Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-15 Thread Nifty Fedora Mitch
On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 02:32:54PM +0200, Andrew Kelly wrote: Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 08:15 -0400, William Case wrote: snip Been there, done that. There is lots of alarm programs out there, but I want something that is simple to set, then grabs you by the

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2008-07-11 Thread Chris Jones
1) install kalarm 2) build myself a Bruno script that uses crontab to 'shutdown' for those times when I just gotta go. Whilst I cannot test it right now (at work, others using my machine etc.) I suspect option 2) can also be achieved using also kalarm. When creating a new alarm under

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2008-07-11 Thread Chris Jones
Chris Jones wrote: 1) install kalarm 2) build myself a Bruno script that uses crontab to 'shutdown' for those times when I just gotta go. Whilst I cannot test it right now (at work, others using my machine etc.) I suspect option 2) can also be achieved using also kalarm. When creating a

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2008-07-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Chris Jones wrote: 1) install kalarm 2) build myself a Bruno script that uses crontab to 'shutdown' for those times when I just gotta go. Whilst I cannot test it right now (at work, others using my machine etc.) I suspect option 2) can also be achieved using also kalarm. When creating a

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2008-07-11 Thread Ed Greshko
Les Mikesell wrote: Have it email message to your cell phone or an sms gateway to it. That would be especially annoying if you have to pay to receive them. All one really needs is to have any alarm system play a message of reminder from my wife...now that is really annoying. Oh, wait,

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2008-07-10 Thread William Case
Thanks everyone; For those who have been watching. I have decided what I am going to do. On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 19:18 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: Great idea! No, no really. Ever since I got your post, I have been chuckling to myself over the image of how mad I would be at myself if I

Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread William Case
Hi; Yesterday, I once again missed an appointment/activity I really wanted to make. Its Fedora's fault so I thought I would ask here first. Has anyone found a really annoying, really persistent alarm program or applet that can find you anywhere? What, from your personal experience, would you

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Andrew Kelly
On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 08:15 -0400, William Case wrote: snip Been there, done that. There is lots of alarm programs out there, but I want something that is simple to set, then grabs you by the throat and won't let you go until you do whatever it is you are supposed to do. Years and years

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Chris Jones
There is lots of alarm programs out there, but I want something that is simple to set, then grabs you by the throat and won't let you go until you do whatever it is you are supposed to do. kalarm is pretty good, for the few times I've used it. Can be configured to be pretty annoying if you

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Tom Horsley
Has anyone found a really annoying, really persistent alarm program or applet that can find you anywhere? What, from your personal experience, would you recommend? Well, I don't know if it is annoying enough for you or not, but checkout the silly program I wrote:

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 08:15:19 -0400, William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone found a really annoying, really persistent alarm program or applet that can find you anywhere? What, from your personal experience, would you recommend? Put a shutdown command in crontab. That should

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread William Case
Thanks Bruno; On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 11:21 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 08:15:19 -0400, William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone found a really annoying, really persistent alarm program or applet that can find you anywhere? What, from your personal

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Chris Jones
Great idea! No, no really. Ever since I got your post, I have been chuckling to myself over the image of how mad I would be at myself if I actually put it into operation. I just might try it! Made me smile too ;) Must confess, of all the solutions suggested it undoubtedly wins the 'most

Re: Any suggestions for Really Annoying Alarms !!?

2008-07-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:15:19 -0400 William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone found a really annoying, really persistent alarm program or applet that can find you anywhere? What, from your personal experience, would you recommend? I use and depend on kalarm to remind me of everything