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choasforages:
why am i tempted to write an opensource application for remotly controlling something like a hydroponic or aeroponic growth system? and naming it GNUgrow. my friend already uses X10 and a macintosh to controll his houses lighting....it wouldn't take much to control halide lighting systems and water pumps, drainage, fertilizer mixing, waste water purging, lighting height, CO2 levels and other such things. why do i think this would be worthy? mabye cuase in addition to growing illegal plants, it could also be used to usher in a new era of verticla farming and deal with alot of potentiol food supply problems int he world

Aloone_Jonez:
I don't know whether the mods should bin this or not as it's about software that will be use to grow illegal plants. :D

Isn't there any open source computer control software already availiable that you could base this project on?

choasforages:
it could grow *anything*. i came up with the idea pondering how one could use technology to better grow plants that should be legal, but i soon realized that such control systems are typically expensive and i havn't seen any open source ones.

 last time i had them, hydroponic vegitables were delicious. ever had hydroponic hot house tomatos? put them with some good mayo, lettuce, and bacon, and you have a killer sandwich.

on a more technical side, im pondering what language to write these beast of a control system in, and how i interface with the *ponic hardware. i could go client server and make this beast virtually scalable to anysize project, like those found in theoritical skyscraper farms. to some dolt trying to grow himself some illegal plants...which arn't illegal in some parts of the world. im thinking thats how i would do it

on a side note, anybody recommending any software for playing dvd's on anything that doesn't have a license...linux cough cough, is violating some seroius laws, the DMCA comes to mind.
not to mention...im not about to stick a valid post about control systems in the bin just cuase they could be used to violate laws......:)

also, i am going to look into open source control software and see where i can go with it, but im probably going to base it off my friends x10 app called illumin8t

adiment:
hah, I used to live in maryland...theres alot of weed there. Now I know where it comes from. ;)

Refalm:
I happen to know that some farmers use some kind of DOS program to control their vegetables.
Anyone know what these programs are?

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