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Not to endorse Pope Nazinger, but he's dead yet.

He's been dead for a few years. Can't you tell a Zombie Pope when you see one?

http://www.google.com/search?output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22RFID+Ink%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=oVuNUcWHEpPK4APLsYDoAg as to my earlier statement that you wouldn't even NEED a "CHIP" to do that (or tracking). Thus, between:

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1.) RFID ink

2.) A "666" UPC symbol (doubtless the stack variety like on drivers licenses)

3.) Google patented holographic tattoos (not original @ all, I am surprised they got a patent in fact)

4.) Today's distributed database computing systems

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You decide.

* "WoW"... so, does this type of tech have great potential for good? Yes, sure, possibly - then again, so does nuclear/atomic power, & we all know what that got perverted into largely. THAT is 'the' problem: What "Those In Power" end up doing, almost every time, seeking power & control (because of their own "shortcomings" is my guess, men being instinctual creatures largely).

Above ALL else here: I am only presenting VIABLE & possible possibilities, via the technology (and even ObamaCare + National ID attempts) being present.

APK

P.S.=> Read this 1st -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3737139&cid=43684947 and, then this (GOOGLE PATENT of the Holographic tattoo I spoke of, be easy to make THAT a "666" UPC code mind you) -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3737139&cid=43687725 and then, of course, the above (which WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CHIP & Lithium Ion battery risks)...

... apk

Take a read-> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3737139&cid=43684947 and guess who patented it? GOOGLE -> http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/patents/US20070032846&sa=U&ei=vzCNUaTHLubE4APT0IGACg&ved=0CCUQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNGWQ87AZ4bpjnt2OXAx8pSBIw3k-Q

What I found astounding is, their "patent" is FAR from "original thought" & you wouldn't need to go as far as an RFID chip though, per the Biblical prophecy passage (St. John) others noted here already.

Read my 1st post link above, in regards to "the number of the beast" holographic tattoos, & UPCs - put the two together (easily put into your hand or your forehead, invisibly in fact, only a laser scanner can see it). You'll "get the picture", pretty fast...

The "powers that be" pretty much do what they want anyhow, there's no governments: Only puppets put in place by those self-same wealthy powers that be imo. It has, & always probably WILL be, "all about the benjamins" (and beyond that, since IMF 'funny money'/GDP backed bullshit paper money is crap - the long-term goal? Power, & moreso, CONTROL!).

You get "outta line"? They delete your database record, no more purchasing power & you DIE... it's THAT simple! After all - it has the potential to COMPLETELY ELIMINATE paper or other hard currencies & credit cards even. Thus, Your holographic tattoo becomes your ID, drivers license, credit card etc./et al (especially the stacked UPC type).

I can only HOPE they're smarter than they've shown themselves to be for the past few decades though. IF there is such a group with that kind of power (and, imo there is) thinking that way? I'd wager they'd LOVE to see the world's financial systems collapse, as well as nations... just so they can "sweep in & save the day", thus. Wouldn't be a "huge trick" either (blow the "derivatives market", see what happens... hyper-inflation).

Hey - Maybe we DO need to be under "1 whip" like a team of horses... the world's nuts the way it is after all. Especially lately!

However, only question is, are "our fearless leaders" (the real ones, NOT politicians) intelligent enough to do the job right, & do they possess compassion, + are they DECENT honorable men (not sociopaths).

(See - most sociopaths or "control freaks", generally don't & those're the types that "rise" to power, since they'll do what the other guy isn't willing to for moral/ethical reasons, since "the ends justify the means" of them satisfying the fact (going 'freudian' here) they have 2" puds, & power is the ONLY compensator for THAT issue!).

APK

P.S.=> Shit scares the hell outta me, & it's essentially already here - and yes, admittedly, because of the prophecies of St. John...

... apk

Tea party lost because nobody likes to face the fact the bills need paid and it is going to cost money to sustain the government handouts. Better to just turn on the printing press and give out more money than meet a budget.

