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I read about this stuff regrowing fingers back in 2007. It seems it can do even more. I just hope it becomes more readily available.

Not everyone should just skip manual labor and become a "business grad" with a (more watered down) four year college degree. Not everyone has the intellectual capacity to be an engineer or architect. There are tens of millions of Americans with an IQ of less than 100 but will work hard if given an opportunity to make a decent wage, without having to go into $50,000+ in student loans to get a degree that is worthless to them (especially from the more criminal for-profit "universities" that are preying on that, "I HAVE to have a college degree," paranoia that has permeated our society).

There is GREAT value in doing good, hard day's labor. It FEELS good to actually do something, other than click a mouse all day (and significantly raise our mortality rates in the process).

BTW - Speaking of clothing... When's the last time you could buy a good pair of all-leather Nike tennis shoes? When's the last time you could buy 100% cotton socks? When's the last time you could get 100% cotton shirts for your kids at Wal-Mart? And so on... I'd LOVE to have those quality choices back, and yes, I would pay a realistic premium, especially if they were HQ and made in the US...

Maybe we should start up lower-level American manufacturing again, perhaps with a ball?

I didn't realize the source was sh*tty (i still have no idea who or what rense is) it happened to be the first 2 or so hits on Google. However this is established that Israel spies on the US just as much, if not more than anyone. If different sources make you feel better:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Franklin_espionage_scandal http://www.alternet.org/world/130891/breaking_the_taboo_on_israel's_spying_efforts_on_the_united_states/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24256527/ns/us_news-security/t/american-charged-giving-secrets-israel/

You could list *any* country here. No need to get your vagina's up in arms because someone said something bad about Israel. The point was China is just the next in a long line of countries spying. Now, it might be much worse given how much they make for the US.

It is complicated I will admit. There is an apparent contradiction, but both are actually right.

Solar output increases by about 1 W/m^2 when at the maximum of its cycle - as illustrated here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Solar-cycle-data.png

This is not an insignificant amount of energy. It is equivalent energy of about 25000 nuclear bombs per hour. This is enough energy that many strong cycles in a row will overcome the thermal inertia of the Earth and oceans and warm the planet. Inversely, a number of very quiet cycles will cool the planet. So the magnitude of the solar cycles has been a pretty good predictor of global temperatures for a long time.

The confounding factor is that now anthropogenic greenhouse gasses (those greenhouse gasses that we have added to the atmosphere) are contributing about 2.5 W/m^2 to the planet. This is now dwarfing the contribution by the solar cycles - especially considering that the solar cycle is only at a maximum once every 11 or so years while the contribution from greenhouse gasses is constant. As Gavin Schmidt notes in the article:

"If we were to see a return to what's called Maunder Minimum conditions in the next 50 years or so, that would be interesting," Schmidt said. "I think we'd learn a lot about solar physics and solar variability. ... It's going to be scientifically very exciting if all this pans out."

Even then, however, he estimated that the effect of greenhouse-gas emissions would be on the order of 10 times as great. "What you might see over a 20- to 30-year period is a slight slowdown in the pace of warming," Schmidt said. "In terms of how we should think about climate change prediction in the future, reducing emissions and so on, it really wouldn't make much of a difference." - http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/14/6857473-solar-forecast-hints-at-a-big-chill

Here we go, perfect example in this article:

In the past, such periods have coincided with lower-than-expected temperatures on Earth. The most famous example is the Maunder Minimum, a 70-year period with virtually no sunspots from 1645 to 1715. Average temperatures in Europe sank so low during that period that it came to be known as "the Little Ice Age."

So which is it? Does the sun affect the temperature or not? Some say yes, others say no. To me common sense says yes, because the sun is the biggest influx of energy to our planet. This whole thing is a gigantic WTF.

Will it get cooler if there is an extended period of low to no solar activity? Yes, there is strong evidence of that based on previous examples (Maunder and Sporer minimums for example). Will the cooling completely counteract the greenhouse gas warming? Good question.

