Have you noticed that the companies you do business with are getting nosier? It seems every time you turn around you are being asked to provide ID or your social security number. In many cases, these companies are asking just because they can, and often consumers don’t know enough to say “no” when providing the information is not warranted.

For example, did you know that it is against Visa/MasterCard regulations for a business to require that you show ID in order to complete a credit card transaction that has been electronically approved? And, the US government has recently made it illegal to require that you have your social security number printed on your driver’s license.

However, there are many cases where providing personal information actually helps to protect your privacy. Such instances include filling out an application for a loan, an insurance policy, or applying for an ACH or credit card merchant account. If you’ve ever seen one of these applications, you’ve noticed some specific information that is commonly required—your social security number, driver’s license number, and even birth date.

With the news stories and consumer alerts about identity theft, you probably prefer to just keep your personal info to yourself. Why do these parties need to know your personal information? Here are a few reasons:

1. Written legislation: The Patriot Act requires certain identifying pieces of information before granting individuals/organizations access to funds.
2. Fraud Protection: Are you really who you say you are?
3. Financial Risk: Are you or your business financially solvent, and how do we know that?

So how do you know the company asking for personal information is who it says it is, and that the person you are speaking with or sending information to actually represents the company he says he does? As a consumer, there are ways to protect yourself.

Almost every organization handling your secure information will have security logos on their websites and also have a page stating the security measures taken. For example, check out www.paysimple.com/security.html to see an example of a security page for a merchant processing company. Be sure to look for pages like this if you are ever unsure about the organization you are submitting your private information to. If you are unsure about the person you are speaking with, hang up, and use the Internet, telephone book, or Directory Assistance to find the official phone number for the company you are dealing with, and call back directly. You can also ask for references or look up the business in the Better Business Bureau company directory at www.bbb.org.

In actuality, by asking for this identifying information, companies are trying to prevent identity theft. Although it may seem like the next question you might be asked is, “And what’s your dog’s name?,” just remember that, ultimately, it’s for the protection of consumers like you that this information is requested and validated.

After the removal of the city wall in the 2nd half of the 19th century the town grew rapidly in a centric way. The historical center is enclosed by the Ring Road where many of Viennas well known buildings such as the Parliament, the Opera house or the University were built. The 2nd circle is called “Guertel” (engl. Belt) and surrounds the inner districts 3 - 9. Nearly all objects of interest are within the 1st district or at the edges of the districts 3 to 9. For a short stay it is recommended to take a accomodation in / near the city center.

The must-see is of course St. Stevens Cathedral (Stephansdom). The gothic Cathedral is the sign of Vienna and from the top (you have to walk!) you have a wonderful view of the city. This plaza is still the center of the city and always crowded. Just a few minutes of walking away is the Hofburg, the former winter residence of the Hapsburgs. At the emperor´s apartments you can see the way of life as it used to be for the Hapsburgs. To get a quick overview you can take the tramways 1 or 2 that drive around the Ring Road. You can see the Stadtpark (Johann Strauss Memorial), the Opera house, the Hofburg, the Parliament, the Burgtheater, the town-hall and many other buildings that were all built around 1860 - 1880.

For tourists that love sightseeing, it is usually a short trip and so theses persons want to have an accomdation that reaches a certain standard. In the Inner city and around the Ring Road are several top hotels in the 4 or 5-star class. These hotels usually have quite a high price, so vienna apartments of private landlords are a good alternative.

Another must-see is the Summer Residence of the Hapsburgs that used to be outside of the city and is now located in the 14th district. You should take enough time for this area as you can visit different museums in the Castle, walk through the beautiful garden or take a look at the oldest zoo of europe.

The blackberry is strictly spoken not a berry but an aggregate fruit composed of numerous small drupes ripening to a black or dark purple fruit with a fragile and smooth skin. If it still needs to ripen the blackberry is hard and red. It blossoms in pink and white and usually forms most drupes during its first year, which might be due to even the smallest change of condition in later periods, such as the number of bee visits or a change in the number of rainy days.

The blackberry juice forms the base of several different wines and liquors, whereas the tea produced from blackberry leaves is considered to be highly blood cleansing and to be a medium to lower blood sugar.
The fruit contains a high amount of vitamin A and C as well as potassium, magnesium and copper, which is the reason for it to be often consumed raw. But it can also be consumed in form of jams and juices and can then be used to cure periodontitis and to lower fever.

Apart from its use in cuisine the blackberry as a perfect example for an allrounder is an ancient dye for brown and grey colours.

