On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:43:54 -0500, Dan Espen
wrote:

Mark Lloyd writes:

On 3 Jan 2006 11:07:49 -0800, "Larry Bud"
wrote:

Here's something I want: A way to start my oven using my cell phone, so I
can put dinner into a preheated oven the moment I walk in the door.

If you have an electric oven, I don't see why you couldn't get an X10
unit to handle this.

That sounds like something I was looking for (x10 circuit breakers).
They're probably expensive.

X10 is the company that made themselves famous for the browser
pop-up (and then pop-under) ad campaign. In my opinion, buying
something from them is as bad as buying something from a spammer.

Just my opinion.

X10 is also a standard protocol for powerline communications. It (and
the company) were around long before the cameras (poor quality) and
the pop-ups.

It probably IS a good idea to avoid x10 (the company). Many other
companies (such as Leviton) make products using the X10 protocol.
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