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Comment 25 Hour day - 1 Global Time zone (Score 1) 475

I'd like to propose that the entire world shift to a 25 hour day, and everyone is in one time zone. It would be kind of neat... this would mean that some days you will get out of work and the sun would be high in the sky, and then, roughly 12 days later it would be like leaving in the middle of the night. Global interaction and business would be much simpler, and everybody would get an extra hour of sleep or personal time as well. There's no doubt that there would be weird things from a system like this, but I think overall it would be really cool.

Comment Re:What about other people's data about me? (Score 1) 200

"give me convenience or give me death!)

One day a Google or Bookface program is gonna misread that and think, "Jeezuz...that poor dude really needs a crap!"...and a

plumbing supply rep will be knocking on your door in no time flat."

Ok...you COMPLETELY lost me on this one. What does what he said even remotely have to do with a plumber?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/convenience See 4th meaning.

Comment Re:Why not? (Score 1) 240

. . .

No one is actively raping and pillaging their neighbors. People's homes aren't being burned with government approval. You won't be murdered and your gold teeth pried out if you ride a Kombi outside Johannesburg. Not everyone you meet has aids and does nothing to prevent its spread.

. . .

Wait, is this sarcasm? I thought that rape and murder were still big big problems in S.A. Am I mistaken?

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9/11 Made Us Safer, Says Bruce Schneier 280

richi writes "Security guru and BT CTO Bruce Schneier discusses terrorist attacks. In fact, Bruce seems to be saying that 9/11 actually made us safer from terrorists, which seems like a curious argument. While Bruce's blog post is interesting and no doubt insightful, I'm not sure I really buy it. And what's the deal with the new rules for searching the TSA No Fly List? Why is it, in 2010, we're still mucking about with publishing database extracts and waiting hours for them to be searched? How about checking within seconds of an update? Couldn't someone volunteer to show them how to implement a reliable, scalable, NoSQL setup? Instead, the TSA plan to fix this is a classic 'big government' solution."

Comment Re:Not gonna happen (Score 1) 2424

You do realize that if insurance companies do not discriminate against pre-existing conditions, they cannot possibly stay in business.

And why should I be forced into helping them stay in business? Not that I'm against universal healthcare, I do feel that, like free public education, it is a net benefit to society. But I definitely had issues with this bill. I don't think it is right that we should be forced to do business with a private company. I think there should be the option to put up a bond, or to have a public healthcare option. But there are other issues with everybody buying in... I am worried that this is going to lead to people wanting to get all up in my business. Since now everyone is paying for each other's health, that may give people a "right" to say I can't smoke, I can't ride a bike without a helmet, I can't eat trans fats, I can't have unprotected sex... is anyone worried that these sorts of things may become legislated (more than they might be already)? And on the subject of illegals... I very much want them to have health care, and I hope that they pay for it. An illegal can fill out a tax return... shouldn't that mean that they are included in this mandate as well? Finally, how do we go about having portable digital med records that are secure while ensuring that a national ID network doesn't get created? Is it in the interest of people to be able to have more than one med record? Is it wrong to want to keep certain medical issues out of the hands of certain medical professionals? Am I rambling yet?

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