..."a new law that President Bush signed on Oct. 17. It seems to allow the President to impose martial law on any state or territory, using federal troops and/or the state's own, or other states', National Guard troops. From the article: "In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law. It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President's ability to deploy troops within the United States. The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has historically, along with the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.1385), helped to enforce strict prohibitions on military involvement in domestic law enforcement. With one cloaked swipe of his pen, Bush is seeking to undo those prohibitions."

Here is a link to the bill in question. The relevant part is Sec. 1076 about 3/4 of the way down the page.

(The link to the bill is currently down, so here's a quote from the bill I was able to nab from Cryptogon)

Section 1076...is entitled, "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies." Section 333, "Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law" states that "the President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of ("refuse" or "fail" in) maintaining public order, "in order to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy."

EDIT: OK, found a ./temp/%7Ec109m6KxFo:e939907:"link to the applicable section of the DAA on THOMAS at the Library of Congress. This is straight from the bill that was signed by the president and is now law:

SEC. 1076. USE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN MAJOR PUBLIC EMERGENCIES.

(a) Use of the Armed Forces Authorized-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`Sec. 333. Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law

`(a) Use of Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies- (1) The President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to--

`(A) restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural dis... ]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965650/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965650/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:26:38 PST

OK, here's my new bio. It's not gibberish, it's not just bad poetry, it all has meaning, and it describes pieces of my past, present, and future.


Can anyone (other than jen) guess/interpret/figure out the meanings? It obviously doesn't cover *all*, but if the mood strikes me, I may do more in mixed form.



I was once a boy, an explorer and a flyer. Now my wings have been cut but the ice and the peaks beckon me whenever I open my eyes.




I created whole languages out of the aether, enabling those who were blind to see -- the world not as it is, but as it is perceived.




Seeing the waters, with the fish swimming in the bathtubs, I ran, back to the parched peaks, where my spirit soared, though my body slowed.




rone sometimes, vertical othertimes, the aspens whisper as the days pass. The cottonwoods answer with their seed flying in the air. I stumble on the bridge, betwixt both, their discourse washing over me.




It may take aeons, but the messages are heard, the lessons taught, and the world percieved melds with the world as-is.

















]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965632/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965632/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:24:35 PST
Dr Paul Cheney has been filmed giving a talk on CFS and heart malfunction. In the video, Dr Cheney explores the correlation between CFS patients and a malfunction with their hearts left ventriculars function. It seems that this malfunction causes the heart not to fill with as much blood, therefore the output is much decreased. This is called mild Diastolic Dysfunction - Grade 1. This condition cannot be picked up by a normal ECG. However, it is important to stress that Dr Cheney believes that this type of dysfunction is not a life-threatening disease.

The video, although very interesting, is rather long. I recommend you let it download, walk away and make a cup of tea, and go back to it regularly for viewing.

Take a look here





]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965608/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965608/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:22:50 PST
Yet another one of those days that leaves you reeling.

I thought being medically retired from the AF last week was a big deal.

That was nothing.

I was in complete shock all last night. I can't really talk about much yet, pending other party's permission & desires and wishes.

Once again, how 24 hours can change your life.

To the other party: thank you for contacting me, I'm overjoyed at the potential that I might get to know you and who you are. Feel free to contact me as you feel comfortable. I already know that you're an incredible person with a bright future. I hope that I will be able to add to your life.

::glowing::
::anxious::

This only reinforces my theory that life really consists of a series of 24 hour "events" with us just living & doing time between those life changing moments.
















]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965572/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965572/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:20:00 PST
This is so teenager-y, but when I heard/saw this video, J leapt to mind...and the scene that I've always envisioned with J was at the end of the video. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but I just cried after I saw this. (Happy tears!)



In case the embedded player doesn't work, the video is here.


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Every day, I fall a little more in love with you. I wouldn't trade anything for the time I've been given with you.











