[NBLUG/talk] Play a sound when the screensaver terminates?

labrat labrat at sonic.net
Fri Jan 9 09:05:01 PST 2004


Most likely in need of one....after all, it is pretty obvious who trains
who.

On 1/8/04 11:54 PM, "Lincoln Peters" <sampln at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Physical access is what I worry about.  The cat is shedding her winter
> coat a bit late, possibly due to the unusual weather last fall.  She
> also coughs up the occasional hairball, although she has not (yet)
> coughed one up on anything of value that could not be easily cleaned.
> 
> I tried to write a wrapper script for the KDE screensaver, but I
> couldn't make it work properly.  I guess I should add DCOP to my list of
> things to learn when I get the time...
> 
> 
> Anyway, the cat seems to have lost interest in the computer desk, so
> it's now a moot point.
> 
> I've been living with this cat for 12 years.  During the winter months,
> she has a tendency to "nest" in some part of the house for one or two
> weeks, then move on to another place.  And this appears to have been one
> of her shorter migration cycles (she lost interest in a matter of
> days).  During the summer months, she spends most of her time in the
> yard, only coming in at night and for meals (although this may change,
> as she is finally starting to slow down in her old age).
> 
> It seems to me that anyone who claims to understand the minds of cats is
> either a psychiatrist or in need of one.

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