Not likely at this point. A strong solar maximum will provide about an additional 1 W/m^2 at it's height (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Solar-cycle-data.png) This is not an insignificant amount, but the cycle is only at it's maximum for a couple of years/decade. Currently the energy from anthropogenic greenhouse gasses is measured at about 2.5 W/m^2. For this reason the dwindling solar output has had little effect on the temperature trajectory. As Gavin Schmidt notes in the article:

"If we were to see a return to what's called Maunder Minimum conditions in the next 50 years or so, that would be interesting," Schmidt said. "I think we'd learn a lot about solar physics and solar variability. ... It's going to be scientifically very exciting if all this pans out."

Even then, however, he estimated that the effect of greenhouse-gas emissions would be on the order of 10 times as great. "What you might see over a 20- to 30-year period is a slight slowdown in the pace of warming," Schmidt said. "In terms of how we should think about climate change prediction in the future, reducing emissions and so on, it really wouldn't make much of a difference." - http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/14/6857473-solar-forecast-hints-at-a-big-chill

Believe it or not surgeons who play games may make less mistakes. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4685909/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/surgeons-may-err-less-playing-video-games/

The networkworld (why are we posting a solar/space article from there?) article links to a much better Cosmic Log article: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/14/6857473-solar-forecast-hints-at-a-big-chill

The commercial market for net censorship is tiny. Most of the people making noise about this want the net censored for other people, not themselves. You can't sell a commercial product on that basis.

There's NetNanny, which is generally considered to be mediocre at its job, but does enough to make some parents happy. Smart kids can usually bypass it. The next step up is a Christian ISP, where filtering takes place at the ISP end. There are a few of those, but they're really tiny.

Interestingly, there is a market in "Kosher mobile phones". They're basic voice-only phones preloaded with a religious-artwork theme, sold to the ultra-Orthodox market. A similar product is offered for the comparable branches of Islam.

If someone wanted to fill his shoes, it wouldn't be an easy task.

He puts each controller together by hand, using his engineering skills to solder dozens of switches and circuits. Controllers are offered for just over $200 and include a 1-year warranty for repairs.

"If the bottom line is profit, there's no way to make a profit on these," Yankelevitz said.

Yankelevitz said larger companies and game manufacturers have shown no interest in producing the controllers because the market is so small. He's sold just over 800 of the devices through 30 years. Factory construction of the controller would be cost prohibitive, over $1,000 each.

Man builds 30 years of quadriplegic gaming

Oh, ...that's right... they're either sealed or burned.

I found this one interesting: http://palinemail.msnbc.msn.com/palin2011/pdf/5351.pdf

right on... glad he acknowledged his mistake. pis tell him i appreciate his acknowledgment

Although she's not acknowledging one of her mistakes I was surprised to find out that she was even familiar with the concept.

I can't tell if this is being spearheaded by MSNBC or not, but their story has a lot of information about it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43281157/ns/politics-more_politics/

Not entirely on-topic, but one of the reasons I dislike the online presence of all "major" news outlets is embodied in that link. Noscript shows *9* different domains trying to ply me (no googles, surprisingly - but facebook is one) with god knows what, and will only serve a blurb without activating some arcane combination thereof (msn.com alone doesn't do it).

What a trivial thing to get annoyed at, but it vexes me. Will 'Do Not Track actually work? Because I can't imagine it will.

I can't tell if this is being spearheaded by MSNBC or not, but their story has a lot of information about it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43281157/ns/politics-more_politics/

And now a judge is ruling that it's enough, along with a "device fingerprint" that can be trivially faked? That is complete bullshit.

Bullshit you say? If PI can be legislated to a value of 3.2 and a city can ban Styrofoam cups because water is used in their fabrication, why not?

It's also understandable why US tried to fight for copyrights so much - that's basically the only thing they produce now. Rest of the world produces actual products.

That's fiction. US manufacturing output is still far ahead of every other country. [1] [2]

Read it and weep, scumbag

You will now confess to being utterly devastated by the truth. You'll try to pretend you aren't, but you will not even succeed in convincing yourself, let alone anyone with a functioning brain. Your fumbling attempts at nonchalance will only make your humiliation more obvious.

