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   X10 Goes Dim

   

   Tim A, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 5:09pm

   
   

   Ya, it seems their pop-under nonsense didn't work and someone wasn't watching their ad campaigns.

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   not that great a product anyway

   

   Anonymous Coward, Oct 22nd, 2003 @ 5:23pm

   
   

   I think x10.com is built into every popup-killer's blacklist!
   
   Personally, I think the products are too expensive for the quality - you have to have really good electrical wiring for the kits to work properly, otherwise, you turn off the lounge light and the kitchen light goes on!

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   Re: not that great a product anyway

   

   Oliver Wendell Jones, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 7:30am

   
   

   I have a lot of X-10 electronics in my house and I've not had any problems with any of the switches activating the wrong items - ever.
   
   The only one that's been a problem is the one that runs the fan. Sometimes you have to turn it off twice to get it to work.
   I've been using X-10 stuff since back in the day of the Commodore 64 (1985?) and still use many of those same modules.

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   Re: not that great a product anyway

   

   IceBurrg, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 10:08am

   
   

   So you're the person that bought this stuff! ;)

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 1:06pm

   
   

   X10's hardware (aka PLC Power Line Control) is in widespread use in home automation circles. It has drawbacks - it's slow (protocol equal to about 34 baud), it is easily overwhelmed by noise, and many homes are wired in two "phases" which it does not cross... however, there are widely known, simple, cheap, ways to get reliable X10 systems. Check out any of several home automation lists, or checkout httP://www.misterhouse.net for some open-source home auto.
   
   Having said all of that... most people know X10 via their annoying pop-under ads and even more annoying "order before midnight" promotion laden site. I for one am GLAD to seem them go... because they've sat on the basic patents for control over the powerline for 30+ years with no improvements or innovations. I sincerly hope their control of the patents goes to someone who will move forward! 34 baud, indeed!
   
   

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   Re: X10 Goes Dim

   

   Cimos, Nov 4th, 2004 @ 1:59pm

   
   

   I'm really chuffed these people have gone bankrupt and I hope other pop-up users will take note. So far as I am concerned, sticking a pop-up on your computer is the same and someone coolly walking into your house and changing the TV channel. We wouldn't put up with that and we shouldn't put up with this. I think all companies who stick pop-ups on people's computers are pathetic and should be shunned and flamed wherever possible. Lots of insults to them might make them realise they are making no friends and as a consumer attracting tactic it has the opposite effect. These are people I certainly would never deal with.

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