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A Mobile Home for the Wired Professional
mikael writes "The BBC is reporting that an Internet entrepeneur has given up on the high cost of housing in the city but has decided to merge his office/home lifestyles in the form of a luxury custom-built mobile home. Utilizing satellite technology, VoIP and a home cinema for video conferencing, the owner and his girlfriend are able to communicate with clients from anywhere. At the same time, the machine allows the occupants to remain self-sufficient in water, food, electricity and amenities for a whole week, allowing them to commute to the nearest national during the weekends." The price seems high even for all the amenities; a well-equipped Airstream can be had for enough less to pay for quite a few electronic upgrades.
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It's Saturday dude, so I'm drunk. I figured I would spell like I'm speaking.
I am most worried about the last bit of your post.
There ARE quite a few very conservative candidates for the papacy - people even more conservative than JP2 was.
I fear for the future of the Catholic Church.
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A couple comments:
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1) Yes, the death of the pope is important.
2) Slashdot is hosted in the United States by American Citizens. Get over yourself. Don't post to an American board saying that 9/11 was somehow less important. I'll try not to go to your country and badmouth your people.
3) This is News for Nerds... or at least it was until 9/11, when every tech site posted a bunch of 9/11 articles, and people who had no interest in techonology started using boards intended for technology talk. I can hardly blame the guys for trying to leave such matter off of
4) The pope's death is a big story. I'd say that they are probably waiting for the best source of the news to post.
What are you rights when you're no longer able to make your own decisions, etc.?
Your legal next of kin makes the decisions for you. That's the law, has always been the law, and despite "emergency sessions of congress" to change it, every court that there is upheld that that is, indeed, the law.
It was the husbands decision to make, a decision that's made thousands of times every single day. The only difference is that most families have a little more tact and respect for their loved ones to turn their death into a media event.
Terri Schaivo was a political pawn. Just another source of soundbites. A chance for every ambulance chasing quack to get on TV to give his professional medical opinion about a patient they'd never examined (any doctor who does that should have their license pulled on principle alone). No one will remember her in a year or two.
Remember Elian Gonzalez? I didn't think so. The whole nation "cared" about him once.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Your legal next of kin makes the decisions for you. That's the law, has always been the law, and despite "emergency sessions of congress" to change it, every court that there is upheld that that is, indeed, the law.
Of course it's the law. My question centered more around how you can get your wishes upheld when someone else is in the driver's seat, so to speak. If you want to die, but your legal guardian insists on keeping up the life support and you're unable to communicate, etc. I know there's legal ways of doing this, but it would have made for interesting discussion nonetheless. That's all.
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