Food for thought... posts... World Clock

[rhody]

World Clock (http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf)

Under menu, you can select; year, month, day, week, now (resets stats to 0)

Under "More" category, sobering to watch our US national Debt climb.
Under "US Crimes" category, identity theft is the most rapidly growing.
Under "Illness" category, respiratory infection far outstrips others, didn't know this.

Sources (http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/worldclock/sources/)
* World Health Organization
* CIA Factbook
* US Census bureau
* UK HomeOffice
* Avert.org
* International Union Against Cancer
* StateMaster
* NationMaster
* Center for Immigration Studies
* National Wildlife Federation
* EarthPolicy.org
* Wikipedia

P.S. Enjoy... Have fun, be creative. Maybe someone can name the Sci-Fi movie in the last 15 years that showed something similar to this, it was a globe with popups of stats of countries of interest. This clock reminded me of this. I remember it was a CIA tool to get a snapshot of the health/demographic etc... of a countries population and details as needed at a glance. Check out the other free apps there as well.

Rhody... :cool:

[JaredJames]

That's really clever. I like it, nice find.

[rhody]

Awww... cmon, there must be someone willing to use some of the data to stand on their soap box and make a point... Anyone ? Dark humor, sarcasm... I will take anything I can get...

Rhody... hehe :devil:

[JaredJames]

That ID theft counter under US Crimes is a load of BS ain't it? At the rate that's going up nearly a third of the US will have had their ID's hijacked by then end of the year. (That or there's one really unlucky b*****d out there.)

I also can't believe how long I've spent watching the extinction counter, just waiting for it to increase...

Desertification, what a shame. Now I think it's time for ice cream!

[rhody]

That ID theft counter under US Crimes is a load of BS ain't it? At the rate that's going up nearly a third of the US will have had their ID's hijacked by then end of the year. (That or there's one really unlucky b*****d out there.)

I also can't believe how long I've spent watching the extinction counter, just waiting for it to increase...

Desertification, what a shame. Now I think it's time for ice cream!

Thanks jared,

You made my day... anyone else ?

Rhody...

[Evo]

I also can't believe how long I've spent watching the extinction counter, just waiting for it to increase...Funny how they don't count all of the new species found every day.

I am so NOT into this kind of thing.