Linux is taking over...

Slashdot | Linux-Based Cat Feeder

This could be the funniest /. article ive seen in a long time. The best part is definately the comments at the bottom.

Here are some excerpts...

In order to stay current with all Linux features, Microsoft Feed (tm) will be bundled with the next major release of Windows.

The early insider-only reviews contain the following highlights:
The feeder dispenses 70kg of food at a time no matter what size cat you have.
Users of the feeder must use Microsoft CatChow (tm) or an authorized, licensed, compatible cat food (MS-ALCCF). Non-Microsoft licensed cat foods "may" cause your cat to crash.
The feeder contains hidden, Microsoft-only APIs to connect to Microsoft LitterBox (tm) and Microsoft ScratchingPost (tm). These products will be available early next year.
To show Microsoft's committment to open standards, any kind of water may be used with the Feeder product, although Microsoft may "extend" the Water Standard anytime in the future in incompatible ways.

I want Chicken, I want Liver...
Linux, Linux Please Deliver...

So can you also set up a cron job to clean the litter box?

Hardware hacking and Python? Pfft. All he had to do is this:
% cat < /tmp/tastyFish
What are they teaching young admins in college these days, anyway?

$ cat "food in tin cans"
cat: cannot open food in tin cans



I was wheezing i was laughing so hard....