Comments on: Where’s my Fancy post-2000 Technological House http://www.webs05.com/2008/04/14/wheres-my-fancy-post-2000-technological-house.html Altruistic IT Writings Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Webs http://www.webs05.com/2008/04/14/wheres-my-fancy-post-2000-technological-house.html#comment-6022 Webs Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:31:40 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/?p=402#comment-6022 The wireless security stuff they were doing back in the 90s may have been ahead of the curve, but I guarantee you it was also wayyyyy too expensive for the Average Joe Homeowner. And I didn't see anything about home automation systems, like self feeding plants and animals. Which is what makes this Linux solution quite interesting. Someone could easily create a startup that goes around and sets up these automated systems using Linux and Open Source apps. It would be cheap for the homeowner and the startup can make a quick buck. Win Win. The wireless security stuff they were doing back in the 90s may have been ahead of the curve, but I guarantee you it was also wayyyyy too expensive for the Average Joe Homeowner. And I didn’t see anything about home automation systems, like self feeding plants and animals.

Which is what makes this Linux solution quite interesting. Someone could easily create a startup that goes around and sets up these automated systems using Linux and Open Source apps. It would be cheap for the homeowner and the startup can make a quick buck. Win Win.

]]> By: Ted http://www.webs05.com/2008/04/14/wheres-my-fancy-post-2000-technological-house.html#comment-6021 Ted Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:40:10 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/?p=402#comment-6021 Actually, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020113122509/http://www.somethingawful.com/10x/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Something Awful</a>, did a better job of describing X-10. Actually, Something Awful, did a better job of describing X-10.

]]> By: Ted http://www.webs05.com/2008/04/14/wheres-my-fancy-post-2000-technological-house.html#comment-6020 Ted Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:28:47 +0000 http://www.webs05.com/?p=402#comment-6020 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_Wireless_Technology" rel="nofollow">X-10 remote control</a> has been doing this for years, even back to the mid 1990s. ...And they were pioneers in popunder advertising. I just threw out a whole bunch of X-10 components because they got a bit dated. X-10 remote control has been doing this for years, even back to the mid 1990s.

…And they were pioneers in popunder advertising.

I just threw out a whole bunch of X-10 components because they got a bit dated.

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