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Commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
Wonderful stuff by mister Sterling it is sort of his spimes speech without the spimes. He drops the title of the new W. Gibson book in it too....
Commented on Famous Japanese artist arrested for graffiti in NYC says he enjoyed jail
Still crazy that graffiti sends people to jail when it is obviously not a gang tag, I mean couldn't that have resolved this by making him clean the offending mark....
Commented on Legalizing Drugs: The Least Bad Answer
@ #74 & #72 THC is only produced in the resin glands of the mature female cannabis plant in any sort of quantity, the resin glands are called trichomes. The systhesis is called Marinol it is nothing like smoking cannabis...
Commented on Excellent podcast on privacy risks of RFIDs
seriously isn't the primary purpose of rfid inventory control I mean sure you can know the brand of my jeans if you sneak up on my ass with your rfid scanner, but couldn't you do that by looking at them,...
Commented on Sea ice area returns to 1979 level
It could also mean that as we keep adding energy to the weather systems through global warming our weather is going to become more violent and more difficult to predict....
Commented on Sixth severed foot found in British Columbia
How about fishing accidents and small boat accidents people get washed off of jetties the sea is dangerous. I would think that more then seven people die fishing a season in the Pacific northwest around British Columbia....
Commented on Scan of WWII US internment camp yearbook for Japanese American high schoolers
What a great primary source for history students everywhere, I wish I had this source when I was writing my senior thesis on the children's experience of the Japanese interment two years ago. It is a little bit out of...
Commented on La Pequeña Sarah Palin (Thank you Jesus)
Roflcopters ......
Commented on Photos of trash cars
One of these caught fire outside of my work....
Commented on Christopher Hitchens: America the Banana Republic
I think we might be able to trace the beginning of the Banana Republic of the United States to the first banking bailout. This crisis has been a long time in the making and we are maybe only half done...
Commented on How to find neighbors who think they are registered but probably aren't
Personally, privacy seems like such a 20th century concept....
Commented on Sarah Palin in 30 seconds
Quite nice; honestly, a bit too nice to the lady... Maybe weave the Tiny Fey end of days comment in?...
Commented on Psystar announces Mac server clones, still not sued
I am totally interested in getting that openpro thingy but I too am afraid that the auto-updater will one day abruptly end my fun....
Commented on Comic Epitaphs from the Very Best Old Graveyards
The idea that tombstones could be fun is pretty spiffy too. Speaks to a healthier attitude about death if you ask me....

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anansi133 commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
OK, I sat through the whole thing: even as he warns us against the people who are afraid of the sky, he comes off as one of those people who are afraid of the sky. Scolding his hosts for hairshirt environmentalism doesn't win him any points. And when he gets down to 'positive' suggestions, as reasonable as they all are, they're still retail level- individuals' relationships with our own personal stuff. The most interesting part of his Atemporality flickr set, is where he talks about social class. I think the elephant in the room, is a sea change in the...
AnoniMouse commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
Thank you Cory for posting this. This man is a SAGE. After having many upheavals in my life, I have come to practice much of his "practical advice." I am now free of "stuff" and make sure I continually weed-out. But I never considered my stuff as "space and energy." This makes so much more sense. Scraping off the barnacles is indeed, emotional and difficult. But I do hope everyone will do it. Also, I am a not rich person. Due to health issues I did spend upwards of *most of my money* on a good bed and good shoes....
The Raven commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
Atemporality--We cease to be able to date anything within centuries, let alone decades, by the language of its ornamentation.Cranky Ozzie Spengler. Lots to dislike about him. But he knew something....
ArghMonkey commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
Terrific presentation ... I love the fact that he is sticking his head above the crowd and looking around. Theres a lot of truth in what he says that I suspect a lot of us sense but assume that since noone else says it that it must be wrong for some reason you cant imagine. I tend to WANT to be more optimistic about the future but I have only hope that it is, he may infact be more correct and if he is thats scary and inevitable and if it is inevitable then we should be embracing anarchism more...
wierdbeard commented on Bruce Sterling's closing talk at Reboot -- life in the next decade
Seems to have been a divisive speech, judging by the comments, but I thought it was fantastic. He mentioned a number of ideas I've noticed as well, like the increasing anachronism in our society. Also, I've wanted to get rid of a lot of my stuff for a long time, but couldn't bring myself to do it. This was convincing....

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