I wrote a program that makes the scroll-lock LED blink on and off every second. No reason.
Though I think I'm going to setup my xserver so that I can control all three keyboard LEDs, and do something mathematical and geeky with them.
This was inspired by Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson, in which the main character surrpetitiously communicates with a computer while being spied on (he can't put the data on screen, he can't type in commands without it being monitored by someone). So, he writes a program that allows him to give commands using morse code and the space bar, and get output using morse code from the scroll lock button.
Though I think I'm going to setup my xserver so that I can control all three keyboard LEDs, and do something mathematical and geeky with them.
This was inspired by Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson, in which the main character surrpetitiously communicates with a computer while being spied on (he can't put the data on screen, he can't type in commands without it being monitored by someone). So, he writes a program that allows him to give commands using morse code and the space bar, and get output using morse code from the scroll lock button.
xset led 3 turns it on, xset -led 3 turns it off. If you make a few changes in your XF86Config file, you can control all of the LEDs-
in your keyboard section, add
Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
and restart your xserver.
There's obviously a better way- one that actually allows you to control it, but this was quick and easy. If you do a google search for xtleds, that's an open source project that uses the keyboard LEDS to monitor network traffic- you can probably find the better way in that source. If you don't, I'm gonna, because I'd kind of like to do it right.
For instance, can you explain to me the usefulness of describing eating Cap'n Crunch in PAGES of detail?
My biggest editting complaints were in continuity- he'd leave one plotline, go to another, come back to the first plot six months later, without letting you know he just jumped time like that.