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Support Bloggers' Rights! HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boing Boing Boing Boing Mobile powered by Winksite Fark rules! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States [and other countries]. Stats (About our stats) defeat censorware Policies Our first five years' worth of posts in one file	View a recent day: August 20 \| August 19 \| August 18 \| previous days \| by month and year Thursday, June 28, 2007 Insane complexity in programmable light-switches This "feature rich" ~~Java-based~~ light-switch is on display at Sun. The complexity of the switch makes it into a vivid example of the tension between engineering exuberance and civilian-friendly ease-of-use. Link (via Global Nerdy) Update: Sun's Simon Phipps sez, "In fact, this is an off-the-shelf electrical part that is installed in many other USA places." posted by Cory Doctorow at 11:22:04 AM permalink \| Other blogs' comments View a recent day: August 20, 2007 \| August 19, 2007 \| August 18, 2007 \| August 17, 2007 \| August 16, 2007 \| August 15, 2007 \| August 14, 2007 \| previous days \| all BB archives by month and year Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional):	Boing Boing Sponsored by: Your Text Ad Here Get BB by email:

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