The only coke machine on the internet

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Post by dencold » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 2:50 PM UTC

The only coke machine on the internet
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Re: The only coke machine on the internet

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Post by valarauca1 » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

Actually since Coke purchased a massive block (16 million) of MAC addresses [1]. I believe a lot of coke machines are on the internet today.

[1] http://www.wired.com/2014/01/coke-iot/

Re: The only coke machine on the internet

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Post by dencold » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 3:09 PM UTC

valarauca1 wrote: post #2

Actually since Coke purchased a massive block (16 million) of MAC addresses [1]. I believe a lot of coke machines are on the internet today. [1] http://www.wired.com/2014/01/coke-iot/

Hahah, fair point. I should of hashtagged the post with #historical :) I loved this look back on the early days of networking and getting a little glimpse of Tom Lane's time at CMU. Reminds me of MIT's coffee cam[1].

[1] http://www.technologyreview.com/article/401059/coffee-cam/