Originally Posted by localzuk

This just makes me think you don't actually know what X10 is. It is an additional layer to the control of your household systems - not something to replace the traditional systems.

It means you can turn lights off from in bed, or enable your heating from on the move so your house will be warm when you get home.

It isn't a tool to make you fat - it is a tool to make life a little bit quicker and easier. If you become fat from not switching lights off at night then you aren't doing enough exercise anyway.

Also, the widely sweeping statement that computerised systems are unreliable is nonsense - so long as it is built with suitable fallback systems to take over, a computerised system can be just as reliable as mechanical - just look at the space shuttle, nuclear power industry, healthcare systems and other such systems. All reliable, all computerised.