This was a double snorter for me. Years ago I started to automate Chez Skip with X.10 stuff. The more I played with it and studied it, the more I saw that if I was looking for reliable home control (at least at that time), it was time to wire up. Frankly, I wasn’t THAT interested from both a time and cost standpoint.
I DON’T TRUST THE “INTERNET OF THINGS:” Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms.
Lesson learned: “We are planning at the next room refurbishment for old-fashioned door locks with real keys. Just like 111 years ago at the time of our great-grandfathers.” Real keys and paper ballots — appropriate technologies for the 21st Century!
Yeah, that’s the second snorter. I’ve done a half million miles in the air and was at the top for frequent everything (e.g., hotel, flier, driver). The LAST thing that I’d want to do going to a client in the morning and find out that local traffic was not what kept me from arriving on time. I’ve done the trip from the hotel desk to the room only to see that the e-card key blinked red, go back down, get a replacement, red again, and then red again the third trip. Sure, if I lost or forgot the key card, not a big deal as it was when I lost the metal real key. But that real key worked every time and I didn’t have to worry about security codes, batteries, or sometimes, just the network connectivity from the desk card machine and my door.
Convenience at the risk of a lock-in? No thanks. And I agree with sticking with paper ballots. I learned a while ago that while one might be able to do thinks electronically, sometimes it shouldn’t. If now a risk of biz travel is that I can’t get at my stuff
(H/T: Instapundit)
