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Re: rcxhttpd?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:31:54 GMT
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"Brian B. Alano" <alano@kiva.net> wrote:
> > Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > > What about other TCP protocols? Wouldn't it be fun to ftp or telnet to
> > > your RCX brick? (Just because you can? :-)
> > Don't forget 'finger'. There's already provisions for vending machines, so
> > it's not much of a stretch. :)
> Why not SMTP (E-mail)? Then we could IR an E-mail to a 'bot, who could
> wander around the house until it finds another 'bot. Then it would relay
> the message to that 'bot. This second 'bot could wander around until
> finding another 'bot, or an active IR tower, etc. until the E-mail
> finally gets delivered to the target 'bot or PC ;-)
LOL! I like it!
> More seriously,
[other protocols snipped]
> 5) (again with the SMTP). SMTP was designed with consideration for
> low-powered devices in mind, and as such shouldn't be hard to implement.
> (But where would you *store* messages?) SMTP (and E-mail in general) is
> a "store and forward" protocol: messages are received and stored until
> they can be re-transmitted closer to their destination. All my ideas for
> using this involve a COMMUNITY larger than any yet proposed on this
> list (I'm thinking of honey bees, espionage networks,...). Wait, I just
> thought of a use: a 'bot with SMTP could communicate directly with the
> lugnet.robotics.rcx list/newsgroup! Think of it! Your own 'bot could
> monitor the list for postings written by its creator, and when it saw words
> like "rebuild" or "scrap", it could find a dark corner to hide in! Or worse,
> you could get flamed by your own creation! (Now aren't you glad you read
> this whole posting :-)
Yes I am! Now, to convince the department that we _really_ need
1000 more Mindstorm kits as a fall-back for e-mail in case the net
goes down. ;)
jack (envisioning a building full of roving bots occassionally getting
squished by students rushing to class).
j-perdue@tamu.edu
http://www.cs.tamu.edu/people/jkp2866/
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| I love the idea, I think it would be great to see hundreds of little bots whizzing round my house comunicating with each other. Its a bit like teaching your dog to fetch the morning mail. Alan Bell. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| I don't think my first post succeeded, so here it is again. Sorry if you've already seen this. (...) wander around the house until it finds another 'bot. Then it would relay the message to that 'bot. This second 'bot could wander around until (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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