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Just a thought: what if there were linux servers in every power plug in every house? What new applications would be possible, if any? Where can I buy USB senso

• IgorPartola 16y ago
  Google X10.
  • pyre 16y ago
    Are you saying that these things have X10 hardware baked in? If not, that would be really killer.
    • IgorPartola 16y ago
      I'm just saying that controlling X10 devices with this device would be a nice hack.
• andrewtj 16y ago
  You would probably enjoy watching WWDC 2010 Session 205, "Simplifying Networking Using Bonjour". Bonjour is a service discovery protocol built in-part with small headless devices in mind which is something you might find interesting in and of itself, but there's also a brief introduction to a small Bonjour enabled wall-wart which allows for power to be controlled and monitored remotely as well. http://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2010/ http://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2010/
• loup-vaillant 16y ago
  New applications, I don't know. But we can decentralize the old ones again: e-mail, web hosting, file sharing… We just have to fix our crippled upload, and use SRV records for HTTP[1]. [1]: http://www.anta.net/nic/draft-andrews-http-srv-01.shtml http://www.anta.net/nic/draft-andrews-http-srv-01.shtml I fear there is a chicken-and-egg problem, however. Without a decent upload, few will host themselves. Without self-hosting, there is no incentive to give upload to people…