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| From | Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: the smart home, c/o your phone |
| Date | 2014-06-13 11:47 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <lnekr2$e21$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <ln2j2m$c5m$1@solani.org> <lnamid$9f4$1@dont-email.me> <lnd0n4$h0o$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2014-06-12 20:57, Jerry Peters wrote: > Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote: >> The smart home is an awesome idea for extracting even more information >> from people. I bet the Stasi would have loved the smart home idea. >> >> I have a dumb home. I must manually activate everything, excepting the >> heat which is controlled by a dumb thermostat. I don't know exactly >> how this smart crap would help me, it just seems needlessly expensive >> and prone to obsolescence. >> >> Maybe I'm missing out on something. > > Spending lots of money to look cool perhaps? When I've been working irregular hours in the winter I've wished I could remotely switch on my central heating, but not often enough to build a system to do it. I certainly wouldn't use someone else's spyware to do it.
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the smart home, c/o your phone RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-08 21:03 +0000
Re: the smart home, c/o your phone Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-11 15:51 -0700
Re: the smart home, c/o your phone Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-12 19:57 +0000
Re: the smart home, c/o your phone Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-06-13 11:47 +0100
Re: the smart home, c/o your phone RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-13 11:33 +0000
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