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What Would Be Your Ideal Futuristic Home?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the make-george-green-with-envy dept.

deman1985 asks: "As the owner of a small commercial and home integration company, I'm exposed to a wide variety of customers with differing tastes and needs. I'll get requests for anything from the ordinary audio distribution systems and full home theater systems, to downright bizarre requests like having bubble baths run automatically, when they walk in the door. However, the vast majority of customers I encounter are not technologically inclined and are more interested in simplicity rather than impressiveness. What would your ideal integrated home look like? What's the most unique feature you would like to see? If you had access to an unlimited budget, what would you spend money on to make your home stand out? Whole-house audio? Hidden video screens? Automatic locks? Do most people view home integration strictly as a toy for entertainment, or is the technology ready for prime time?"

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  1. DUH! by amliebsch · · Score: 5, Funny

    What happens when you ask a bunch of nerds and engineers to collaborate on a home design? You get the DUH: Dilbert Ultimate House (Professional Edition).

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    If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
  2. You can't take the sky from me... by Terminal+Saint · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like my home to be a 1:1 scale mock-up of a Firefly class transport. But then I'm a nerd...

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    It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
  3. futuristic home by prurientknave · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want a futuristic home that pays its own property taxes. that way i can live in it forever.

  4. Hot Chicks Room by jmhewitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Realtor: This is the Hot Chicks Room. The breakfast table's just over this way...
    Wife: Excuse me? What was that room again?
    Realtor: Oh, this is the Hot Chicks Room. It's filled with assorted hot chicks, who party in here 24 hours a day. But you'd be more interested in the kitchen.
    Wife: You know what? We're not going to need a sexy chicks room.
    Realtor: Well, actually it's a Hot Chicks Room.
    Wife: Well, whatever it is, we don't need it.
    Husband: You said the same thing about the microwave, and we use that darned thing all the time.
    [to realtor]
    Husband: So, a Hot Chicks Room, huh?
    Realtor: Yeah. The previous owner installed the room in the 80's, and I'll be honest with you, some of the chicks aren't all that hot anymore. However, they are replacable.