Programmer's conundrums

[woodelf]

Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:

>   I have a computerized light switch in the bedroom.  It's a dimmer switch
> and you can pre-select how bright the lights get when you hit it.  If you
> double hit it (double click?) it'll go to full brightness, but still keep
> the original setting.  

Why? If you got real big iron,you can dim your lights the CORRECT way?
Now if they had a sensor to tell if you left the room for a couple
hours that would be great for me as then lights could itself turn off. :)

>   -spc (Okay, not on topic, but still ... computerized light switches ... )