emery@gypsy.UUCP (07/12/85)
My wife gets a lot of these "Beautiful Homes" magazines. Whenever they show a 'modern' kitchen, they show a computer in the corner. They talk about putting recipes on the PC. 2 Questions: 1. Does anyone out there in net-land have a PC in the Kitchen? If so have you had any problems with dirt, etc? 2. What do you really do with a computer in the kitchen? (The reason I ask is because I'd never put my PC in the kitchen. I think that's crazy.) Dave Emery Siemens Research ...!princeton!siemens!emery
gws@cbnap.UUCP (Gary W. Sanders (N8EMR)) (07/15/85)
In article <22700007@gypsy.UUCP> emery@gypsy.UUCP writes: > > >My wife gets a lot of these "Beautiful Homes" magazines. Whenever they >show a 'modern' kitchen, they show a computer in the corner. They talk >about putting recipes on the PC. > >2 Questions: > >1. Does anyone out there in net-land have a PC in the Kitchen? If so >have you had any problems with dirt, etc? > >2. What do you really do with a computer in the kitchen? > >(The reason I ask is because I'd never put my PC in the kitchen. I think >that's crazy.) > > Dave Emery > Siemens Research > ...!princeton!siemens!emery You should never put computer in the kitchen, what you should have is a terminal and then link it via you household LAN (dont have one, SHAME). By the way don't forget the bathroom. Lot of valuable time is spent setting, who knows! in a year of sitting you could have found tons of bug fixxxxxxxes In Humor... Gary W. Sanders (N8EMR) ihnp4!cbnap!gws AT&T Bell Labs (Columbus,Ohio) -- test of sig file
rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock) (07/17/85)
+--------------- | show a 'modern' kitchen, they show a computer in the corner. They talk | about putting recipes on the PC. | 2 Questions: | 1. Does anyone out there in net-land have a PC in the Kitchen? If so | have you had any problems with dirt, etc? +--------------- Well, it's not really a "computer", it's a terminal to the machine in my "office", and it's not really the kitchen but the "den", but the kitchen, dining room, and den are one big space... does that count? +--------------- | 2. What do you really do with a computer in the kitchen? | (The reason I ask is because I'd never put my PC in the kitchen. I think | that's crazy.) | Dave Emery +--------------- That should be obvious! The T.V.'s in the den, and I watch it while fixing dinner, and then after dinner while watching T.V. I read netnews during the commercials! (...and during the slow filler scenes.) ;-} ;-} Rob Warnock Systems Architecture Consultant UUCP: {ihnp4,ucbvax!dual}!fortune!redwood!rpw3 DDD: (415)572-2607 USPS: 510 Trinidad Lane, Foster City, CA 94404
fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) (07/18/85)
in Ahwatukee, Arizona, is a so-called "house of the future". there
are several 8-bit Motorola micros in use controlling lights, HVAC,
opening and shutting skylights/louvres, monitoring intrusion alarms, etc.
there IS a computer in the kitchen. i wonder if it's ever been used.
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