The flood of extra money makes forign products cheaper, raises housing value, etc. unfortunately there is a known history of those who printed their way out of debt. We seem to be willing to repeat it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation

It results in the failure of the value of the currency.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=hyperinflation+history+9+failed+currencies&oq=hyperinflation+failed&gs_l=hp.1.0.0i22i30.135990.138902.2.141440.7.7.0.0.0.0.264.1401.0j4j3.7.0...0.0...1c.1.12.psy-ab.tra6dWZPzH0&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46340616,d.aWc&fp=f0be7532d0bef9ae&biw=1024&bih=489

It's not like that's the only way that you can do 2 factor auth...

http://www.google.com/landing/2step/features.html

Does not include the possibility of switched blood at birth. or chimera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)#Human_chimeras or even artificial change of blood dna via bone marrow transplant or some miracle type event http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDSMTLf9ZPhxPRc0vqBgvc9NEFRw

Ever look @ UPC's? 1st, middle, & last bars are EOF terminators (they're also 6's) - otherwise known as "trailer records". Each section says/does a different purpose/contains different information on the "product" concerned, and, they're FAR MORE COMPLEX that simple product ones @ times too (often 'stacked' as in the back of your drivers license, and you can put a TON of information into 1 of those types).

Moving on with that concept in mind: So, essentially - The tech's been there for it for a LONG TIME now, & it "fits the bill" on that quote you use, perfectly -> http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DVdY5ghcnaw0&sa=U&ei=PAaNUZH8O8Tl4AOuxoDQDg&ved=0CCMQtwIwAQ&usg=AFQjCNGiNzcrX3klL5xH4lJNyu7imVpjtg

You wouldn't NEED a card, only what I note in my subject-line above... that's all. You wouldn't even be able to see it, but a laser scanner, can.

* Unbelievable as that seems, I find it difficult to dispute or disprove (impossible in fact) - & yes, I did quite a bit of work using those codes in a business/retail environs for inventories & such for various companies over time during my professional career as a programmer-analyst/software-engineer... how long until it's "human inventory information" I wonder? Not long, already done (see license).

(Keep in mind: I don't like 'spouting' this kind of thing, as yes, it actually scares me to a degree & seems "conspiracy theory"-like, but, there 'tis above... so, you decide!)

I'd wager, strongly in fact, that THAT is the basis behind folks resisting the "National ID" card & what-not. I don't blame them. Making what seems like potentially horrendous prophecy happen would do that, easily.

Sometimes, I've questioned some of the work I've done over time in the computer sciences, because it empowers morons and sociopaths... imo, they aren't after only money. They're about POWER, & CONTROL (satisfying something 'missing' in their psyche, like drug addicts use drugs for example). It's their only "fix"...

APK

P.S.=> "No one will be able to buy or sell without the number"... apk

A lousy $45M and a bunch of them were caught and will be prosecuted. Amateurs. The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One. If these petty crooks had any brains, they'd at least have read the book.

Update: the book is a little dated because it's about the S&L crisis. Back then people were prosecuted for control fraud. Nowadays doing it on a big enough scale means you get to play golf with the president. $45M is skimming the petty cash.

Really? Google, my bank, and PayPal all send me an SMS code to verify me (i.e. I log in with username/password, it either immediately texts me a code or has a button for texting me a code, then I receive an SMS with the code to type in to complete the authentication process). My bank and PayPal do it on every login. Google does it the first time I use a device (used to be every 30 days as well, but they seem to have stopped that).

I don't have an Android or iOS phone, but I do have an unlimited texting plan (hard to get a data plan without one), so that works great for me.

These going away is a good reason to buy one now. The simple touch is great for rooting giving you a pretty good e-ink android tablet. I've been eyeing them on eBay for a couple weeks now. Time to pull the trigger I think.

