Mixit and Punica (Score:1)
Sorry, I couldn't resist
Re:Mixit and Punica (Score:1)
AAAh nerds (Score:2)
In Related News (Score:4, Funny)
Whoops! (Score:1)
hoax (Score:4, Interesting)
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think /. just got taken for quite an amusing ride.
And you thought Space Invaders ate quarters! (Score:1)
I'd suggest some easy improvements. (Score:4, Interesting)
That would make it an *incredible* machine. Also, someone could start a very good buisness selling these things if they had those features. Think of it, an ACTUAL way to "#3 PROFIT!!" from slashdot. Aren't I generous giving it away.
Re:I'd suggest some easy improvements. (Score:2, Funny)
Lets hope that the Voice recognition software has So what happens when the users become increasingly drunk, will the voice recognition software start to serve up what it thinks it heard...
Re:I'd suggest some easy improvements. (Score:3, Funny)
It's the only explanation I can think of as to why someone would keep drinking beer.
--RJ
sponsored? (Score:4, Funny)
Main costs:
* computer was sponsored
I sure hope no company went out and bought these guys such a powerful computer in exchange for their name on it.. It might have run them out of business
Re:sponsored? (Score:2)
Come on, buddy. I mean, so one of the guys said "Hey, I've got that old Packard Bell 486 down in the cellar...".
I mean, is that so bad? How would you write that in any way other than "sponsored" when calculating expenses?
Sheeeez. Be a LITTLE forgiving, why don't you?
Re:sponsored? (Score:2)
Linux Powered... (Score:2, Offtopic)
With linux's uptime you could use it for months on end.
where is Java? (Score:2)
I wonder when my car will be Linux powered :)
Re:where is Java? (Score:1)
Java connection to ports? (Score:2)
Barmonkey (Score:3, Insightful)
huh (Score:1, Troll)
Another direction (Score:1)
A spark? alcohol? hmm... (Score:1)
Pictures (Score:1)
Pumps and hoses? (Score:3, Insightful)
Are the pumps and hoses they are using food-grade hoses, or are they using windshield wiper pumps like the last guys?
Again, when designing something that handles substances that are going into your body, you need to be VERY careful about what comes into contact with those substances - even more so when what you are handling is composed of two very powerful solvents (water and alcohol).
The chemicals that can leech out of non-food grade stuff are NASTY - as in "Well, we can put you on the list for a new liver, but...."
Yes, food grade pumps and tubes are more expensive than going down to the salvage yard. But a liver transplant or chemotherapy is even MORE expensive!
Reminiscences of Linux Version 9 (Score:4, Funny)
Ah yes, I remember the days of Linux version 9.
Good old version 9.
See, that's your problem. You should have been using something newer, like version 1,213,437,523.02. That version is much more mature.
Re:My experiences with loonix (Score:1)
Ah, that's what it stands for. Maybe we should call it Liner, no- Hitler's name ends with an 'r'. Or Lineo, rats- I forgot about Castro. What a load of tripe.
Re:My experiences with loonix (Score:2)
I'm as a hardline Cold War warrior as the next American, but you either have to be joking or writing agitprop. While it wouldn't surprise me if the Open Source community was riddled with Leftists, you can't seriou
Re:Never ask it... (Score:2)
Re:Never ask it... (Score:2)
Re:Never ask it... (Score:1)
Which then begs the question...
Can it mix a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, and if so, does it know where you should go to rehabilitate afterwards?
Re:GPL Violation? (Score:2)
Re:GPL Violation? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:GPL Violation? (Score:1)
Re:What about some drinks like ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What about some drinks like ... (Score:1)
Re:What about some drinks like ... (Score:3, Informative)
There's already OpenCola [opencola.com], whose main website appears down, but description here [alternet.org]