Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast

[Joel Goldstick]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:06:08 -0700, C. N. Desrosiers wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm planning to buy a Macbook Air and I want to use it as a sort of
> > alarm.  I'd like to write a program that boots my computer at a specific
> > time,
>
> If your computer is turned off, how is the program supposed to run?
>

I was thinking maybe it could in some sleep mode that still ran cron jobs.
but I am totally guessing that.  If its OFF off then you might need another
computer attached to a robot arm that could push the on button first!

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