Here is another article from last year that's more in depth: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/fbi-terrorist-informants

According to wikipedia the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was a 6 degree rise over 20,000 years. That's a lot of time to adapt. Compare that to the rate of change happening now. See the difference?

I use Gnome shell with multiple monitors at work and home. Is the workspace switching tripping you up? By default it only switches workspaces on your primary monitor.
 
This works great at work where I'm using a laptop as my second screen - put email on that screen and use the external monitor for everything else. At home its not so great since I have two 24" widescreen monitors. You can change this behaviour by editing a gconf key.

In my experience this isn't true. It's just that the "libertarian" types are loudmouths that feel the need to insert their ideology into *every* discussion. You'll generally see many more people calling them on their BS in reply.

I think you and the parent are using different definitions of "post-scarcity". I think you're using the definition from economics whereas the parent poster is using the definition I've seen used more in political theory. In politics the term usually means that we are no longer working just to provide our basic necessities (ie. food, shelter, clothing). Under that definition, most people in developed countries are already living in post-scarcity.

Relax dude. No one is saying we should implement this now with current technology. The point was to see if it was possible. From the article:

The point of writing your MP is to let them know that you oppose/support what they are doing. If they get flooded with letters they might reconsider their stance on the issue. The repsonse you get is irrelevent.

Maybe you should read that page again. I don't think it means what you think it means...

Maybe you want windows clones, but I don't. I like the recent changes in desktop environments. I have no problem with the GIMP UI. If you want windows, just run windows!

I agree with you, but I would like to point out that (as far as I understand the GPL) there is no requirement in it to "contribute back your changes". You just have to provide the source code if you redistribute it.