You have to work with public and private keys to do that but I think it's possible.  I've never done it myself though.
The second half of this WIKI explains it:

http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/Best_Practices/Cold_Storage

Look up the help entry in the console for wallet_import_private_key and you will see how to deal with the account names.

http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/Best_Practices/Cold_Storage

I am stuck at block 1211638. It won't sync any further than that even though I am on version 0.27.1... Anyone know what to do?

This is from the Troubleshooting part of the WIKI and has worked for me in the past:

If you are getting a "Not Connected" error or having trouble syncing, try the following troubleshooting procedures:
Change how many nodes your client tries to connect to and the maximum it will try to connect to by typing the following command in the console:
network_set_advanced_node_parameters {"desired_number_of_connections":50, "maximum_number_of_connections":100}
If that doesn't work, then try connecting to some nodes manually using the following commands:
network_add_node "107.170.211.129:1700" add
network_add_node "80.240.133.79:1776" add
network_add_node "188.226.195.137:60696" add
network_add_node "76.74.170.79:54200" add
network_add_node "176.9.234.166:1700" add
network_add_node "180.153.142.120:1777" add
network_add_node "162.243.220.142:1777" add
network_add_node "84.238.140.192:42577" add
network_add_node "5.101.106.138:1778" add
network_add_node "69.164.192.144:1700" add
network_add_node "192.168.0.14:1776" add
network_add_node "78.46.32.25:1776" add
network_add_node "192.168.0.12:44327" add
network_add_node "70.114.143.108:1776" add
network_add_node "106.187.91.24:38581" add
network_add_node "106.185.26.162:1981" add
network_add_node "188.138.107.159:1776" add
network_add_node "104.131.136.190:1776" add
network_add_node "95.85.33.16:8764" add
network_add_node "198.199.103.79:1776" add
network_add_node "104.131.234.136:8801" add

I agree with the opinion expressed in the OP.

I came across this, just to give a general idea of the massive amount of work going on in Ethereum right now.

https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/1634/tutorial-1-your-first-contract

From the comments, it looks like it still might be buggy.  But I think the post show the seriousness of the project development and the potential to attract large numbers of developers into this programming sandbox when it goes live.

Edit: spelling

The guy who has been dumping BitShares on BTC38 in blocks of a million for the last three weeks ran out a day or two ago.

Maybe, but the volume's also way up.  It might cross 1M for 24 hour volume soon.  It's already over 900k.  That hasn't happened in a while.

Regardless of the error noted on coinmarketcap.com regarding volume the last couple days, volume was much lower.

Quote from: clayop on November 29, 2014, 08:53:59 am

Quote from: upgradeadvice on November 29, 2014, 08:16:00 am

Sparkle Alpha 4 QT win32 binary

github/upgradeadvice/upgradeadvice.github.io/releases/tag/0.0.4
The images are kinda borked, but it works and you can mine. I'll work on it more later if there's any interest.

It doesn't work for me as well...

Try Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013

Tried with Packages but doesn't work for me either.

Quote from: blahblah7up on November 27, 2014, 11:47:30 am

Do you just install the client and then that's it, you're mining?

no mining with BitShares .. it's a (Delegated) Proof of Stake system ..

I think you're mistaken.  From the announcement:

Currency Unit:  SPK (Spark)
Mining Algorithm: SHA512  (initial, may change subject to delegate vote.)
Initial Supply: 100M SPK  (Divided among AGS, PTS, and BTS holders)
Mining Reward:  50 SPK / block, linearlly decreasing to 0 over 100 years.
Workers Reward:  50 SPK / block, linearlly decreasing to 0 over 100 years.
Block Interval: 20 seconds
Maximum Spark Supply: 7,984,000,000 SPK after 100 years.
Precision:  5 decimal places

bump original question

Quote from: lzr1900 on November 19, 2014, 09:42:34 am

Quote from: cass on November 19, 2014, 08:54:13 am

hey ... thx xeroc for you kind words! And i have to say sry for not getting site done in expected time frame ... but i'll finish it today...

love you~
finally we can make some noise.

i'll give my best ... and then we'll fill in more content later on .. IMO problem on current content is .. that so much has changed last weeks!
So we have to completely rework documentation, FAQ etc... IMO any thoughts!?

You're going to launch the new website without the proper content?