Comment inline On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:32 PM J. Hellenthal via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
> 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. > Whatever could go wrong with putting *MORE* critical things on the internet *Sarcasm REALLY intended here*? The Video Game *Cyberpunk 2077* seems kinda prophetic? Let us not forget the Hawaii incident from Human error. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37260138/watch-gov-david-ige-on-what-triggered-ballistic-missile-false-alarm/ I think the internet ship sailed with RFC 1 ;) > > > > > > 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* >
