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>In Red Hat 9, the monitor goes
to a power save mode after about 10 min.
What you need is a robotic key presser. Basically, we'll
construct a microprocessor that will, every 9 minutes or so, instruct a key
actuator to quickly press the shift key (or any other benign key.) It would seem
to me the easiest approach to foiling that pesky screen saver.
Speaking of cool machines, if you didn't know already, the BYU
MOA opened a cool exhibit last night called Poetic Kinetics. Basically they are
perpetual Rube Goldberg machines. If you like gadgets, complex machines, etc.
this is the (FREE) exhibit for you. It's open till 6:00pm today and from 12-5
tomorrow. Kids would love it, and so will you. http://cfac.byu.edu/moa/?flash=current Someone
on campus should stop by and verify that I'm accurate in my description of this
exhibit as the coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Things to look forward to: a life-sized guy on a bicycle that
petals and steers all controlled from one electric motor. The guy is made of
springs and metal odds and ends all welded together. It's on the main
floor.
The basement (the main exhibit) has a variety of extremely
intricate and huge displays (the main machine is at least 30 feet long and
probably 15 feet high.) The displays toss, shoot, sling billiard balls etc. and
create quite the visual pyrotechnics.
Not that any of us are actually social, but if ever you wanted
a free date, this is a cool one. You can spend 20 minutes in front of each
machine figuring out how they work.
(Sorry for not answering your question. I tend to tangentiate
frequently)
Ryan (your source for unhelpful uug answers since
1996)
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