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Centrica: Server fault on Wednesday caused Hive to crash on the Tuesday. Yes, yes, that's what we said

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Re: Why, in the name of all that's holy

I don't think your average gas fitter or consumer would know how to open ports on the router, so I don't think that's a (commercially) practical option. The server approach would be vulnerable to server failures regardless of how things were working.

I agree, though, that more autonomy would be better, so 'no server' means 'carry on as normal'. Does it not work that way? Ours is under manual control (no timers), so we didn't see much difference.

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Re: Why, in the name of all that's holy

The external server does serve a useful purpose. If I've been away from home for a week or two, and it's been very cold, I can turn the heating on remotely a few hours before I get home to warm the house through. Or, conversely, I can turn the heating off remotely if I've gone away and forgotten to do so.

I guess it's up to the individual whether that's worth the down sides.

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Driverless cars will make more traffic, say transport boffins

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Re: Am I stupid (be kind)?

I was thinking the same thing. Sequential (i.e. one passenger at a time) car sharing reduces parking problems, but surely must increase congestion due to the extra journeys to pick up the next passenger.

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