One of the more

One of the more ludicrous Slashdot comments in response to my recent treesit article:

My new plan:
1) Quit school
2) Find a tree that is about to be cut down.
3) Sit in tree
4) Have people deliver me food.
5) Get a laptop and internet access, FREE!

Whether or not you agree with the politics of treesitting, these people are most certainly not up there because they've stumbled upon some great scheme to get free food and Internet access. When I visited Remedy's sit in November, I was wearing a sweater and a jacket and was shivering from the cold anyway. Fortunately, I got to get back in my heated car after a couple hours. Those treesitters don't quite have the same luxury. Given the storms that have hit the California coast this past week, I'm sure no one on their 4x8-foot tarp-covered platform in the Headwaters Forest is thinking to themselves, Free food? I've beat the system!