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Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast

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Date 2013-06-16 15:34 -0400
Subject Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast
From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:06:08 -0700, C. N. Desrosiers wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm planning to buy a Macbook Air and I want to use it as a sort of
> > alarm.  I'd like to write a program that boots my computer at a specific
> > time,
>
> If your computer is turned off, how is the program supposed to run?
>

I was thinking maybe it could in some sleep mode that still ran cron jobs.
but I am totally guessing that.  If its OFF off then you might need another
computer attached to a robot arm that could push the on button first!

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>
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> Steven
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Joel Goldstick
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Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 12:06 -0700
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-16 19:22 +0000
    Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:34 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:25 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 21:44 +0200
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:49 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-16 16:18 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 16:56 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 07:55 +1000
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-06-17 09:24 -0400
    Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-06-17 19:03 +0200
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "Lefavor, Matthew (GSFC-582.0)[MICROTEL LLC]" <matthew.lefavor@nasa.gov> - 2013-06-17 10:02 -0500
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 17:52 +0000

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