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In many cases you can already program these.
That's not programming! I want something that has an ActiveX control, and about 100 API functions so that I can tie in the next 2 years of weather forcasts and program it to answer my wireless cell connection so that I can set the thermostat.
Oh, and it should have API functions so that I can query the amount of oil left in the tank (I live in New England) and query the stock market so I can figure out when is the best time to buy heating oil.
Now, why the hell hasn't somebody done this????
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Oh, and it should have API functions so that I can query the amount of oil left in the tank (I live in New England) and query the stock market so I can figure out when is the best time to buy heating oil.
And it should be able to figure out when an ice storm is about to happen, and safely shut down all computing equipment before the power goes out.
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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My friend has a house at a small vilage.
The house has a fire place, aircontition and central heating.
This friday night we went there, sleep for 6 hours and the morning went to the nearby ski center.
The house was VERY cool so the only option was to put on the air contition and we sleep on the living room.
Now, if only we could turn on the central heating or the aircontition remotly 2-3 hours before 
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The house was VERY cool so the only option was to put on the air contition
The house was cool and you put on the AC??? Brrrr.
(Must be a US slang, as air conditioning means cooling. Never understood why though. It certainly doesn't "condition" the air, except to cool it, remove moisture, and put pollutants from clogged air filters into the air).
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"
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I'm the sucker that put "bathroom exhaust fan". It would be swell to have a sensor or some AI on it so you could program it to automatically turn on when it senses moisture, foul odors, etc. and shut off when they have been dissipated.
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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Nice to see you own up to that one 
Chris Meech
"what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
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Now I wonder if whoever put "wife" or "girlfriend" will own up, too? 
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
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Probably not. Like the one who wrote
My wife. I'd like to extend her by creating a GoesToWork class.
Before invoking the attach method, you should have learned whether the GoesToWork method was inherited from a parent 
Chris Meech
"what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
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Amen!
Software Zen: delete this;
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I think there are sensors that can do this already, but they are darn expensive.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign'
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