red hat?

Dave Stevens geek at uniserve.com
Mon Apr 16 19:55:04 UTC 2012


Quoting jdow <jdow at earthlink.net>:

> On 2012/04/16 12:18, fred smith wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:37:33AM -0700, jdow wrote:
>>> On 2012/04/16 07:28, fred smith wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:04:45AM +0100, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
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>>>>> On 04/13/2012 06:40 PM, jdow wrote:
>>>>>> It might help if you washed them once and awhile.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {O.O}   (You should know by not I lurk here and NO good
>>>>>> straight-line is safe.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Washing tends to make them fall apart faster, not slower (intense
>>>>> mechanical agitation and all that ;).
>>>>
>>>> I would think dry-cleaning would be the proper way to do it, no?
>>>
>>> I don't think I've ever tried to get a tee-shirt dry cleaned. It MIGHT
>>> work. Dry clean is a third best to actually washing the clothing in a
>>> suitable detergent. (Best is a phosphate bearing detergent if you can
>>> find one with phosphates in it and really want clean. Ditto for dish
>>> washing, too. That's once a year whether they need it or not, right?
>>> <Sigh - hoists a glass saluting the good old days!>)
>>>
>>> Now, how can we tie this back to Linux? Anybody made a Fedora controlled
>>> washing machine? Why not?
>>
>> tying back to RH: I was specifically thinking of the red fedora when I
>> suggested dry cleaning.
>
> A yes. That would be appropriate, methinks.
>
> (Now I need a little Raspberry PI to monitor the washing machine and drier
> so it can send a wireless message to the computer room telling me the laundry
> is done. I like that idea I tossed off at random.)

any rationale that gets me a Pi will do...

d

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