You missed out. Yesterday the Simple Touch went on clearance at Radio Shack for $20, and the one with GlowLight was $30. The scum of the Earth, I mean, eBay resellers, will have cleaned them out by now, unless you get super lucky. I snagged the last regular Simple Touch at my local one for a grand total of $20.97 and I'm going to Nooter it this weekend..

What a load of FUD.

Google is a wonderful company, and their products are useful and seductive and beautifully interlinked. But they're free to use and you're not the customer. And every day a certain number of people have their Google account blocked, for one reason or another, and find that there's no recourse to Google to fix that. In fact, there's no customer service department at all.

Examples on the internet of this are easy to find: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/open-letter-to-google-why-have-you-taken-away-my-google-gmail-accounts/7873/ http://classicsynth.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Get-Disabled-Google-Account-Back

If they're so easy to find, why did you post only one, from 2008, who was locked out for only 15 hours? Your second just said that Google might temporarily disable your account if they suspect it's being attacked (hint: you probably want them to disable it in that case) and that Google will offer you some account recovery options.

Now imagine that this happens to you, and your laptop has just become a paperweight. And this time, you've paid for it. Hmmm.

Not true. You can still log on to your Chromebook and use it as a web browser, including whatever you need to straighten out your account problem. You just won't be able to access your Google account stuff. If you haven't set it to disallow other users, in the worst case (somehow you simply cannot recover your Google account), you can always use it to create a new Google account. If you have set it to disallow other users, you can always reset it to factory configuration and log in with a new account.

In short: In the unlikely event you truly lose access to your Google account you will have lost access to everything in your account... but your Chromebook is still yours, is not locked to that account, and can be used just as before with a new account.

Also, since you buy a Chromebook, there are customer support centers to help you: http://support.google.com/chromeos/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1280301. I'm pretty sure Google provides customer support for all of its paid services.

Yeah, the bar at the top is the tint2 (https://code.google.com/p/tint2/) panel / taskbar. It's very configurable - the config options are well documented on their project page.

I like my chromebook, except for the dreaded-hinge. If the hinge were replaceable, I would buy another one. But alas, my hinge went out too fast for a $300 pricetag. While I am on my hinge-rant, my macair hinge went out in 5years, ($300 to replace). But my best machine is my Sony Vaio which if freakin awesome hinge still going strong after 8years of abuse.

Help eliminate speeding tickets with Speedlimit aware cruise

Can you print from Chrome OS btw?

https://www.google.com/cloudprint

I don't know about missiles, but I have seen the VFW displays indicated.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=vfw+Dorsey+Road,+Glen+Burnie,+MD&hl=en&ll=39.160791,-76.677747&spn=0.002185,0.002411&sll=39.162207,-76.657303&sspn=0.00437,0.004823&t=h&hq=vfw&hnear=Dorsey+Rd,+Glen+Burnie,+Anne+Arundel,+Maryland+21061&fll=39.160922,-76.67713&fspn=0.002185,0.002411&z=19

Here's another one, not at a VFW though as far as I know:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=175+MD-3+BUS,+Glen+Burnie,+MD&hl=en&ll=39.11729,-76.728632&spn=0.000547,0.000603&sll=55.769267,37.600496&sspn=0.017937,0.038581&oq=MD+rt+175+&t=h&hnear=175+Maryland+3+Business,+Glen+Burnie,+Maryland+21061&z=21

I don't know about missiles, but I have seen the VFW displays indicated.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=vfw+Dorsey+Road,+Glen+Burnie,+MD&hl=en&ll=39.160791,-76.677747&spn=0.002185,0.002411&sll=39.162207,-76.657303&sspn=0.00437,0.004823&t=h&hq=vfw&hnear=Dorsey+Rd,+Glen+Burnie,+Anne+Arundel,+Maryland+21061&fll=39.160922,-76.67713&fspn=0.002185,0.002411&z=19

Here's another one, not at a VFW though as far as I know:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=175+MD-3+BUS,+Glen+Burnie,+MD&hl=en&ll=39.11729,-76.728632&spn=0.000547,0.000603&sll=55.769267,37.600496&sspn=0.017937,0.038581&oq=MD+rt+175+&t=h&hnear=175+Maryland+3+Business,+Glen+Burnie,+Maryland+21061&z=21

Kinda' true, but no business of any reasonable size is going to use Google for email and calendaring.

