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Help light an IPv6-enabled Christmas tree

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Posted to Reddit’s section devoted to networking by user felixdgniezno, this IPv6-enabled Christmas tree is garnering rave reviews from the kinds of people who read Reddit’s section devoted to networking and are amused by the notion of an IPv6-enabled Christmas tree.

From the instructions found on the hosting site, which is located in Belgium, not surprisingly (I’ll explain why below):

Ping it to light it up!

  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::AA:BB:CC for HTML Color #AABBCC
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::FF:00:00 for color RED
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::00:FF:00 for color GREEN
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::00:00:FF for color BLUE
  • 2001:6a8:28c0:2017::FF:FF:FF for color WHITE

… and so on…

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Network World Paul McNamara

Latvian developers set record with Christmas tree-lighting Rube Goldberg machine

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So you think untangling your Christmas tree lights is tedious?

A group of programmers from an ecommerce development company called Scandiweb spent two months building and testing a 412-step Rube Goldberg machine – a World Guinness Record — that when finished with its 15 minutes of wackiness electrified the capital city of Riga’s Christmas tree.

Fear not, you don’t have to watch all 15 minutes, as this slick video boils it all down to about three:

The most complicated way to light Christmas tree from Scandiweb on Vimeo.

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Network World Paul McNamara