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Posted Oct 13, 2013 19:40 UTC (Sun) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246)
Parent article: The Thing System

I think the reason the phrase causes me to eyeroll so hard is that I hear it spoken with the wrong emphasis far too often. It should be emphasized "the Internet of Things", but I too often here "the Internet of things." The latter intonation is almost as if the speaker is saying "it's the Internet, of all things" as if the "of all things" was just an adjunct clause, similar to "it's the Internet, can you imagine?"

In any case, this does look like an interesting project. I imagine 'magic' will be hampered by inconsistencies among the various Things being controlled, such as inconsistent reporting units or eccentric behavior. I guess we'll see.


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Posted Oct 14, 2013 16:55 UTC (Mon) by Baylink (guest, #755) [Link] (3 responses)

Anyone for "sensor reports temperature in F, system expects it in C"?

Or vice versa?

(NASA fans will know why this isn't even amusing...)

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Posted Oct 14, 2013 18:09 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

Can we fix the US instead, pretty please? I really HATE HATE HATE Fahrenheit scale that is pervasive in the US.

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Posted Oct 14, 2013 22:36 UTC (Mon) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] (1 responses)

And let's have them use reasonable paper sizes, too, while we're at it.

If nation states were like software companies, the USA would be Microsoft.

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Posted Oct 14, 2013 23:03 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Microsoft? No, they are champions of agility compared to the US.

Think IBM with EBCDIC.


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