On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:20:42 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:02:49 -0800, the renowned Jeff Liebermann
wrote:



2013: Walk into dark room and try to find your tablet computer. Login
with biometric authentication and password. On the 4th try, the
tablet finally recognizes your hung over, unshaven, and unkempt
appearance. Wait while a dozen applications insist on updating
themselves immediately. Find the WeMo light switch app among the
dozen new games the kids have installed. Push the relevant light
switch button. Nothing happens. Try again. Still nothing. Pause
watching Netflix Super-HD movie to recover bandwidth. Try again.
Light comes on.

This is progress?

Pluck smartphone out of pocket, key in unlock code, swipe a page or
two over to the app, jab it a couple more times, done, go back to
waiting in queue for morning take-out coffee.

Immediately after, receive an urgent SMS message from wife asking
"The lights suddenly went out in the house. Should I be worried"?
Spill coffee trying to type in a reply.

Just wait until you have security cameras all over the house, the
respond to "gestures" where various hand waving and finger pointing
contortions represent actions and devices. Maybe combine that with a
holographic 3D representation of the house.

How many engineers does it really take to screw in a light bulb or in
this case, turn on a light switch? I don't know, but it never seems
to be easier or simpler. If I wanted to turn of my house lights from
Germany, I would phone or email one of the neighbors, who would then
walk over and turn off the lights.

You might not enjoy my smartphone (Droid-X2). Every time I try to do
something useful, it spontaneously reboots. I should probably wipe it
and start over, but I've become accustomed to the reboots and can
probably live with it for a while longer.

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