Urm, like KLM? (11k+ users...)

http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/customers.html

Not a Google shill, btw, (I use both G and Outlook, and agree G are not *quite* there yet).

But they're getting closer...

I use Osmand. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand&hl=en

Users are frustrated that the punch cards and terminals that they depend on for data processing are just not available for the PC.

Are you sure about that? The desire certainly still exists :

I hesitate, but the thought is parent to the deed : Rule 34.

The 0,9 branch of vespucci has (limited) relation support.

Ah thanks; it seems limited means "no longer breaks OSM, so you can use it safely without breaking things". That's exactly the minimum needed. I guess I have to download and try it....

Lack of Android offline support is one of the biggest barriers I have to editing.

The 0,9 branch of vespucci has (limited) relation support.

Ah thanks; it seems limited means "no longer breaks OSM, so you can use it safely without breaking things". That's exactly the minimum needed. I guess I have to download and try it....

Lack of Android offline support is one of the biggest barriers I have to editing.

http://translate.google.com/#auto/ko/Wat%3F%20Wat%3F%20Are%20you%20say%20my%20missiles%20are%20fat%3F%20That's%20it%2C%20now%20you%20on%20my%20list%20too.%20I%20am%20writing%20you%20name%20on%20a%20missile%20right%20now%20myself.

Awesome, you just coined a new term, and I like it.

What is the biggest shame is that the most functional Android OSM editor seems to break relations so apparently isn't good to use. Does anyone know more about this? Any idea how to fix it?

If anything I would say Google is saving the netbook. Those Chromebooks are netbooks as far as I'm concerned, and they're not bad little systems, in fact the Acer isn't too far from from the Aspire One that I use.

This is obviously the work of sharks trained by the US government.

So they claim that their cloud offering will save money because you won't need to spend money on a separate cloud storage service? Ok, let's suppose you were going to pay for a cloud storage service. I'll pick the one I use: Google Drive. (I'm guessing other providers will be competitive in pricing.) I use their free offering, but let's say I wanted 20GB. 25GB of Google Drive storage costs $2.49 a month. (Source.) Their $49.99 monthly fee could buy you 20 months of 25GB Google Drive.

Suppose you had an extra $49.99 that you were going to spend anyway. How much Google Drive could you get (instead of renting Adobe's software+20GB)? 1TB.

So, depending on how you look at it, Adobe's offering is either 20 times more expensive or 50 times more expensive than Google Drive. How is this saving the customer money again, Adobe??!!!

They didn't realize Gmail Blue was an April's Fool joke.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/promos/blue/

Here.

I'm pretty sure he was making a reference to Rep. Mike Rogers' comment on opponents to CISPA.
http://www.google.com/search?q=mike+rogers+cispa+14

Which can be avoided if you follow their documentation.

Encodings which match their specifications won't be re-encoded (only the down-scaled versions will).

Yes, actually. You can find the basic argument here, but before I saw other takedowns I took the numbers from the reference article in the JAMA and plotted total murder and firearm homicide rates versus the legislative score he gave, and against the best numbers I could find on actual ownership rates. Lots of other graphs in there as I poked at the numbers out of curiosity. Total suicides not just firearm suicides go down with greater gun control efforts, which surprised me because I expected guns to mostly be a substitution rather than addition. Still lots of confounding variables left unaccounted for. The suicide rates in Alaska and Wyoming probably have more to do with them being more depressing places to live for people, and both depression and attitude towards guns are likely related to living in a sparsely populated region. Deliberate homicides and murder rates aren't the same thing because of self defense laws. Legitimate self defense is still included in homicide numbers.

