I see the /sarcasm, but you have to admit, the project to build huge dykes around New York harbor is going to be very cool.

And once the Northwest Passage is open, it'll be the quickest way to ship from Korea, Japan, or Northern China to Europe and NE North America.

"destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem."

We can only hope.

Doing so would certainly satisfy the Copyright Clause of the US Constitution:

                  To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to
                  Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

I can think of few better ways to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" than "destroying the ... broadcast television ecosystem."

So, is it okay if people start migrating from the Sahara to your backyard?

I don't think we'll have to move NYC. I think we can hire some Dutch engineers to build dykes along the lower-west side, across the East River to Brooklyn, and then up by the Throg's Neck, between Queens and the Bronx. Aside from keeping above water, you'd get the reclaim all the land under the East River.

This would be the coolest project to work on.

We had the Enlightenment?

1) Don't buy your phone from a Carrier. I bought my Nexus One from Google. I bought my previous (non-smart) phone from some guy on Ebay.