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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.
Get some priorities.
Slashdot did, after all, post several articles on 9/11 and this is much bigger news considering that that the death of the Pope will impact on 1 BILLION PEOPLE worldwide.
Buckminster Fuller is most famous for the geodesic dome but he was an early crusader for conservation. He postulated that the houses of the future would be built with less, but much more sophisticated, material. A high tech mobile home probably comes closer to fulfilling his dream than anything else I can think of. He saw that technology would let people live anywhere they wanted and not be tied into urban centers. /www.buckminster.info/
Why is Slashdot not accepting my article (or that of several of my friends) on the death of the Pope?
I was surprised that I didn't see any articles on Terri Schiavo dying. The pope is a religious figure who doesn't really have any connection to geeky things. However, a Schiavo article would at least have a YRO (Your Rights Offline) aspect to it. What are you rights when you're no longer able to make your own decisions, etc.?
And when you look at the Hall of Fame entries, there's only a couple which are tech related. Most of them revolve around politics. In the end, as has been said time and time again, this site isn't run by the community, it's run by Taco and if he doesn't like it you won't see it. Try Kuro5hin for that kind of thing.
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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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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.
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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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