Didn't you notice that job growth wasnt happening when the Democrats had both House and Senate?

Apparently you can't read or even process simple graphical stuff.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/MSNBC%20TV/Maddow/Blog/2010/04/jobloss_scale.JPG

In Jan 2009 we're losing 750K jobs per month fast forward to Jan 2011, we're no longer losing jobs every month and now have a positive gain. That's all Dem control so what exactly are you talking about?

We heard this same bullshit when the Democrats were ramming through the healthcare bill without any votes from any of the Republicans at all!

Funny, the GOP was screaming about the unseemly carve outs given to wavering democrats. That would seem to follow with the fact that the GOP was simply obstructing if the Dems had to resort to such 'unusual' tactics. (Hint: it's not unusual, but it is an indication of the environment the GOP is fostering). And those carve outs were only necessary because the GOP wouldn't allow a simply up or down vote which the Dems clearly had the votes for. They filibustered literally just about everything. That's some pretty damned stubborn opposition.

You would think that the assholes that complained about Bush's spending would be in complete rage at the sheer magnitude of the corporate handouts the Obama+Pelosi administration

I think you mean TARP yes? The giveaway to the big banks with no strings on it? Sorry to inform you that was Bush's creation.

Auto bailout? saved 750K-1.5 million jobs, but the GOP didn't want to do it. And both GM and Chrysler are paying back our investment at only a few billions lost. That's jobs we wouldn't have right now if the GOP had their way.

If you have examples other than fanatical rantings, please share them.

When the Democrats control House and Senate, the debt-to-gdp ratio always goes up.

it's easy to look good when the 2 biggest economic engines in history are running for you. Both burst and did massive damage to the economy by the way so perhaps saying the graph is good and then handing over control as it falls apart isn't the best idea to support your cause. Here's a more factual explanation:

95-99 - the internet bubble. Clinton and the GOP fought and so nothing happened while revenues were going through the roof. That's going to make a 'ratio' look good. But it doesn't mean either party had a great hand in it. Or are you willing to agree that the Clinton era tax rates should be reinstated? After it certainly helped the debt to gdp ratio didn't it? I didn't think so...

02-07 - notice how the ratio stayed fairly flat in spite of a revving economy? That's because while Bush was benefiting from the ramp up of the housing bubble he was also adding massive amounts of debt. And notice that at the end of Bush's term those policies start coming home to roost as the ratio is trending upward pretty fast in just 2 years.

Obama years. Of course the debt to GDP ratio goes up during a recession. It's SUPPOSED TO. Otherwise you go into full blown depression. Recession is when the government should start deficit spending to keep the economy moving until the private sector starts growing again. That's called 'stimulus'.

Its OK to hate the Republicans.. fuck.. they are scum.. but to think for a second that the Democrats arent outrageously worse.. you've got your fucking eyes closed!

Sorry, I think that helping my fellow citizen rather than fostering an everyone for themselves system *is* a better thing than the GOP. the GOP is plain and simple class warfare. The fun trick is they've conned the run of the mill blue collar worker into thinking they actually represent them. The Dems are always tarred with the 'tax and spend' 'slur'.

That should tell you all you need to know about the GOP. The Dems are actually fiscally responsible, the GOP doesn't want to pay for anything.

Anything else you need clarified?

I hope that if I'm ever in a situation whereby someone on the street needs some help or assistance that I can give them, that I then have the courage and compassion to help them out

I'd stay away from that, if you're in the US ... due to court precedent, you can now be held accountable for something that happens to someone you're trying to help. Try CPR on someone who had a heart attack and they die before the paramedics get there? Congrats, you're now a murderer (or, at best, a manslaughterer). It's led to some truly absurd cases, like a man dying in the parking lot of a hospital (after having a heart attack on the way TO the ER and crashing his car in the parking structure because of it) because no one would do anything to help him until the police arrived (with an ambulance) and moved him the 100'ish feet in to the hospital. (Link here about that specific story. )

The unreasonable part is that some moron can block my consent to such experiments. When did we redefine freedom as "what lawmakers decide".

