Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer

An over at IBM developerWorks an article has been posted titled Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer:

"Use Linux® or Microsoft® Windows®, the open source sndpeek program, and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events -- literally whistling, humming, or singing at your computer -- and run commands based on those tones. Give your computer a short low whistle to check your e-mail or unlock your your screensaver with the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Whistle while you work for higher efficiency."

<joke>Be warned, if your microphone picks up your co workers humming or mumblings it may cause unexpected results :P</joke>

Update: See also Knock-based commands for your Linux laptop

Martin

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Re: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2007 at 13:06 UTC
*"...... Be wary of using cmdWhistle to do anything requiring authentication on your system.... "* I hear if you run this as root, and have "Stairway to Heaven" playing in the background, it formats your hard drive. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^2: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by zby (Vicar) on Jan 12, 2007 at 13:16 UTC
> I hear if you run this as root, and have "Stairway to Heaven" playing in the background, it formats your hard drive. :-) You did not got it right - you need to play it in reverse!	[reply]
Re^2: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2007 at 13:18 UTC
I hear if you whistle the golrious 9th images of ultraviolence appear on your screen!	[reply]
Re^3: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2007 at 13:21 UTC
Just tried it, but got nude pictures of Madonna. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2007 at 17:24 UTC
Hey, I don't want to give the impression that this app is a joke. The sndpeek program has give me the most fun I've had in quite a while. Everyone ought to look at it. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re: Whistle while you work to run commands on your computer by ady (Deacon) on Jan 15, 2007 at 21:00 UTC
Great fun - I hacked it a little to work on Windoze. When anyone in the project whistles (the right note), our cruise conntrol server will now announce "Building next version, please be patient" (using a text2speech util) and do a forced build. Quite usefull. Tnx! Allan	[reply]