]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965522/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965522/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:15:23 PST
I apologize if I'm going over everyone's head, but I just actually read the NewScientist article on RU486 being used to treat depression and a few things from the article clicked in my ME/CFS-addled mind. From the article:


The hormone treatment is based on earlier findings that stress plays a major part in triggering and prolonging depression. Stress hormones appear to damage a part of the brain called the hippocampus. The region is susceptible because it is particularly rich in hormone receptors, allowing it to regulate ongoing hormone release.

"Rescue effect"

In experiments on rats, Paul Lucassen from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands discovered that stress hormones seemed to be interfering with the birth of new neurons in the region. The whole turnover of cells is affected, he reported.

As an alternative to existing antidepressants, Lucassen and his team were keen to find ways to halt the stress response directly. Using a high dose of RU486, which blocks the stress hormone receptors, they were able to maintain normal neuron counts in rats. It points to a rescue effect on survival of these cells, says Lucassen.

The drug is already used for severe psychotic depression, and is licensed for use to treat several conditions, including Cushing's disease, and to induce abortion because it also acts on progesterone receptors. Pro-life activists have long campaigned for its withdrawal, and its use for routine depression treatment would undoubtedly be controversial.



OK, so here's the thought, and I'd really appreciate everyone's input, because I'm considering marching down to my doc's office first thing in the morning.

From what I know of ME/CFS, a portion of the brain damage is from chronic overstimulation of the stress response--with damage primarily in the medulla oblangata and the hypothalamus (and possibly the hippocampus). I know that in my particular case, my ACTH (cortisol precursors) are through the roof--but I pass a Cushings cortisol challenge test.

If I'm overstimulated (physically, mentally, emotionally, or sensorally), my body overreacts--like recent episodes where trying to watch a movie in the theater led me to an "attack" where my body temp spiked around 104, my heart rate was over 160, I was dizzy, etc. (Same thing if you leave me somewhere where it's more than 77 degrees or so). in other words, my whole sympathetic nervous system and thermoregulatory system goes out of whack.

So, would RU486 potentially stop this cascade from happening? And if it blocks this cascade, could it help spur neurogenesis in parts of the brain other than the hippocampus?

I know these are questions more suitable for Dr. Lapp or Dr. Shepard, and I would appreciate it if anyone in the community has any connections that they could use to forward the question--and I'll try to not get my hopes up while this boils. But the similarities between Cushings, chronic PTSD, and portions of ME/CFS are just too striking for me to ignore.

If anyone has any ideas or has tried this, *please* let me know. And also *please* forward this onto other ME/CFS lists -- I know that there's a zillion lists out there, and there's no way that anyone keeps track of them all. But I figure the networking effect might get the word out to enough people in the know that can give critical feedback.

Thanks!
















]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965501/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965501/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:13:25 PST
This post started out as a response to a friend that was writing about how ME/CFS was really wearing her down...and how that some days you just have to hang on, and that it's OK to just hang on during those days.

So, here's the response:

Yes, yes they are [edit: that some days are just for hanging on]. Those are the days when I have to make myself look no further than step in front of my feet, and stay focused on "this too, shall pass".

Hanging on days are the days that many will use pharmaceuticals to help them through the day.....just as long as they're not the first place to run to during "hanging on" days.

A couple of days ago Jen got a crown on a cracked upper tooth. Apparently her bite was off from the crown, which was compressing the lower tooth and was setting off the trigeminal nerve. The pain is akin to having all of your lower teeth extracted at once. My mother said that the trigeminal pain made childbirth look easy.

Anyways, Jen was actually crying from the pain--definitely a first for her. She had taken a darvocet, and it hadn't done anything. She had already taken sleep meds to help her knock out, but still no help. That's when she started to break down, with nowhere to run or hide from this excruciating pain.

That's when she said something that really connected with my own experience--"I just don't want to be "here" (conscious) right now."

I've said that myself more than once because of various ME/CFS stuff---cramps, "super" migraines, and the "heat/heart" attacks.

So that really connected.

We had a cousin of Jen's staying with us, so I got her to the emergency room and within an hour they had pumped her full of toridol and percocet.