I think there is overlap with the ethics of selling human organs:

Organ sales: Compromising ethics

What proponents of the selling of organs for transplant call a 'choice,' I call the right to be cruelly exploited. Democratic societies have always limited our ability to harm ourselves, hence, workplace safety, child labor, or minimum wage laws that forbid a 5-year-old to 'choose' to take a dangerous, low-paying job. (Even when someone faces dire poverty, we do not permit him to sell himself into slavery.) Similarly, the laws barring organ sales are intended to protect those who, out of economic desperation, would be harmed by those with more money.

What's more, it is a highly dubious proposition that selling an organ offers even the very poor meaningful recourse. A few years after taking such a perilous step, the seller is apt to find himself in unchanged economic circumstances, albeit with one fewer kidney and the attendant health risks. There are better ways to respond to the problems of poverty than by expanding the opportunity for the rich to harvest the organs of the poor. And there are better ways to reduce the waiting list for kidney transplants: I particularly admired FL Delmonico's noting what preventive medicine can achieve.

It is true that we need to expand the pool of organs available for transplant, but there are ways to do that without endangering the most vulnerable members of society. One plan would make the use of cadaveric organs routine, switching from the current opt-in system to allowing those folks with, for example, religious objections, to opt out. It is curious that those who resist such an approach show more concern for the sentiments of the dead than the health of the living.

The Hidden Cost of Organ Sale

I assume you see nothing wrong with this, nobody in need of help? Three men charged in 'dungeon' castration

Laws establish limits, its been that way since before recorded history.

AFAIK, no mainstream prison system in the country offers prisoners cable TV

From here:
Oklahoma's 17 prisons and five community corrections centers all get cable television. The yearly cost: $280,000.

There is at least one company that specializes in correctional cable programming.

From this MSNBS article about the digital switchover:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons receives cable TV service, so officials don't anticipate any interruptions, spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said. Federal inmates are allowed limited viewing in common rooms with some restrictions â" for instance, they can't watch R-rated movies.

It took a whole 10 seconds to find two mainstream prison systems that have some form of cable TV, and a company that is dedicated to offering mainstream prisons cable tv service.

where the hell have you been?

"In its first formal cyber strategy, the Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage by another country could constitute an act of war"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43224451/ns/us_news-security/t/sources-us-decides-cyber-attack-can-be-act-war/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10154383/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/t/college-freshmen-face-major-dilemma/

Eighty percent of college-bound students have yet to choose a major, according to Dr. Fritz Grupe, founder of MyMajors.com. But they are still expected to pick schools, apply to and start degree programs without knowing where they want to end up. It is little wonder 50 percent of those who do declare a major, change majors — with many doing so two and three times during their college years, according to Grupe.

Seems perfectly normal for me.

These business are probably mom and pop shops or startup hipsters who'll never run anything more enterprisey then Outlook on the Macs.

No. Of course not. Nobody seriously uses Macs (or is currently studying same) in a large-scale deployment. And of course, this doesn't even count the countless educational institutions (from K through college) and R&D (pure science) labs that have each used dozens to thousands of Macs for years. If you think those don't count as "enterprise-scale" deployments as well, you're delusional.

1) Universities do research into drug possibilities, using public funds. Patent drug.
2) Once a drug proves to be useful, sell rights to drug to a big pharmacy.

Are universities usually involved? I thought the pharmaceuticals did their own research, and justified the patent-based stranglehold on your health as a necessary means for recouping their research investment.

3) Big Pharmacy runs trials, hiding poor results while prominently publishing good results

Including little things like elevated suicide rates that get "lost" in the reporting.

IP licensing revenue is estimated between $100B and $200B annually
http://dcipattorney.com/2010/12/the-us173-4b-global-intellectual-property-marketplace/

US Manufacturing was _Measured_ at just under 1.7T in 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41349653/ns/business-us_business/t/despite-chinas-might-us-factories-maintain-edge/

Sure IP is important, but by no means the last thing the US has to export.

