bouche Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Follow this link and you can put a message on some LED sign somewhere.I just did it and I wonder if it's actually seen by eyes anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 did someone just do "let jimmy sing" ?hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 haha and pricebasher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 did someone just do "let jimmy sing" ?hahaha I wasn't sure if Booche is on-line to do it. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Free advertising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I knoW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 man this thing is cool.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Now nobody is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Thanks, man.Hope somebody saw mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 ...My message, that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 where is this sign? or are there more than one sign going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 What's this all about, anyway? Ian owns a computer store. He sells new and recycled computers. Sometimes, people give Ian old computers and electronic equipment that they don't want any more. One day, Ian was given an LED sign. What is an LED sign, you ask? An LED sign is a display that uses a grid of over 6000 lights (LEDs) to show text, images, graphics, etc. This one came from a drug store. Around Christmas 1999, Ian contacted Dave and told him about the sign. Much to Dave's eternal regret, Dave writes database software for a living, but he couldn't resist the lure of The Sign. From January 2000 to May 2000, Dave and Ian reverse-engineered the sign and put it on the Web. Now it hangs in Ian's living room. Dave currently resides in Melita. Who did it, and why? We told you already: Dave and Ian did it. Why? Because it's there. Because it needed doing. Because we had nothing better to do. Because it was fun, and because we now know how to reverse-engineer controller cards, write Linux device drivers, mess about with sockets, make UNIX daemons, and fix all of the above when they break. And then break them again... But it's good. It's all good. Technical Information The sign consists of a 128 x 48 red 3-shade LED matrix and PC controller card manufactured by JVF Incorporated. We developed a Linux device driver -- based on the floppy drive device driver source code from the Linux kernel -- and a Linux daemon to listen on a TCP/IP socket for images sent to the sign. The daemon accesses our custom device driver. We developed PHP-based Web interfaces to the sign that allow anyone on the Internet to display stock quotes, view the time and temperature in Brandon, Manitoba; and send messages to the sign in Ian's apartment. We also developed some Windows apps in Delphi that allow the sign to display sound card output as a spectrum analyzer, capture video, display scrolling text,ported various java games to work with the LEDSign, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 hahah....that's probably the funniest thing Ollie has every typed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 i'm laughing so hard. some guy types: "I love you Michelle, Dave"I typed right after: "Michelle is cheating on you Dave"damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grateful_dave Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 that was me bastard! lolbut seriously is she cheating on me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grateful_dave Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 just getting cheesy with the lady. leave me alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 I cant believe my career has come to this. I am watching a blue bar slowly grow in size as it installs MS Office on one computer and clicking 'refresh' on this one every chance I get. There must be more to life than this......by the way. Jason Ogden is apparently gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 uh oh so is Ryan Adams, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 bring scotch to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 uh oh so is Ryan Adams, apparently That was from me to Booche. Thanks to whomever posted this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 How many Laura MacPherson's are in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 and how many could love her like the sun loves hydrogen?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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