You mean a book like this one?

Er, yes (he wrote, shamefacedly).

Not horticulture; horiculture. It's the culturing of time!
(Though I would spell it as horoculture.)

Statistical Process Control and Western Digital rule are very applicable here. Without stability for a baseline, it's (pretty well) impossible to utilize small data, much less big data (big bad data:).

Don't forget ISP consolidation and merger. There used to be many smaller service companies, although that was mostly based on existing telephone lines.

But; this is the President's lawn! Not the lawn of a commoner. We're all equal, of course; however, some are more equal than others.

Hey, if you're doing doing anything wrong, then what have you got to hide?

The point is: I want some people to hear what I say and some people to read what I wrote. That is why I talk to some people out of earshot of others and send letters in sealed envelopes (or the equivalent for modern communications).

What the inquiring mind wants to know: is he North Korean?

This is total nonsense and irrelevant to home automation.

Congratulations! You are the one-millionth user to log into our system. If there's anything special we can do for you, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask!

I want no Beta, 15 mod points per day, and a pony!

Check out MIL-STD-1760. Part of the reason for its development is the high cost of F35 proprietary weapon and sensor systems' communications and interactions.

"... and possibly have too many consequences if caught ..."

Well, the Chicago Seven were acquitted!

To say nothing of the fact that, since to collect the DNA of a single-cell lifeform will essentially kill it, they intend on wiping out all bacteria, amoebae, etc.

Well, specifically the owner can since he can easily install his own certificate. This allows for the fun game of sending random data to MS as extracted from your wife, pet dog, the homeless guy on the street, etc. Meanwhile he records his own data locally.