The distinction matters, because people usually support gun control because they are worried about being murdered, not because they are worried about killing themselves. The association that does exist between suicide rates and ownership isn't all that strong. Lots of variance, and the suicide rate goes from roughly 10 per 100,000 to 15 as ownership rates climb from about 12% to 55%. Given that auto deaths completely dwarf accidental firearm deaths, are you going to support a ban on vehicles? How about swimming pools?

One of the most interesting things in the original JAMA article is that he found a negative correlation between certain types of gun control and gun homicides. I give him props for including that information.

Chrome, the browser, is going to help increase linux on the desktop?

Interesting.

Chrome is also the name of an OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS you can see the machines here http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/ on googles site. The range from incredible cheap machines to the incredibly beautiful Pixel. Lin

We had an AR-15 -- was a bitch to assemble that Heathkit front panel, but it worked fine for years.

Original review from Popular Mechanics--
http://books.google.com/books?id=gtQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=heathkit+AR-15&source=bl&ots=sqzb5kfjeD&sig=qDAUbvelcsL4zgdM3__WnlNmcfs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SP6IUYemO-384AO0oYHoBQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=heathkit%20AR-15&f=false

There are some good platformers on Android, but it's true that a lot of games don't get the touch controls right. (Platformers and racing games are my two favorite types of games.) The best platformer I've played on Android so far is Cordy 2:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silvertree.cordy2&hl=en

Racing games are pretty easy to get right: most use either touch zones (i.e. touch the right side of the screen to turn right, touch the left side of the screen to turn left, gesture or touch onscreen buttons for brakes and nitro), or use tilt-to-steer using the accelerometer/gyroscope sensors. Tilt-to-steer works pretty good on a smartphone, but is terrible on a tablet (your hand/wrist muscles get sore very quickly tilting something the size of a tablet.) I prefer the touch zones usually. The Asphalt racing series is the best IMO - they've got the controls down pretty nicely, and they're fairly long games with good variety of tracks.

Or better yet, they could sell Windows RT for the iPad!

In Google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.switchtowp8 Switch to Windows Phone App. After noting it doesn't run on any of my devices...a first. It actually manages to achieve 600 1* scores (the others are negligible)

Half true, half Scotsma fallacy>. Once it was color management, now it's the oh-so-indispensable 16 bits per channel. I have the impression that many of you whiners don't even *want" a viable alternative t Photoshop, lest you be forced (poor you) to learn something new.

Guess what? I've got bad news for you!

What's your next Scotsman?

Furrfu. Had to be said.

"Devil Car" and "Last of the Wild Ones" by Roger Zelazny.

As to winning debates - facts seem to be far too rarely considered in moderation or "winning" debates on Slashdot.

While that may be true, you cited the Cato institution, Fox News, something called "gunssavelives.net," the WJS opinion page, opinion pieces in the Boston Globe, The Telegraph, and The Washington Examiner, something called "americanthinker.com," a weasel-worded gallop poll, and an article from the Hill that is quoting the the communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee pointing out that a couple of democrats in Montana and South Dakota aren't toeing the gun-control line. These articles all make the argument that we need more guns and less regulation because guns make us safer. Lastly, you pulled out that old canard that the UK has a higher crime rate than the US to really drive the point home. But you cleverly avoid delving into the type of crime.

Now, watch this: The rate of firearm-related deaths per capita is 10.23 in the US and 0.25 in the UK. The only countries (of the 75 listed) with higher rates than the US are: Panama, Mexico, Columbia, South Africa, Brazil, Swaziland, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Jamaica. Interestingly, the country with the lowest rate, Japan, has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world. Of course, I'm not suggesting a causal relationship, but I will point out that the presence of a gun is a prerequisite to any form of gun violence.