It was beautiful to see her face relax when she was finally able to sleep a couple of hours later.

The next morning, we were able to get into the dentist, he spent an hour adjusting and filing down her bite, and gave her a perscription of percocets.

She used the percocets for another day (yesterday) and now the nerves have all settled back down--it aches occasionally still, but is comparitively nothing.

So, from this story, what helped jen at that very moment of pain, hopelessness, and despair? I would like to think that my just being there helped, but I think that getting her to focus on the most basic of life-giving things is what pulled her through.

She stopped worrying about what pain the next days might bring, stopped worrying about everything around her...

And she started to breathe.

Not just your normal every day breathing. Not even your lamaze (sp) coached labor breathing, but big belly breaths.

Whole worlds in the space of 5 counts in, holding, and 5 counts out.

There was no room for anything else to exist, other than the feel of the air coming in and enabling her to live.

And that was a discovery of truly living "in the moment". Nothing else existed.

So, when you're hanging in there, be it a single moment of tremendous pain, or the chronic "oh crap this is never going to stop being miserable pain", just breathe....and you'll rediscover that no matter how crappy and painful it currently is, there is something to retreat to...something to hold onto.

Just Breathe.















































]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965451/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965451/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:08:50 PST
A security researcher with expertise in rootkits has created a working prototype of new technology that is capable of creating malware that remains "100 percent undetectable," even on Windows Vista x64 systems. This VM Rootkit can take over an AMD based Pacifica/SVM "hypervisor" on the fly, without a reboot and then uses a "generic method" to inject code into Windows Vista x64.

Joanna Rutkowska describes her "blue pill" prototype:


Over the past few months I have been working on a technology code-named Blue Pill, which is just about that - creating 100% undetectable malware, which is not based on an obscure concept.

The idea behind Blue Pill is simple: your operating system swallows the Blue Pill and it awakes inside the Matrix controlled by the ultra thin Blue Pill hypervisor. This all happens on-the-fly (i.e. without restarting the system) and there is no performance penalty and all the devices, like graphics card, are fully accessible to the operating system, which is now executing inside virtual machine. This is all possible thanks to the latest virtualization technology from AMD called SVM/Pacifica.


She continues by comparing "blue pill" to the previously release "subvirt" prototype VM Rootkit:


How does the Blue Pill-based malware relates to SubVirt rootkit, presented a few months ago by Microsoft Research and University of Michigan? Well, there are couple of important differences:

1. SubVirt is a permanent (i.e. restart surviving) rootkit. And it has to be, because the SubVirt's installation process requires that it takes control before the original operating system boots. Consequently, in contrast to Blue Pill, SubVirt can not be installed 'on-the-fly'. It also means that SubVirt must introduce some modifications to hard disk, which allows for the 'off line' detection.

2. SubVirt was implemented on x86 hardware, which doesn't allow to achieve 100% virtualization, because there are number of sensitive instructions, which are not privileged, like the famous SIDT/SGDT/SLDT. This allows for trivial detection of the virtual mode - see e.g. my little Red Pill program. This however, doesn't apply to Blue Pill, as it relies on AMD SVM technology.

3. SubVirt is based on one of the commercial VMM: Virtual PC and/or VMWare. Both of these applications create virtual devices to be used by the operating system, which are different from the real underlying hardware (e.g. network cards, graphic cards, etc.), which allows for easy detection of the virtual machine.


The technique effectively bypasses a crucial anti-rootkit policy change coming in Windows Vista that requires kernel-mode software to have a digital signature to load on x64-based systems.

The working "Blue Pill" prototype for Vista x64 will be demonstrated at the SyScan Conference 21 July and at the Black Hat Briefings on 3 Aug.

Joanna Rutkowska says on her blog that she will not make the "blue pill" source code available for download.

::scary::

read more..digg story



























]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965417/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/10965417/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:06:25 PST
Sorry for the long title and longer post, but after a day like today I'm not feeling very witty. I know, all kinds of posts in a single day--and I haven't even made it to reading my feeds, just slogging through emails, digg, & /.

