Immigrate.

And these systems must be pretty reliable, they don't make them like they used to.

YES!!!! Please put the polls back where they belong

+1 Mod - too bad I don't have real points to award...

I'm tone deaf you insensitive clod.

I believe it occurred in the Alderan system...

So if I find myself using a piece of software and it is supported, then I'm glad to kick in some money to say thanks.

is a Julian,

I put motion sensors in the walk-in closets so the lights come on when you go in and stay on for 5 minutes. I did the same in the laundry room. The light beside my bed comes on at 10pm so I can turn off the lights on the way to bed and still have light at my destination. Automation should be for convenience. If you're living with your smartphone next to you, then maybe controlling your lights with them is fine. I put the basement lights on X10 and had a switch at the top of the stairs. Then I can do an "all lights off" before going to bed without having to go down and check them all.

"Fairie tales don't tell children that dragons exist. They already know that. They tell children that dragons can be killed." (G.K. Chesterton)

I too am glad to see more of the nerd and less of the news. I've been encouraging my boys using the book, 'From Transitors to Tetris' (don't have the exact title as the book isn't handy).

This is an important, fundamental skill - knowing how the technology works and not just picking up a game boy and playing for hours (back in my day that was the reward for building a system).

xyzzy

Now I don't have to lose as much weight as I thought. I feel lighter already. I can put my gym fees toward supporting global warming...

I work for an international company. When my alarm goes up, I roll over pick up the Blackberry and go through my messages from the previous night. It shows me what kind of day I'm going to have and whether I have time for breakfast before starting my day.

Amen. There are plenty of things you will do in life that seem pointless - think of all that "literature" you had to read in high school, but you have to labor through it.

I can loan you my QEMM settings file so you can load the drivers and still have enough memory to load Quake...