quote: Don't underestimate the importance of being able to have everything run on the same platform. I want to be able to run Firefox on my fridge dammit.
Thanks for a good laugh. :)
I'll remember it 10 years from now while I'm accessing my fridge's inventory from the grocery store to see what I need to buy.
I'm all for getting a common architecture out there in these devices in hopes of the open source community rallying around it and developing the common experience you're talking about.
Today it's all hacky mod chip stuff that has to be done to get access to custom functionality (consoles, possible ps3 exception)...or a secret combo you enter on the remote to get to a cryptic interface for advanced settings (TVs).
When this sort of stuff is discussed, I always envision my house 20 years down the road being an integrated distributed computing platform (kind of an oxymoron). Heck, my HTPC and laptop are already farmed out for one of my programs. Maybe one day I'll be able to say my toaster did part of my kid's homework.
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Rike - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - link
Thanks for a good laugh. :)
I'll remember it 10 years from now while I'm accessing my fridge's inventory from the grocery store to see what I need to buy.
cliffa3 - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - link
I'm all for getting a common architecture out there in these devices in hopes of the open source community rallying around it and developing the common experience you're talking about.Today it's all hacky mod chip stuff that has to be done to get access to custom functionality (consoles, possible ps3 exception)...or a secret combo you enter on the remote to get to a cryptic interface for advanced settings (TVs).
When this sort of stuff is discussed, I always envision my house 20 years down the road being an integrated distributed computing platform (kind of an oxymoron). Heck, my HTPC and laptop are already farmed out for one of my programs. Maybe one day I'll be able to say my toaster did part of my kid's homework.