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OTOH the lecturer/teacher who gets accused of inappropriate behaviour or the contractor who wants to prove the work was done correctly may want video/location evidence to prove their point of view. Used correctly these can help as cameras are already in workplaces checking on productivity and stupidity, this sounds more helpful to workers in environments they don't control

You might consider it robbery but you didn't have to borrow the money I consider those who expect government handouts to be thieves but no one is arresting them after all they are stealing my hard earned tax dollars

I have seen smart home implementations work very well when designed into a new home with all the required sensors and switches at all the right places. It is usually the retrofit ones that go poorly as the necessary cabling is to hard to install.

As for controlling it from your smartphone unless you have backup with other switches and remotes it will be difficult for those that are not connected e.g. children

Cool features that could be turned on remotely is heating a spa pool so its hot when you arrive home so yes there are very few items that are worth the long distance remote reguarly most like turning off the lights is used when you forgot to do it at home however a few sensors and that is automated too

Correct me If I'm wrong didn't Castro empty the prisons and send them to Miami and the US just took them in creating a crime wave in Miami and reducing costs for Cuba

Socialism assumes that we will all work just as hard as the next person however this is not the case most people only work just enough to get by. You can see this with most workers once they have some money to spend it is difficult to get them to come to work. until they run out.

Democracy assumes we are all smart and will vote in the best leader however it fails in that most people are dumb and self-serving and vote in the person with the biggest promise.

Capitalism assumes that all people are smart and work hard and will generate wealth but most people are dumb lazy and self-serving.

In all 3 economic/political systems we didn't let Darwinism to work and eliminate weak, stupid, and lazy

Interestingly the Chinese economy is reportedly 2% better because of this women in short supply men need to attract them however this is something that has been happening for eons males always tried to show they were bigger, stronger, faster and lately richer or smarter and women wanted these attributes as it would mean their offspring would be protected men could then have their pick, usually the most attractive. Lately women wanting to be independent or increase the quality of male they attract can take steps and go into a career or use the attributes to gain finances until they are attractive to a mate http://fortune.com/2013/02/15/... On the doctors lawyer executive this is for the money just ask any construction worker renovating their houses

Old news Done already back in the mid 80's- early 90's with active noise cancellation to first remove the noise and then added noise to make the demo car sound like a variety from Ferraris to VW beetles

Robots would do a better job here too and maybe perform some quick depopulation or surgery to stop the useless ones from breeding

I've seen this movie for humans it doesn't end well

You have a wife learn to read the signals its not the noisy machine but the fact your spending too much time gaming. Or like a former friend of mine you will have the best gaming machine but No wife or kids and quite likely no real friends

There is also the trust issue. cleaners are often caught going through the owners belongings pocketing a few things or worse not doing the job being paid to do. If I have to watch them I might as well do it myself

Basement dwelling slashdotters have that already including laundry and ironing and they shouldn't be doing that second bit to their mum

wish I had mod points but came to say exactly that, it has nothing to do with climate change those words just make some people feel better its all about reducing the imported energy and reducing reliance on what is becoming expensive and unreliable energy supply. The silly part I believe if they said the truth the conservatives would go great idea but the green and left wing would still demand imposible taxes to achieve goals that will come anyway

Find another business where startup capital is less than $1000 and running costs near zero this is not the problem your paper route or burger flipping job could have got you the startup money

The problem is as others have said its crowded with crap competitors who spoiled the neighbourhood and it doesn't suit in particular, high end software that costs $1000's requires support agreements and has only a small number of potential clients . in essence the app stores have become a race to the bottom where angry birds will rule because the person looking at the app store is now one of the masses not the person who spent $20k on a computing system for there business and then budget $10,000 for software they need

If you are offered a free product you will say either say thank you or no thank, However if its jammed down your throat you will gag and maybe puke. its the method of the offering here no choice, just here you go jam that into your hard drive, even if its not to your musical taste

Additionally the motive I'm expecting Bono to now come out and say "Songs of Innocence" the most downloaded Album in history but I would give more credence to a torrent stat at least someone deliberately wanted that