Re: Open Source

[Karl Denninger <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Kearney wrote:
>> Yeah, ok, "stick a device in the middle."
>>
>> Nice idea, but for one small problem - now you have to bury a wire out
>> there "in the middle" and put something there that is a ZWave device.
>
> And just how is that wire getting to that dock in the first place?  I'd
> venture a guess in all but a few cases the line is quite likely to already
> BE in the ground.  It could be aerial, but unlikely as that would negatively
> affect the view.
>
> But cry me a fucking river when someone with waterfront and a dock starts
> whining about possible costs.
>
> B.O.A.T, if you own one you already know what this means.   Thus paying even
> to have a whole new run laid would be a pittance.

Of course I know what it means.

I also know what "intentional engineering to fuck people" is too, and
this is an example.  The claim that this is due to the "battery issue"
is horseshit for line-powered devices.

>> Suddenly that nice "reasonably inexpensive" job turns into one where you
>> need Mr. Electrician to come in, Mr. Trencher to come in, holes need to be
>> made in the house to bring wire out from the panelboard, etc.
>
> So, you're just hell bent to find excuses to whinge about it, right?
>
>> Not exactly practical in a lot of cases eh?
>
> Much like your motivations, apparently.
>
>

Yeah ok fuckwit.

Let's see how this works -

1. A person with an existing dock who is retrofitting for home
automation can spend a couple THOUSAND dollars to have an outdoor outlet
stuck in a convenient (for ZWave) place in their yard so that their
Gazebo and/or Dock can be controlled from the home automation system you
are proposing they install, because the ZWave crooners decided that even
though they have 110VAC power available in the other thirty devices in
the house, none of them will transmit with enough power to go more than 30'.

2. That same person can buy a $60 X10 switch and install that instead,
and it works instantly.

Usenet is still full of people who will make every possible excuse for
stupid decisions made by manufacturers and "industry groups" instead of
calling them on their bullshit when it is well-beyond deserved.

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Karl Denninger (karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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