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Top Ten Geek Wallets
twentyxtysix writes, "Productdose.com has a rundown of the the top ten wallets for geeks, including an RFID blocking wallet and a wallet made out of Tyvek designed to look like dot-matrix paper. Its an entertaining read that even includes a DIY illuminating wallet."
If you don't like RFID then fine, don't carry any cards.
But if you are carrying a card, through choice, you want the office door to unlock itself as you walk up to it don't you?? Why would you want to stop, put down all the stuff you're carrying, and take the card out of the wallet before the door will open??
Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding? Do they really think that stone age man wore fur clothes because they were too cruel to grow cotton?
I dont mind selective diets, but I am often amazed at many peoples reasons for doing so, so many people are so naive and uninformed as to the reasons livestock even exist.
The old joke "If eating meat is cruel then why are animals made of meat?" is more insightful than some people realise.
If this were really happening, what would you think?
It doesn't really matter if the particular animals we eat were "created" or exist naturally - they are still living beings. If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place. In fact perhaps it is more cruel to raise an animal simply to kill it.
Good luck with your ipod carrying wallet or metal wallet when you go through airport security. You might end up carrying your passport in a transparent plastic bag.
I'll do it for cheesy poofs.
> Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed
> roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding?
Americans used to breed slaves. Does using `created` slaves make it ok?
> We use dogs as slaves so why is that right? Probably because they are a different species, a
> different order even.
It's only "right" if you think it is. But you're practicing Speciesism. Be aware that that's what you are doing and question whether or not it's justified under the circumstances of the situation you're focusing on.
> A species that would not exist if we hadn't bred them to, for sheparding, fighting, companionship
> etc. over dozens of millenia
So after a few generations of slaves we end up with a new `species` - that's ok because they'd not have existed in the wild?
> I dont know if Scraps has any idea of the abstract concept of freedom and he doesn't seem to mind
> pulling a sleigh (perhaps even enjoys it) - not cruel IMHO.
Animals don't have to understand the concept of rights to be afforded them. Animal rights isn't about giving animals the right to vote, for instance - it's about giving them the right to a life without unnecessary suffering.
I carry cash (when I have any) because I don't want the banks and other spying agencies to know where and when I spend my money. All they need to know is that at Date X I withdrew Y dollars. I know that all I buy is groceries and the occasional fast food meal so it's nothing worth hiding, but It's the point that counts. if the marketers that the banks sell my info to get no data then the smugness I feel warms me better then any furnace.
I support the troops. I pay f'ing taxes.