Klaus-Martin Meyer

The German language is stuffed with pseudo-English terms. How come that the Germans use English words that either don’t exist or mean something completely different in the English language? The reason is the need to feel hip and modern. The Germans didn’t invent the mobile phone. As a matter of fact the mobile phone was still an awe-inspiring invention for Germans when it was already something of an old hat in other countries. So at least the mobile phone should have a non-German name. The term “Handy” was born. Something that at least sounded English and therefore had a modern, progressive feel about it. Marketing people invented the word “Handy”. It comprises the idea of something hand-held that comes in handy at times. And the Germans loved that term. It was much easier than calling the new technology a “Mobiltelefon”. Plus, it sounded kind of cute and Germans like cute expressions.

Germans who use German words for modern things are considered square. You suspect them of being too stupid to know English. Or worse, too proud of their own language, which in Germany is something that is associated with being proud to be German. That, still, is a no-go with most Germans. So, rather than call a mobile telephone a “Mobiltelefon”, Germans go for “Handy”. Trendy, hip, and cosmopolitan.

Well, before all that craziness happens, I predict there would be a lot of good, and quite a bit of cool stuff that would come out of it.

I thought about it and I think I came up with some good ideas. Of course, there will always be the spammers and criminals that take advantage of something meant for good, but I’ll address that later.

Personal Replicator
I believe one of the first gadgets to come out of this Nano Technology era will be a personal replicator. This will be a sort of a fax machine that would be connected to your computer. You’d go shopping online and instead of paying shipping, you’d just pay for it, confirm the correct address, click replicate and then wait.

These machines would house Millions of NanoBots that would get their building plans from the CPU in the replicator, then get to work.

There would be different sizes of replicators, or at least the landing pads would unfold or something, because if you can replicate a little Japanese sound activated, bobbing toy with the batteries included, why couldn’t you replicate a sofa, or a car, or a house.

You’d need the space for the finished car.

Downloadable Menus
As well as being able to purchase items to be replicated, there would be hackers, or inventors, or even producers that would offer plans for you to download. You could either modify, or just feed into the replicator and have what you downloaded.

Someone might invent a really cool shoe or carbonated beverage that you can’t buy in stores. Or someone might have hacked into the plans for a motorcycle and modified it to include hover capabilities and sound barriers. You know, the options would be endless.

Carbon Blocks
There would have to be a receptor for the carbon building blocks. Sort of like the Flux Capacitor Doc installed on the Delorian, this receptor could take anything. Rocks, tree limbs, tires, garbage, human waste, anything.

The NanoBots would take in the Building blocks, disassemble them into useful material, and reassemble them into the object selected.

See, it’s not all bad
Open source would be king. Free plans would be everywhere. Recycling and raw materials could be reengineered from anything. You could make a few gallons of gas just by throwing away last night’s chicken bones and junk mail.

Credit System
There would have to be a credit system in place where what you put in can be taken out. Like say for example, I have a crescent wrench that I don’t use anymore, maybe it’s rusted or something. I throw it in there one day to use for my everyday replication, then one day I realize that I need that size crescent wrench. I should be able to go in and, as long as there’s enough material in the replicator, go in and get that wrench back. Maybe a non-rusted version.

Repairs
That takes us to repairs. Repairing an object should be easy. Maybe all objects produced could have a chip embedded that includes the plans to replace or repair.

The Danger
OK, inevitably, there would also be some dangers. The receptor would have to be pointing away from people or objects that you wouldn’t want to get sucked in and used for carbon. You wouldn’t want to accidentally have your Champion Jack Russell Terrier jump to fetch a Frisbee and be turned into a roll of wallpaper or a children’s story book.

Of course, there would need to be a “staging” area where the received would need to confirm the object being sent. You don’t want to come home to a cow in your living room.

Also, there would have to be some sort of waiver or something. You know there would be glitches in the system where maybe someone made a modification to a can opener that turned it into a weapon of some sort. Can’t have a bunch of lawsuits.

Next Generation
Maybe the next logical step would be to replicate humans. Not like duplicate, but like doors. You walk in through one replicator and come out the other end just the same, but at a different address.

Conclusion
So, while we wait for the Grey Goo to come and flood the earth and the rest of the galaxy, we can have some fun in the meantime.

Maybe it’s just a fun story and we’ll never end up being able to design a replicator or even a NanoBot, but it’s fun to think about.

Jorge Goyco

He was very attracted to the large and smooth flat surface, and the little light in the bottom corner.

You can imagine his surprise when he pushed the button and the large smooth surface turned into a colorful, flickering, multi-colored, beautiful object of mystery.