Do you see the difference?

I don't think the name is one bit of a problem on the other side of the pond; the only place I consistently hear complaints about its name seems to be Slashdot.

It's more of a storm in a teacup, which might give some people a stick to beat the GIMP with. As you say, it appears to be a Slashdot-only sort of thing.
The first page or two of Google results for gimp all point to sites for the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Also, the entry in wiktionary for gimp suggests GIMP as an alternative, then lists some arcane meanings for the term, before noting its use in US slang from 1925, and then listing more arcane definitions. Despite living more than a decade in the US and Canada as an adult, I only heard people there use the term to refer to the image editor. Expletives and pejorative expressions were common enough, in many contexts, but never did I hear "gimp" used in that way.

For the less tech oriented, what is a Narus DPI and what does it do?

Well you see, it's a highly sophisticated automated system. It's capable of making simple decisions. Its purpose is to use Google before asking stupid questions.

Remember: a stupid question is one you could answer yourself, with less time and effort than it would take to beg for unnecessary hand-holding.

Together, we can make the Internet a slightly less stupid place.

You can run an official Google Chrome build on Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/openSUSE. You can also run XFCE on current releases of these distros. What functionality is missing from any of the available mail clients available in their repositories? All these things are supported with current security and bug fix updates as well. It seems you're complaining about nothing.

I already did the hack to the wikireader a few years ago.
https://sites.google.com/site/sporkinum/

For more than 26 years, Dell has empowered countries, communities, customers, and people everywhere with the right technologies to realize their dreams.

Blue Coat

Dell is a strategic reseller & global systems integrator for Blue Coat’s products. Blue Coat’s products are available through the Dell Software & Peripherals catalog for a variety of Secure Web Gateway, WAN Optimization & Visibility solutions.

Dell's Sunnyvale offices are at 909 Hermosa Ct Sunnyvale, CA... not on the same street, but physically adjacent to Blue Coat's campus. Its building is about 40 feet from Blue Coat's... for Dell employees, it's a shorter walk to Blue Coat than it is to some of their own cars in the parking lot.

Spelled out: Blue Coat and Dell work together to sell governments equipment to monitor their citizens' communications. And so do Narus and Dell.

Someone would have leaked this long ago, just as the secret room at the AT&T switch center was leaked within a couple months.

Speaking of the AT&T room, I recently realized the company that allegedly provided the key hardware involved in the NSA's secret rooms is headquartered (Narus, 570 Maude Ct, Sunnyvale, CA) about one block away from the headquarters of Blue Coat (420 N Mary Ave, Sunnyvale, CA), Slashdot's favorite company to hate for providing network monitoring equipment to oppressive governments (mentioned in the summary of today's Syria story, and before that, and before that...). It's less than a block away if you cut through Palm's parking lot. Apparently, it's a great place to poach a certain kind of specialized, discreet talent.

The fact that two companies noted for specializing in helping governments monitor their citizens' communications are so close together lends some credence to the claims that there is a market to support their business.

The BBC's Dragon's Den has some eye-opening examples of a broad range of pitches, and is actually quite revealing of the difference in mindset between investor and investor.

Avoid powerpoint altogether. Turn up with a cheap video camera, let the investors shoot video themselves, process it on the spot and show an A/B comparison. Then be extremely prepared to answer questions, pulling up slides and more demos on demand as necessary. It's about business model, not tech. Given YouTube (as just one example) is adding more impressive post-processing options for free - their Calibration-Free Rolling Shutter Removal is pretty cool - what does your stuff do that is so different? How is your product positioned in the market, who are the other major competitors, how do they make money, what is the overall market size for this segment of tools, what is your marketing plan, how will you fend off competitors, who are the business partners, etc etc.

Far better to delay the VC route if you can. Find a strategic, patient, trustworthy and experienced angel partner. VC, from what I've seen, attempt to steer companies to where they perceive the market to be, and this is likely very different from own ideas.

