Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!195.208.113.1.MISMATCH!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.039 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'subject:skip:a 10': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; 'guessing': 0.16; 'jobs.': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'to:addr:pearwood.info': 0.16; 'to:addr:steve+comp.lang.python': 0.16; "to:name:steven d'aprano": 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; '>': 0.26; 'push': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'mode': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; '-0700,': 0.31; 'arm': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'supposed': 0.32; 'another': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'subject:time': 0.33; 'totally': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'button': 0.38; 'planning': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'air': 0.66; 'boots': 0.84; 'macbook': 0.84; 'off,': 0.84; 'subject:Using': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'robot': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=V7HuRy+EczYK/YpSucdm7Nx0cjlBj2lIQvYkmGc9Yxs=; b=kQC491X3BOiN/TfAAO8z3QLAiEFtKxJSVnyxfOTpgHvwTdhd88EVEUoa6qqQi33Gsl ipBtn+hBBXsxUVSknSdAg15XpgQDXk/pPA3hw/kCLmjnL8cOPMH6xiBpV0o3cszI8DlC u298eWd2/6+dAT8z5URO1sH4GEuiRlC51vyBSEkJx9kzF3sNZ2wkh39z43sqetd5NjZw A69tjLASV3RQrB4JrPm62J41AgAUbfuccbf4sLQMW8xR/hyd8W6ONZsN+1vZjGM891PJ I9lFJcA55N64Jc9+K79QeWVWvNRW/KMt3gS/WKEyyV80Wj5nfuZXnf596CBgXHe9hLVY wy7g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.165.36 with SMTP id yv4mr2809715vdb.31.1371411292037; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:34:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51be108c$0$29966$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <6f5ad203-f692-414f-a895-2c474082e9bb@googlegroups.com> <51be108c$0$29966$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:34:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast From: Joel Goldstick To: "Steven D'Aprano" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2c010e7284604df4a9291 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 77 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371411300 news.xs4all.nl 15870 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49537 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48473 --001a11c2c010e7284604df4a9291 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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! > > > > -- > Steven > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com --001a11c2c010e7284604df4a9291 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



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 o= f
> alarm. =C2=A0I'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 sl= eep mode that still ran cron jobs. but I am totally guessing that.=C2=A0 If= its OFF off then you might need another computer attached to a robot arm t= hat could push the on button first!



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