After some time of staring into the colorful surface, he began wanting to do something with it. His eyes found a funny flat object connected to the flat colorful surface thing. It had a bunch of little shiny block on it that were painted with tiny little pictures.

The monkey started to poke each of the little blocks with his stubby, fat fingers, and the colorful flat surface began to change. Each time he pushed one of the blocks, a tiny little picture, the same as was painted on the little block, appeared on the flat surface.

Oh, this kept him busy for a long time. He was enjoying the way that the pictures formed lines and then when they got to the far right, they would start again at the left (not that he knew his left from right).

He got so excited he wanted to take it home to show his children. They would not believe him if he just told them about it. They’d think it was another one of his silly stories.

He took a tight grip on the large box with the shiny flat surface and pulled, but it was hung up on something. It seemed like it was tied to a vine or something that came out of the back of it. He yanked and yanked until it came loose.

But just as it came loose, the colors disappeared. He put the box down and poked at it and tasted it and screamed at it, but nothing happened. He became so frustrated with it that he picked it up and threw it down the hill. It bounced and crashed at the bottom of the hill. It might have exploded.

That’s when the monkey noticed the orange vine that had been tied to the box. He decided to follow it to see where it took him.

It took him through the forest, under a log, through a small creek, under a wooden fence, through a large flat concrete parking lot, in through a window, and into an office full of cubicles, then around a maze of cubicles to a small desk with a leather chair with a smaller computer on the desk. There was a painting of a dog.

It looked comfortable, so he sat down in it.

Suddenly, a large upright walking man with clothes on rounded the corned and threw some papers on the desk in front of the monkey.

“Get these done!” said the man without looking at the monkey.

The monkey screamed, which was echoed by some of the workers in the neighboring cubicles. Then it went quiet.

The monkey looked through the papers and moved some to the side, held up one of them with corrections on a design layout, and got to work.

He ended up tweaking a few website designs and making a couple of blog entries before the day was through, and he finally got home.

When he did get home, he was right, his children just thought it was another one of his silly stories.

Jorge

Just kidding

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No. 10 Simpson drug scene

Homer to Smithers in a very boring meeting with Mr Burns

Start inhalin, Waylon.

No. 9 Simpson drug scene

Rod and Flanders at Mauds tomb (the leaking gas pipe)

How comes everybody’s having visions, daddy?

Oh there is no explaining god’s will Roddy, that’s like explaining how an aircraft flys.

No. 8 Simpson drug scene

Marge and a nurse in the hospital, when Marge broke her leg

What are you doing?

I couldn’t slepp, knowing that window had all that smudge on it.

You’re here to rest. If you want the window cleaned, just push the call buttton.
Oh, it wouldn’t want to be a bother.

Wouldn’t bother us, it just triggers up your morphine.

Oh, so it does.

Stop pushing that!

No. 7 Simpson drug scene

Homer tris to convince Bart of the advantages of Ritalin

I don’t wanna do drugs.

Sure you do. All your favorite stars have used drugs…

I admit I have some problems, dad. But drugs aren’t the answer.

Oh you LITTLE…

No. 6 Simpson drug scene

Rod and Flanders when Homer tastes the Ritalin to convince Bart that it is harmless

Does Mr Simson has a daemon, daddy?

Looks like it. Go get Dadda’s excorcism tanks.

YEAH!

No. 5 Simpson drug scene

Homer at the road in a store

I need something, that keeps me awake, alert and reckles allnight long

Well Congress is racing back to Washington to outlaw these.

(store ownner gives him Stimucrank and Homer gorges ‘em all)

Hey you can’t take that many pep pills at once.

No problem, I balance it out with a bottle of sleeping pills

No. 4 Simpson drug scene

Marge and Lisa, when Homer started smoking pot for medical reasons

What’s that smoke?

It smells like the Art teacher’s office.

No. 3 Simpson drug scene

Dr Hibbert and Homer, after Homer’s accident in the hospital

So how did that happen? Maybe a little morphine would refresh my memory. Oh, yeah now I remember like it was yesterday. It happend today!

No. 2 Simpson drug scene

Otto and Homer after realizing that they missed the opportunity in the elction for a legalization of usage of marihuana

What we gonna do? We can’t just stand here staring at our hands. Although.

Wow.

Ultimate Simpson drug scene

Homer and Lisa, after Homer’s medical marihuana treatment

It’s been 3 days and my mind is clearer, my sperm count is up and I’m able to recognize simple shapes and patterns.

Dad, you just said that, 3 minutes ago!

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