Slogging through the emails brings me to the subject of this post. I read the latest EFFector like a good little copyfighter and noticed the EFF is looking for a Staff Technologist.

As I was reading through the job description and the position requirements, my jaw just dropped. I thought that the TACCSF/DMOC Systems Engineer job would be as close to job nirvana as I could get...but I was wrong.

I can only attempt to describe my emotions as I read the position requirements -- the old excitement and passion was back. Just the thought of the opportunity to help shape our country's, possibly even the world's position on IP, DRM, Electronic Privacy, in the upcoming years floors me. The possibilities are staggering. A real place to make a difference for everyone...not just in a local or specialized way, but a way to no-sh*t help change the world for the better.

Here's the Job Description:



The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an Internet civil liberties nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, is seeking a fulltime Staff Technologist to work in our Mission District office.

EFF works in that difficult space where law and technology collide. Unlike other nonprofit lawfirms, EFF is known for our technical expertise. Along with our webmaster and sysadmin, EFF's tech staff includes a couple of technologists who translate technical issues to two major audiences: 1) EFF attorneys, who need to understand the specifics of how technology works in order to do their legal work and 2) the general public, which looks to EFF to explain what's really going on in non-technical jargon.

The staff technologist job includes being part of litigation teams, writing white papers, attending technical meetings, public speaking, preparing evidence or declarations to be presented to courts, and working with the rest of EFF's staff. Technical expertise is absolutely required, as is great writing skill and a healthy respect for deadlines. As part of the tech team, the staff technologist will sometimes be asked to pitch in and assist with whatever tech issue happens to be causing a problem at the moment. A willingness to be a team player is a must. The job requires some travel.
The requirements sound like something very unique to me--take a look:


*Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science or a related technical field (mathematics, physics, etc.), or equivalent experience;


*Strong writing and public speaking skills. Must have technical writing sample(s) illustrating the explanation of a technical topic to an intelligent lay audience;


*Detailed knowledge of and experience using and programming for at least one computer operating system;


*Detailed knowledge of and experience using at least one (preferably low-level) programming language, such as C;


*Knowledge of or willingness to learn about information security topics such as cryptography and digital rights management (DRM); and


*Familiarity with Internet architecture and network protocols.

In addition, the ideal candidate will have:

*Experience with radio frequency technologies and communications;


*Detailed knowledge of the Microsoft Windows platform (development, debugging, reverse engineering, etc.);


*Hardware engineering experience;


*System administration or system programming experience; and/or


*Experience presenting at technical conferences.

Who better than the "datalink" guy who wrote the standard on simulating digital radio communications networks for distributed simulation? Who also happens to be a passionate copyfighter, pushing for personal rights in the age of eroding privacy? Who also monitors almost 800 feeds daily, with fingers in just about any new technology or programming framework that you can name? Who also considers himself a founding member of the Pirate Party? Who helps with anti-drm projects (that shall remain nameless)? (For anyone slightly interested or curious, my last resume from before I got ME/CFS in 2003)

And then you remember that you have ME/CFS. You remember that you spend almost everything you have just getting the mail. You remember that you can hardly put together a cogent sentence anymore, much less write a sharp policy white paper. You remember that a 15 minute discussion will put you into bed for a week. You remember that you have to "save up" for at least 3 days to keep from having a heart attack at the doctor's office. You remember that you ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955224/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955224/ Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:50:05 PDT here:




Over the weekend, I was watching the BBC. A brief segment was aired
that covered the problem of land mines in Afghanistan. The footage
showed a young girl who had her legs blown off after she stepped on a
mine. They actually showed the US military doctors trying to sedate her
in a tent before they started surgery. The girl was probably no more
than 10 years old. She was a homeless orphan and had no friends or
family. She was crying like a small animal--not loud and forcefully but
in such a quiet way--like the pain was beyond reckoning. After the
surgery, they showed the doctors trying to stretch some extra skin over
her stumps. She was lucid, but the look in her eyes was something I've
never seen.
I was so profoundly shocked and disturbed by the report...I just didn't
know what to do. I just went to my bedroom and cried briefly. Then, I
just prayed really hard hoping that somehow the girl would know that
SOMEONE somewhere in the world cared. Given the fact that she had no
mother or father or siblings or friends, I just could not get over the
absolute terror she must have been in and the horrific pain she was
suffering.
I've tried to contact the BBC to find out whether I can do something
for her. I just cannot believe what I saw. I will certainly never
forget it.




