On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:36:08 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 10/28/2015 4:09 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:07:34 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/27/2015 11:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Web hosting is the most obvious example.  Music streaming,
>>>> controlling home automation - lots of IoT-related things, actually.
>>>
>>> Disturbing. You are looking to the future and I looked to the past.
>>> I must watch out for that.
>>
>> Hehehehehe.
>>
>>
> Just you wait. It comes to us all. :-P
> 
> Wait one.

Waiting. ;)

But in technology, I see this all the time - IoT isn't a new thing, 
really - I remember seeing networked coffee makers, VCRs, and microwave 
ovens back in the 90's.  It didn't catch on then, but the demo was pretty 
cool.

The idea of on-demand programming was something I was first introduced to 
by someone who worked at NBC back in the mid 90's as well.  He described 
pretty much what we see now with Netflix and other streaming/on-demand 
video services.

> Thinking about it. I'm glad that my time is when it is. I despair when I
> see the way the world is going.

I think we all reach that point eventually.

> If I am asked what I want to be on the next turn of the wheel. I will
> say. "A rock." And I don't mean St. Peter.

I wouldn't have guessed that.  Or maybe I would have. ;)

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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