Re: Networked refrigerators (was Re: [Nolug] Vint Cerf talk (my notes from his talk at LSU))

Thou spake:
>On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 09:43, Joey Kelly wrote:
>> Thou spake:
>> <snip>
>>
>> >How would it look inside the egg carton to count the eggs?
>>
>> You'd scan each egg (or tell the fridge "I'm taking out two eggs, HAL"),
>> and it would keep track.
>
>But that's not how people usually work. The normal way of doing
>things is to take a bunch of pots, jugs, trays, etc out of the
>fridge and to the counter, do the cooking, and bring any partly
>empty containers + any new ones of leftovers back to the fridge.
>
>Remember, the goal is to make life easier, not more Windows-like.
>
>In other words: K.I.S,E.

HAL: "What are you taking out of the fridge? I need to keep track, you know"
YOU: "Take a flying leap, HAL"
HAL: "Hmm... I don't think I have any of that in stock. How about an orange
instead?"

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.dhs.org
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