As a native Floridian, Umbrellas have always been 2 things: required & lackluster. It rains all the time (sometimes daily), but it doesn't always rain down. Thanks to our natural habitat, raining various degrees of sideways is perfectly normal. Also, if you wear a raincoat and it isn't raining, you're melting.

And at the same time, what is going to bring people together so they can create the basics of civilization? Conflict. One person is stronger than another one person, so weaker people band together. As soon as one organization is superior in ANY sense, other organizations will reorganize in defense.

Man, this sounds dumb.

That's like the "What would Google do?" of the USPS would be along the lines of giving everyone an XO PC, literally building it in to all homes & apartments, and then giving us all 1.5 MB wifi using White Space

There's a kitchen sink. More of a disposal, really.

They could text message it to your phone. That's what my banks do.

We have a much better name than PETAs...

I'm with you on the national ID. Then again, I just saw "Unknown", so I have an idea what it would feel like if someone suddenly became me. Having a Single national ID gives little benefit after being recognized as a single point of failure.

This isn't news. They've specifically designed it that way - All transactions are public, and recorded. The creators even said, when that TOR drug ordering website popped up, that it was a terrible idea, because all bitcoins and bitcoin wallets are unique.

I saw the House episode with those symptoms...

Yeah, I'm not seeing the usefulness. Especially if it's using the outward-facing camera, so you can walk next to someone on the phone, then jedi-mind trick your phone into hanging up.

I've seen the Wire, the Shield, Flashpoint, Jag and Castle. I know all cops have assault rifles! They destroy street corners! High speed chases between terrified glass window repairmen and poorly placed fruit vendors.

This actually makes a whole lot of sense. No worries about "going down to the station", holding detainees in the back of a car you have to keep running. If this ever hits production, more than just the Polizei will want it.

Next, on Extreme Couponing...

He could rent it out. For, say, $1000-$1500 a month.

I want to find out more about the guy. If he was smart enough to do that, likelyhood is he's installed solar panals.

I agree with the above two... but if I got a $330000 house for $16, I'd hang on to that. Best rental Property ever.

"rightful owner" foreclosed upon. Mortgage Co owned house. Mortgage Co folded. No one owned house.

I was "meh" until I read "Stana Katic"

Well, when you think about it, that's exactly what it can do. Unless something goes horribly wrong, electronic tattoos would look exactly like that.