IP just shows up disproportionately in the news because it is a sizable revenue stream based on an artificial scarcity that is rapidly evaporating, so if they spend 80% of their revenue on laws to slow that evaporation, that is still profitable for the owners.(or at least their lawyers)

The data is old, but the rate was roughly equal then:

Companies founded in 1992 still active in 1997: 45%
Students entering four-year degree programs in 1997 with a degree within 6 years: 54%

http://smallbiztrends.com/2008/04/startup-failure-rates.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10053859/ns/us_news-education/t/us-college-drop-out-rate-sparks-concern/

I'd be very surprised if "slower yields to faster" is actually written ANYWHERE in the US Highway Code.

Umm in many states it does say something similar.

Most states follow the Uniform Vehicle Code and require drivers to keep right if they are going slower than the normal speed of traffic (regardless of the speed limit; see below)

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html

Some states didn't allow left-lane lingering but didn't enforce the law. Now they are.

At the start of the summer, the Washington State Patrol began pulling people over for violating the state's left-lane law, which prohibits "impeding the flow of other traffic."

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourCar/left-lane-slowpokes-drive-you-crazy.aspx

For shits and giggles I pulled a few states laws on the matter

Nebraska: http://law.justia.com/codes/nebraska/2006/s60index/s6006131000.html

Upon all roadways, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

Arizona: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/28/00721.htm

B. On all roadways, a person driving a vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall drive the vehicle in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

Virginia: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-804

1. Any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions existing, shall be driven in the lane nearest the right edge or right curb of the highway when such lane is available for travel except when overtaking and passing another vehicle or in preparation for a left turn or where right lanes are reserved for slow-moving traffic as permitted in this section;

These three states all imply that you must move over if they are driving at less then the "normal speed of traffic". Of course other states have different laws, but a large number of them have laws with wording similar to these. The mit page says this at the bottom of it.

Note that this law refers to the "normal" speed of traffic, not the "legal" speed of traffic. The 60 MPH driver in a 55 MPH zone where everybody else is going 65 MPH must move right. Contrast Alaska's rule, 13 AAC 002.50, allowing vehicles driving at the speed limit to use the left lane, and Colorado rev. stat. 42-4-1103, prohibiting blocking the "normal and reasonable" movement of traffic.

Uhhh when you have one of the Applecare reps saying things are getting worse here and you have Apple actively saying don't say the word or acknowledge malware infections? Then I don't think you have to worry about "its coming" as it is already here friend.

You're acting like this is the first case of MacOS malware. It's not. Another data point is hardly the flood we've been warned of.

It is, however, worth noting. It is worth watching. And it is worth seeing how this plays out. But I would be careful about extrapolating too much from it.

Just cause it hasn't bit you in the ass don't mean others aren't getting pwned. I personally haven't seen a bug on my windows machines since 99 but I wouldn't be foolish enough to say infections aren't rampant, I see them every day. Since there isn't something like MSRT on Mac frankly we have NO idea how badly the infections have already spread, and with Apple in full cover up mode we frankly may not know for months or maybe even a year or more.

Amazingly enough - we had some idea of the world of malware before Microsoft introduced MSRT. We don't need official word from Apple to get some insight as to what's going on in the world.

I also find it disingenuous to claim larger numbers due to an attempt to hide those numbers. What you're linking to is Apple not wanting to get engaged in the activity of malware removal. Whether that is appropriate or not on Apple's part could certainly be up to debate. But I find it hard to see this as deceptive on Apple's part. And while there is certainly going to be a surge in MacDefender cases, nothing so far indicates any real numbers much less perspective.

But just because Apple refuses to say the word doesn't mean it isn't spreading. On the contrary I would argue that the reason Apple refuses to say the word is it is spreading quickly and they are trying to do damage control. For all we know this may be the first mac "Code red" style nasty, we simply won't know until someone gathers the data.

Code Red was something entirely different. But at the face of it - could this be the beginning of increased targeting of the MacOS platform? Perhaps. But it is too early to tell.

Uhhh when you have one of the Applecare reps saying things are getting worse here and you have Apple actively saying don't say the word or acknowledge malware infections? Then I don't think you have to worry about "its coming" as it is already here friend.

