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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Your fridge will talk to your phone/tablet/watch that will know when you're near Loblaws that has a sale on 2% Nielsen milk, 'cos that's what you drink and you're running out. And Loblaws would reward you with a special "SmartDiscount" because they'd love to have all that big data. Until you get hacked... and the online grocery delivers 1000 lbs of anchovies.
Call me a Luddite but I have no desire to have a connected refrigerator.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Until you get hacked... Of course. That's nothing new.
Mike Mullikin wrote: I have no desire to have a connected refrigerator. Me neither, at least not at this point in time.
/ravi
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And before you know it, this[^] happens.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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"We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and definitely no smegging flapjacks."
Anna
Tech Blog | Visual Lint
"Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: "SmartFridge"
Time: Midnight
Place: DD's house
DD: Fridge, I'd like some ice cream.
Fridge: Sorry, Dave, I can't allow that.
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Not so far-fetched - I expect Weight Watchers to jump on the bandwagon.
/ravi
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I'd rather have a SmartPC:
Time: After the pub
Place: DD's house
DD: PC, I'd shlike to posth on CP n Wikipedia plssss.
PC: Sorry, Dave, I can't allow that.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Isn't that what Java was all about?
Will Rogers never met me.
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It still is! But NFC makes communicating between devices convenient.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: It's only a matter of time before "SmartFridge" becomes a household word. Look, it's nigh-on a miracle if you happen to buy the one fridge in 3,120,423 that, by sheer happenstance, is able to maintain a constant temperature, so don't bother talking to me about smart fridges.
Wal's Rule No. 53
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, fix what's broken, not what ain't.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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/ravi
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So I was in the restroom, minding my own business, reading the paper when some asshat walks in, mutters, turns the light out and runs out. Fortunately, my phone has a pretty good light on it so no problem. When I find that guy...
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Why does nobody lock the restroom toilet dunny door?
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: dunny Wouldn't that be dungy?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Sorry thought you were trying to sleep!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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mark merrens wrote: restroom
I hope you're going to hand in your British Passport now.
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Aren't you a bit loony...
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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You got a promotion too?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Perhaps the guy got tired of waiting for you to come out of the water closet.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I kid you not: I did that deed to a professor I worked for, when I happened to be in the neighborhood of that university, for roughly twenty years.
He shut a light off on me whilst I was taking an exam and walked down the hall chuckling.
So, when I observed him enter the bathroom, and in a stall, I paused to allow him to be seated comfortably. I started a tradition of
"Wipe In The Dark!"
There were numerous adventures as he tried to find a safe retreat in the eight-floor structure. I usually found him.
Perhaps you were an innocent victim - but others are not.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Rather than depriving an instructor of light, I once help to add illumination to a teacher's experience in a dark room. A high school photography instructor, to be specific. Knowing that he planned to use our school darkroom after school for his personal "collection" of images, I thoughtfully replaced the red safelight bulb with a standard-size magnesium flash bulb. I'm sure it was an enlightening experience for him.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Writing articles get harder when you are not actually coding for work! Great motivation is needed with that little free time.
Jez, I need to pick up my pen and pad again (well, I think a keyboard, with CPU and monitor will do) . Motivation needed
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If you pick up your keyboard, with CPU and monitor isn't that going to make it kinda hard to type?
I'd leave them on the desk to give me two free hands.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Finding the right motivation is definitely key.
If nothing else, how about you try contributing to an open source project? It'll give you the opportunity to try something new while at the same time contributing to something that others will benefit from. Just a thought...
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