My Response:


those that suffer are so very rarely those who are involved
in the argument. Tragedies like this surround us daily--hopefully
people like us will be able to help all those victims that may not be
lucky enough to be caught on camera.
It's amazing to me how inhumane humanity can be, especially in the name
of an idea or philosophy. Maybe we can help humanity to mature, help to
reduce the violence that causes these tragedies, and ease the suffering
of those who have already been caught.
As a lawyer, you're most probably used to the arguments that occur in
"civilized" society--just imagine those same arguments happening
between people with guns. (War is merely an extension of political
will, or so we're taught).
The sad thing is not *only* this girl, but that there are so many like
this girl.
As a former military member and red cross Disaster Action Team
volunteer, I've seen victims of both politics and nature. Enough
victims are created by nature, we could spend our entire lives just
trying to help them.
Volunteer with the Red Cross DAT. Take the classes that they offer
during non-emergency times, so that you *can* show those like that
little girl that you do care.
Help.



Drop me a line if you have any questions!



-adin



And I mean it. I urge everyone that reads this to volunteer -- join the Red Cross (aka Red Crescent). Join the humane society, just help.


]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955215/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955215/ Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:49:00 PDT
So many times in my life I have found myself saying that exact phrase -- meeting a new lover, leaving and old one, getting a new set of orders, or even blowing out my knee playing volleyball (less than 10 hrs and 10 miles from the Oklahoma City Bombing).

So here I sit-- drained, anxious, & sick. All at once.

Pondering what the next day is going to bring.

I got a letter today...a letter that most people think of as a minor annoyance--something that might bring the specter of mortality to the forefront -- the request to make another appointment with your primary care provider.

I did my six-month routine blood test last week...just to show that everything was the same, that I hadn't been miraculously cured. Today a routine letter came in from the Doctor's office asking me to make an appointment to discuss my results. Only for me, that letter isn't routine. There's nothing routine about the place I habitate; this is part of the torture of ME/CFS -- I'm in medical limbo while just waiting for some other shoe to drop. Things on all my labs are sorta screwy -- screwy enough that you know something is wrong, but nothing's wrong enough to throw you into the hospital. So you wait. You wake up, greet the sun and the moon with the knowledge that something may happen that day. The limbo may break -- one way or another. Some symptom may grow out of control, it may go away. You just don't know.

What a difference a day can make.

I can't hide from it, I can't tuck it away to some convienent corner of my psyche. I can't deny it any longer.

The bottom line is that I'm scared. Huddle in the corner as the demons of your mind crawl from the darkness and obscure everything that's around you. Pee on your leg while wolves rip out your intestines scared.

My primary doc is fairly new to me, but not *that* new. I've shown him my previous lab results, diagnoses, summaries, etc. He knows that out of the normal is normal for me--even my temp is no longer normal--it went from 98.6 (rock solid) to 97.5. If I have a temp (fever, etc) my body temp is more likely to go down rather than up. (below 97 is a minor fever, like 99-100). Below 96 is a major problem...and it means that I may rather quickly swing into the 103 territory.

Anyways, I digress.

ME/CFS isn't "positively" diagnosed--everyhting else is eliminated and you're left with ME/CFS. So you wait--for some new test, for something in one of the usual tests to tell you your "real" diagnosis. Maybe it was just a baby cancer that didn't contrast well...maybe there's a real problem with my liver....you never know.

