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Re:Google timer by jaggederest on Monday September 23, 2013 @04:03AM (#6429596)

A script I use for this occasionally:

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby
  done = Time.now + ARGV[0].to_i
  while(true) do
    sleep(10)
    `say "Time's up!"` if Time.now > done
  end

Or the alarm clock version:

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby
  require 'time'
  done = Time.parse(ARGV[0])
  while(true) do
    sleep(10)
    `say "Time's up!"` if Time.now > done
  end

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Re:Google timer by bodyfour on Monday September 23, 2013 @04:11AM (#6429612)

My alarm clock 15 years ago was:

    $ sleep 28800; while :; do cat /etc/termcap; done > /dev/audio

These days /etc/termcap is disappearing from UNIX machines, but back then it was always available. I found it had just the right amount of structure to make a really annoying noise.

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Re:Google timer by paulnechifor on Monday September 23, 2013 @04:14AM (#6429619)

My occasional alarm clock is:

    $ sleep 8h; mpg123 <something>/pandemonic_hyperblast.mp3

There is no way to fail to wake up with this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Den-CQ6jk .

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Re:Google timer by noptic on Monday September 23, 2013 @04:30AM (#6429649)

I always used my stereos build in timer and a death metal CD for the same effect :)

But now my stereo and my CDs gather dust and I (and my neighbours) do not miss them.

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Re:Google timer by dllthomas on Monday September 23, 2013 @04:18AM (#6429628)

Heh, I've certainly done the same, albeit with different songs...

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Re:Google timer by Iuz on Monday September 23, 2013 @07:10AM (#6430056)

waking up to anaal nathrakh everyday would probably put me into depression after two weeks.

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