Comment inline -- J. Hellenthal
The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > On Jan 4, 2021, at 14:35, b...@theworld.com wrote: > > > Why wouldn't we just build this into 10-year battery smoke alarms, a > simple radio receiver? Someone contact gentex.com to go over the IoT thoughts. > > Why does anyone think this must be a feature of the internet when, as > people here have described, that entails all sorts of complexities. > > You just want something that goes BEEP-BEEP-BEEP KISS YOUR ASS > GOODBYE! BEEP BEEP BEEP really loudly on command, perhaps with some > more detail. > > Probably about 10c in circuitry involved. > > We're really getting way into the cargo cult worship of the internet > much like how TV in the 1950s was supposed to be the answer to every > one of society's problems but mostly what we got were sitcoms and ads > for bad beer. > > Ok, proceed with the list of edge cases. But at least there are laws > requiring smoke alarms most everywhere. > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