So-called experts like Hansen very much talk about "extinction level events" and Venus-like conditions. They are either lying or incompetent.

Extinction level event !=instant global explosion. Someone has been watching too many movies. The problem is that climate change is occurring faster the ecosystems can adapt. This is the extinction that is being described. Even then it is not the extinction of all life. It is the extinction of life as we know it as the animals and plants we depend upon go extinct. It may be our extinction.

If it's not harmful, what's the problem?

Um, what? These are five effects of climate change on the ocean alone. Or are you going to argue that a rise in temperature has no effect on any ecosystem? Please prove that.

There is absolutely no data to support those statements. Nobody knows how fast climate change or CO2 level increases have occurred in the past, and nobody knows how fast ecosystems can adapt.

No data?. A simple google search is all you need.

That is pure guesswork as well. It is just as reasonable to believe that rising temperatures will lead to a rapid expansion of arable lands, since temperature is one of the major limiting factors.

What? If it gets hotter in the Midwest US alone, there will be more droughts. This isn't rocket science. And that is one area of the world. And again you completely missed the point: Do you expect all species to suddenly migrate to other areas of the world when it gets warmer? Some species like birds that are very mobile can do this. Normally in nature, change occurs slowly and species adapt but these changes occur over geologic time scales.

Sea levels have been rising steadily for the past 100 years. Has that forced us to "relocate" major population centers? Have New York City, Tokyo, or Los Angeles disappeared under the waves?

So you admit global warming is happening? I guess your argument is indicative of the deniers and their flawed logic. What you say is factually true but ignores the numbers that sea level is rising at an unprecedented rate. From wikipedia:

Between 1870 and 2004, global average sea levels rose 195 mm (7.7 in).

Also from wikipedia

Conference delegates stated “Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be in the range of about one meter, or possibly more

Please look at all the cities that will be under water if projections are correct.

And projecting into the future, theory suggests they can't rise much faster no matter how much we emit, and in practice, they show no signs of accelerating or following CO2 emission patterns. In addition, many coastal areas have been gaining land area, not losing, due to river sediment, and will continue to do so for a long time.

Please support this with a citation. Most of the science I've seen shows the opposite.

With the total inability of government to do anything that benefits the people, I often wonder if it's possible to crowd-source activism.

Suppose we had a web site where people could register discontent with selected issues. Something like "Fix It Or Else.com".

In the manner of We The People, people could find or create petitions which demand actions from politicians on specific issues, and promise to vote against the incumbent if the issues are not resolved.

For example, you could petition your senators to abolish the TSA, and if that doesn't happen you promise to vote against them at the next election. Similar for other issues - end the war on drugs, legalize gay marriage, increase NASA's budget, and so on.

Many elections are decided by a thin margin - a couple of thousand votes is usually enough to swing the election. Frequently a couple of hundred will do. You wouldn't have to give up the belief that your party is better than the other party; just resolve to punish them for inaction this one time.

Would this have an effect? Could crowd-sourcing bring accountability to the rulers of government?

Some details:

.) Issues would be addressed to specific politicians. Petitions could be addressed to the president, your senators, your governor, and so on - depending on the scope of the issue.

.) If a petition reaches a registration goal, a copy is sent to the addressed people.

.) Six weeks before the election, the system invites petition registrants to vote whether the issue was resolved

.) One week before the election, the system sends the voting results back. You would get an E-mail "95% of respondents feel this issue was not addressed, and will be voting against Senator Jack Johnson at the upcoming election".

.) The system will close petition registrations some months before the election (at the party convention?) to prevent paid shills from swaying the results.

Whenever I read news about the TSA's "Vipr" team, I just imagine David Hasslehoff with an eye patch..

I mean really - "Viper" - come on!

"Security Theater" is sooooooooooooo accurate in describing those people!!

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