Just cause it hasn't bit you in the ass don't mean others aren't getting pwned. I personally haven't seen a bug on my windows machines since 99 but I wouldn't be foolish enough to say infections aren't rampant, I see them every day. Since there isn't something like MSRT on Mac frankly we have NO idea how badly the infections have already spread, and with Apple in full cover up mode we frankly may not know for months or maybe even a year or more. But just because Apple refuses to say the word doesn't mean it isn't spreading. On the contrary I would argue that the reason Apple refuses to say the word is it is spreading quickly and they are trying to do damage control. For all we know this may be the first mac "Code red" style nasty, we simply won't know until someone gathers the data.

The US is preserving /* the last remaining known */ strains of smallpox in case they are needed to develop bio-warfare 'countermeasures'

Same as Anthrax, it wasn't for weapons. Even though a U.S. scientist used it and caused mayhem, is just an unfortunate episode.

There's no way it's going to be used on weapons or for terrorism, or end in the wrong hands altogether. Nope, there isn't.

</sarcasm>

50%?!? I don't understand how anyone can justify giving up half of your income to the government.

If you live in the US and are "middle-income" or above, you may already be doing so. It depends on your income level and where you live.

Just the taxes alone are about 40%: Your real tax rate: 40%

But, by the time you figure in:

• Federal income and excise taxes
• State income, excise, sales, and property taxes
• Local income, excise, sales, and property taxes
• Taxes paid on your behalf by your employer, or yourself if you are self-employed.
• Your share of federal, state, and local corporate taxes (they are passed along to you)
• Direct licenses and permit fees of all kinds
• Indirect licenses and permit fees (passed along to you by businesses and individuals you pay)

It all adds up, and can easily approach 50%.

And that's without considering the things that various governments require you to purchase. federal, state, and local taxes (income, excise, sales, property), plus your share of corporate income taxes (which inflates the price you pay), plus all the different fees for licenses, permits, etc. that you pay over your lifetime --- either directly or indirectly (don't forget those corporations, small businesses, or even individuals that you've paid for a product or service... they have to pass on their fees, too), you'll

And let's look at Afghanistan a bit closer:

According to a 2002 NBC news report: "President Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign sources told NBC News." This would have been on 09/09/01

This is backed by a Sept 2001 BBC News report which states: "Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October....And he said it was doubtful that Washington would drop its plan even if Bin Laden were to be surrendered immediately by the Taleban."

Read that last sentence again.

OK, I will. I don't want you or any other person to be carrying a gun in public. It's bad enough if you have one at home. Speaking of terrorist fear. Is the boogie man going to get you?

No, the crackheads that keep robbing houses will. What are you going to do when some jacked up mother fucker comes charging at you and your kids at 3am? Tell him to stop? Get real. The world is full of evil people that want to hurt you. The trick is to not be afraid of them, but to stand up to them when they do come. I could cower all day and have mommy government try and ban all the guns and knives in the world, but if somebody was going to murder you in the first place do you think they really give a shit what the laws are?

Just my opinion, speaking from multiple past break-ins. Never be a victim. Yes guns can kill people. But if the crooks are not going to play by the rules and the scales are tipped towards them, I would rather be prepared. I have no desire to shoot somebody. I do have a desire to live and defend my family against those coming to do harm. Unless you live in a gated community and have private security in your suburban area, you'll realize that some parts of the country are pretty 3rd world.

If you are ever in a convenience store lying on the floor as the guy behind waves a gun around frantically ready to blow the head off the next person who moves, all the police state in the world will not save you. It is mostly chance, but there is a better chance you will live against an execution style killing if you can defend yourself. I wont be the one who lays on the floor and gets blasted, and nor will I wait for the nanny state to come and save me.

Or maybe I am just another teabagging gun-nut. But I'll be the one who isn't getting blown away sucking my thumb begging for my life, I'll be reaching for my SR9 and taking a knee as the safety comes off and the trigger pressure increases, ensuring the area behind the target is clear, clearing for innocents, and making sure the threat is stopped. Some laws are there to save you: http://www.ncrpa.org/ccwfaq.htm

http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/01/08/966517
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29944382/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/police-gunmans-wife-worked-care-home/

And if enough people like you don't like conceal carry, keep voting it away. I wont move to your state. But next time to move to an area, check the crime rates of conceal carry states versus those who ban it. I think you'll find the statistics quite surprising.

