OT: Pool pumps (was: RE: [LINK] BigPond goes Static)

[Adam Todd]

At 14:20 22/01/2004 +0800, Jim Birch wrote:


>Adam Todd wrote:
>
>>>This means the 'fridge can switch itself to "fast cool" when it senses 
>>>15 minutes left on your favourite soap opera (!), while the pool pump 
>>>can ask the entertainment gateway to check the weather forecast and 
>>>decide whether you're likely to want a swim,
>>
>>
>>Will that also operate the solar heating system?
>Does the sun have an ip address now?  Let's hope that doesn't get hacked.

I'm just speculating, but would that be 0.0.0.0 ??  Or was the fact we 
didn't assign IP's by geographical 3 dimensional coordinates mean the Sun 
will have to apply to ARIN for an address block?

What too of the issue of Solar flares hacking and penetrating satellites 
and other services?  Would this constitute a breach of Acceptable Use 
Policies?  If so, how does one mitigate the damages?  Would the USA's anti 
hacking laws accommodate for prosecution?