There's a part of me that doesn't want to live in the fear of not knowing anymore...but there's another part of me that's absolutely positively petrified that knowing means I won't be around for much longer. That the battle with the Air Force and UNUM disability will outlive me -- that my "legacy" won't be any accomplishment, any word, any thought of mine...just a lingering legal battle and outstanding medical bills.

And that's a big part of it...the last thing I want to leave the love of my life are hollow bittersweet memories of how we didn't have anything left to fight the real battles...the ones that mean something to the world.

A part of me is dying, I've already come to terms with that. I just don't want it to overwhelm and consume what's left of me. My mind isn't the same as it once was -- there are so many things that I can't hold in my head that I once could. But it hasn't all been taken...and I cherish what I do have left. I cherish the people and the relationships I get to experience. They all leave me much richer....and I hope that I help to enrich the lives around me as well.

I think I'm going to go take a lunesta, crawl into bed, get under my sheet, reach over Jen's blanket and curl up with her. I'll drop a few tears and say g'night. And if I'm lucky, I'll get to dream of another day.
Current Music: Faithless - Insomnia ]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955203/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5955203/ Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:48:13 PDT
No, really, it won't.

And no, Im not referring to global warming and the resulting loss of coastal areas.

But our survival as the dominant species on the planet with be severly tested--whether we'll continue to make advancements, or be "trimmed" and slide back to a smaller, agrarian society....a shadow of our current selves.

The problem will be population distribution. It's all about *where* our populations will be concentrated.

Too many young people will be crowded into too small a place
on one continent, too many pensioners on theirs.

Europe & Japan will become "Old Fogey Homes" (inverted pyramid structure of ages)
US will be slightly inverted, but fairly close to being "straight" up and down
India, Asia will have a pyramid structure of ages
Sub-Saharan Africa & third world countries will explode with younger generation but no middle generation (like an xbox 360, "sucking in its middle")

How as a species are we going to avoid the upcoming "apocalypse" (used in its original form as an adjective meaning "unveiling" or "revelation" -- an "unveiling" of something hidden)

*Resurgence of the "tribal"/small community unit, possibly even replacing the dominant tradition of monoamory -- people respond to "selfish" methods--methods that continue their own and their progeny's lives. Mixing of genetic lines within tribes will stabilize and tighten tribal affiliation. (and intra-tribal mixing will be important for preserving genetic diversity and increase tribal interdependancy)
*Distributed power generation
*Balancing of the emerging and the mature societies
*Shortening of the supply chains -- food, energy, etc
*Distributed food generation
*De-specialization of people within the tribes, multi-specialization will be key -- everyone will be a "renaissance person", expected to help with farming, pharming, research, engineering
*Technology to act as "people multiplier", to take the traditional role of the "lower class" and save our butts.
*Lifetime Learning in multiple areas. Specialists in one area will look like they're partly retarded (sortof like the dutch regard everyone else on the planet -- where speaking 4 languages means that you're "average".) (Will this extend to the sexual axis?)
*Equalization of race, gender, sexual preference. The value of human life will *increase*, not decrease. Each person will have multiple specialties, thus will have a greater contribution towards survival, not less
Increase in R&D, "open source" production.
Capitalism between "tribes" will thrive.
*Countries & Globocorps will continue to exist, but will become increasingly irrelevant.

The future will be a blend of many cultures and many periods. We *must* mix the best of the old with the best of the upcoming. Technology will save our butts if we can survive long enough without killing ourselves off.

Ultimate answer is constant growth--a diaspora from one cradle to many incubators. Must become a meta-race with adaptations specific to the local environments, whether it means space, oceanic, mountainous, etc..... ]]> ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5698998/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/5698998/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:57:02 PDT ~diamondlte http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/39263/ http://diamondlte.deviantart.com/journal/39263/ Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:31:28 PST
SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!



I need a cola-sucky-thing...some espresso...and then it's time to play XBox with my other half .

oh Johnen, Johnen --where art thou? Stop making these damn cartoons for nicklodeon and help me to see more of Johnny, Squee and the Gang! (sounds like a name of a band) ]]> ~diamondlte