They have missiles thought to be capable of hitting in South Korea and Japan. Hitting South Korea is a no-brainer, they have SCUD type missles with a 300+ mile range that can pretty much cover it. Japan is only ~650 miles away, and they have tested a satellite launching rocket that went far past that distance.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8134388.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/world/asia/06korea.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/05korea.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31728902/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/s-korea-n-korea-missiles-can-hit-key-targets/

I do think even harder drugs should be legal, like marijuana, just sold in very small doses.

At first I thought you were being sarcastic. Alas, no.

To support your argument, you actually can easily overdose on vitamins and tylenol and it can be quite deadly.

You can easily overdose on water too, and die from it. However, nobody in recorded history has ever died from an overdose of cannabis. The lethal dose for cannabis is so outrageous that, even with billions of active users, no moron yet has figured out a way to kill himself with it.

I would say that removes marijuana from the hard drugs list.

Gee fellas, I was wondering when you would get around to 'discovering' that... Waddya find? some TSA guy patting down the kid?

What is the purpose of the Satellite Dish?
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-110502-osama-compound-5.photoblog900.jpg

Yeah. No Internet. No Phone. No TV.

No truth in the official story.

I'm just going to leave this here.

They're launching their own cloud music service too. Amazon already did. Microsoft will probably follow.

Are you saying that you are dissatisfied with such stellar (read: shit) programming choices as WWE SMACKDOWN?!?!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36698985/ns/today-today_tech/t/so-long-nerds-syfy-doesnt-need-you/

No one believes this. They know these plans are nonsense, they know they're driving up prices and that's how they want it. So do their supporters. Speak up people. Tell the truth. You like energy spiraling up and fucking everyone because you loath the people around you.

Try to develop energy in the US and they pick out some bit of local wildlife, stick it on the endangered species list and have some judge ban the construction. In Colorado it's the sage grouse. In New Mexico and Texas it's this 'sand dune lizard.'

The primary cause of endangered species is proposed development.

I would've sworn McCain did. (See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23415028/ns/nightly_news/, "McCain's citizenship called into question".) Sorry, Charlie, not everybody who disagrees with Obama is racist.

Sorry, just being a little flippant :) No offense intended.

If you mean at the time of his demise, Abbottabad is located very close to Kashmir, where the state of national borders is muddled to say the least. It's definitely closer to Indian-administered Kashmir than to Afghanistan, though. The Wikipedia page has a pretty good map.

Now, If you mean where was he since the invasion, my impression is that the best available answer is that nobody really knows. It seems to be commonly accepted as fact that he was present (and nearly captured) during the battle of Tora Bora in late 2001. Since then, reports on his whereabouts are a mishmash of obituaries, wishful thinking and he's-definitely-anywhere-but-here-dear-god-stop-killing-us pleas. Here's a summary. MSNBC is running a story that indicates he might have been holed up in Abbottabad for a while, (Possibly since 2005) but I can't verify any of that.

> There are few to no "in the wild" viruses or trojans for Linux/Mac

Is that so? Then why did I just read this in Google News:

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/02/6570126-malware-attack-specifically-targets-mac-users

MSNBC is reporting that he was killed in a targeted U.S. raid of his mansion.

I can't help but bring this article back up. It is very interesting that this happened so close to this event. I bet we will find out some more to this story in the coming days and maybe it all started with that "diplomat".

When a scientist commits fraud and is discovered, he's discredited for life.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38127084/ns/us_news-environment/
Apparently not.

>like an explicit LD50 given

Water toxicity is an actual threat. People have died because they thought water is completely harmless when ingested in huge amounts, that you'll simply pee away the excess. You do pee away excess water, but the kidneys act only just so fast - 1 litre per hour for healthy kidneys.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/ns/us_news-life/

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Since this event happened just this week, the EFF might want to majorly reconsider.