This "social media spreading democracy around the world" may need to be re-evaluated soon.
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"Well yeah, it turns out of you post anything worthwhile your hosts drop you, you get DDOSed, the US gov't wants to throw you in jail and Swedish women say you raped them."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20007827-245.html?part=rss...
It is a stretch to call this smarthome technology considering the ban on incandescent bulbs, which completely eliminate X10s ability to dim or fade bulbs (because you are using CFL, and if you use a x10 dimmer on a CFL, you can burn down a house), and writing any sort of logic based on whether the device is on or off is not possible.
Now Insteon supports bi-directional communication and you can determine state, but you are looking at $45 per outlet or switch versus the $8 X10 stuff.
So, yeah, still out of most people's price range, unless you want to settle for over 30 year old technology.
...and good luck determining whether the device is on or off.
For instance, if I'm on my couch and perform the gesture while my cat jumps on the couch arm between myself and the WiSee, what happens?
Or my cat is in the other room, but walks in front of the WiSee while I'm performing the gesture, what happens?
What about pets moving around or turning the shower on?
We may not like current IP laws in the US, but they are the current IP laws in the US.
I agree with your reasoning.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Shoreline-Bilge-Pump/16609596 These start at $13 for 600 GPH.
Then use a 5V relay to switch the 12V relay.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=206248...
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=124667...
YMMV.
I have only been able to keep mine alive for about 2 months before they die.
Crazy Awesome.
Law degrees take 3 years to complete.
Her father, a doctor, paid for a year of her undergraduate studies, leaving her free to dodge student loans for a while.
Not full, just one year.
"My intention was to go back to work after my first year of law school," she said. "[But] I did so poorly that I didn't think I could [keep a job at the same time]. So that’s when I started borrowing money."
I seriously doubt she had a 3 year scholarship to law school, especially after doing poorly the first year.
Also, she graduated in 1994, so either that year, or 1993 was the last year she took out student loans.
So, although unlikely, she may have based her decision on the possibility that, worse case scenario, she could have declared bankruptcy.
Now the $20,000 personal loan for living expenses, I assume would still be dischargeable in bankruptcy.
I have a flaky* DSL connection of 2.6Mbps and I notice the AJAX calls to facebook crap out.
* During wind or rain, cuts out for a minute about 4 to 6 times per hour.
Here is a freely published copy of the POSIX standard:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/
Regarding the "text of some laws", there was actually a story on HN about the city of the District of Columbia asserting copyright to their laws and making it only available via a private company:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/31/ignorance-of...
Check out this almost $6 billion redirect, http://broadcast.com.
What finally enabled you to get clean 9 months ago?
Do you feel there is a solution to prevent others from becoming addicted to opiates?