Arthur C Clarke wrote a story about a house computer that killed the owner by turning the air conditioner up. Down. Onto maximum. When the police discovered the body, it was in a room-sized glacier. sir Arthur suggested that one would have to preface each communication with the house computer with an uncommon phrase; he used “hark” in the book. A good example would have been, “Hark; tea, Earl Grey, hot.”
Arthur C Clarke wrote a story about a house computer that killed the owner by turning the air conditioner up. Down. Onto maximum. When the police discovered the body, it was in a room-sized glacier. sir Arthur suggested that one would have to preface each communication with the house computer with an uncommon phrase; he used “hark” in the book. A good example would have been, “Hark; tea, Earl Grey, hot.”