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  1. Re:Don't you mean the war on... on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    Yes, quite. And to be totally pedantic, only 5MEO-DMT is active at 20mg. Oh, you'll notice 20mg of NN-DMT, but it really takes at least 50mg to get the whole effect.

  2. Hello, mod abuse? on Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is called hungary, how is that a troll?

  3. Re:Don't you mean the war on... on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    I was thinking Ayuhuasca, but NN-DMT is also typically extracted from plant sources. 5MEO-DMT is usually synthesized (though it does occur in ayuhuasca and in yopo, the snuff used by the Yanomami Indians of Brazil.) The salvia I tried was 10x, meaning it was salvia leaf soaked in 10x extract. But salvia is also a notably persnickity drug who's effects vary greatly from individual to individual, so YMMV.

  4. Re:You fucking moron, it is Europe. on Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government · · Score: 1, Troll

    And it's called Hungary, not Hungaria.

  5. Silly Stutterings? on OpenCyc 1.0 Stutters Out of the Gates · · Score: 2, Funny

    The alliterative allegations of an angry AI?

  6. I used to grow medical marijuana on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    I used to grow medical marijuana for the cannabis club where I worked providing computer security. We were completely legit under California law. We provided free counselling for people with HIV, cancer, and Hepatitis, as well as harm-reduction programs for people using marijauna to help come off other drugs. We gave away free food every day. We were contacted by Laguna Honda, a federally funded hospital for people with deadly illness, and asked to provide cannabis to their patients with HIV. We had San Francisco city supervisors visit us and tell us what a great thing we were doing.

    Growing cannabis indoors takes a great deal of power. We had a legitimate set up and payed about $800 a month in electricity for four 1000 watt lights. We even had local police inspect our grow room and give us the okay. People growing pot generally do not bypass a building's meter. That is a great way to get yourself busted. There are plenty of legitimate home businesses that use that much juice. Just tell the electric company that you make pottery and have an electric kiln.

  7. Outlaw mountain climbing on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's a very dangerous way to get high. People die all the time. One dude even had to cut off his own arm. Same goes for riding motercycles. There's no reason for it, and it's dangerous. Eating fatty foods should be outlawed. Not excercising should be outlawed. Staying up too late should be outlawed. People who go to church live longer on average, so not going to church should be outlawed.

    Anything that makes other people happy, but that I don't personally care for should be outlawed. All shortcuts to happiness should be outlawed, happiness should only come from hard work and abstinence. /sarcasm

  8. Re:Last Saturday on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    Of the three drugs you list, meth is probably the worst. I've met 60 year old heroin addicts. You'll never meet a 60 year old meth-head, they're all dead. Heroin is incredibly physically addictive, and when it gets to that point, users don't even get high anymore. But it generally does not kill except through overdose, which usually happens when someone quits for a while and starts back up again, forgetting that their tolerance has gone way down. Crack is no different than cocaine, really, meaning it can be very psychologically addictive but not all that dangerous.

    Personally, I think the more dangerous drugs should require a user's license. Take a test, prove you know the dangers and techniques for mitigating them, and you can do them all you like.

  9. Re:Don't you mean the war on... on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone who has tried both salvia and DMT, I can say without a shred of doubt that salvia is NOT the most potent naturally occuring psychedelic substance known to man. Not by a long shot.

  10. Your horse looks pretty high there, fella on The Technology of Drug Prohibition · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Have you ever taken a drink of alcohol in your life? Then you are a drug user. Marijuana is far less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. It's about on a par with coffee. Many other illegal drugs are similarly harmless to anyone who isn't completely prone to addiction. Hell, people get addicted to getting high on water. Should we make that illegal? Contrary to your view of drug users, most of them do not and will not end up killing themselves. Propaganda aside most are productive members of society.

  11. Re:Did anyone else doublecheck the URL on Breakthrough Gives 3-D Vision of Dawn of Life · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or how about the quote halfway down?

    "The results are truly orgasmic," Donoghue said.

    What do you know, I get the same results from my penis worm.

  12. I want a steamy little Jewish Princess on Is it Time for a Magnetic Floating Bed? · · Score: 1

    With over-worked gums, who squeaks when she cums
    -- Frank Zappa, "Jewish Princess"

    'cause you know kids these days have no idea what you meant by that...

  13. Re:Current text is even more funny on How Not To Run a Campaign Website · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? This is slashdot. The astroturfers will themselves have mod points within a week.

    And mod each other into oblivion a day after that. Not that it would matter. Slashdot's mutant radioactive trolls have chunks of astroturfers like that in their stool.

  14. It's just you. on Robosapien V2 Review - with Video · · Score: 1

    He really said "Dear Aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all"

  15. Pedantic-Man to the rescue! on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: 1

    It's okay to pee on any wire. The urine stream breaks up into individual droplets a foot or so away from the origin, so it won't conduct. Or so say Mythbusters, but God knows they aren't the most reliable folks. Perhaps you should try it out and get back to us to confirm or deny the Mythbusters conclusion?

  16. Re:Safety on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: 1

    Aw hell, that's funny and all, but you can just hold the metal part of the spark plug lead close to the engine block and turn the engine over. No spark? There's your problem. Weak orange or red spark? Bad coil. Fat blue spark? Obviously a fuel delivery or MAJOR timing problem.

  17. Re:Deadly DC? on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: 1

    But DC makes the heart muscle simply stop, which means it can start up again after the DC is off. AC fibrilates the heart, and a fibrilating heart has a hard time starting up again on its own.

  18. MOD UP, correct info on DC Power Saves 15% Energy and Cost @ Data Center · · Score: 1

    and mod the GP down, he has it ass backwards and may actually end up killing someone with his idiotic misinformation. Mods, do you want that death on your hands? Get the right info out. kthxby

  19. I've got addiction addiction on 40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm addicted to finding new addictions and getting government money to "fix" them.

  20. Where have I heard that before? on Gaming Memories Helping to Heal Katrina Wounds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose"
    --Janis Joplin

  21. Some damn guru tried to tell me that once on Gaming Memories Helping to Heal Katrina Wounds · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I stomped on his foot.

  22. Electric Universe Theory is Pseudo-Science on More on Leopard, AOL, Reuters and the Universe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This theory buries the needle of my crackpot-o-meter. Grandiose claims: check. Delusions of persecution by mainstream science: check. Favorable comparison of the author to major science luminaries, suggesting they were on the right track, but not nearly as bright as the author: check. "Everything we know is wrong:" check. Creation of a whole new field of science out of whole cloth (plasma scientists?): check.

    The theory is that stars don't make energy through nuclear fusion, but some wacky kind of electrical process. 'Nuff said.

  23. What a waste of money on Network Card for Gamers - Uses Linux to Reduce Lag · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What kind of geek wannabe would waste money on this? Nowhere on their site do they show benchmarks or even vague references to how much this will speed up your networking or FPS. Oooh! it offloads network processing, leaving your CPU free to PLAY THE GAME!!! That's probably going to speed things up by like .5%. AWESOME!!! TO THE MAX!!!

    This is the tech equivalent of herbal viagra.

  24. Re:Information... on The UK's Total Surveillance · · Score: 1

    If there were equal access to information about everyone, it wouldn't hurt. If we knew every time anyone looked at our info, and why, no one could abuse their knowledge of us, because we and everyone else would know about it. That's one option. The other option is a freaky 1984 meets Brave New World society.

    Privacy is not one of the options. It's either total openness or total control.

  25. Cue the "Cue the" posts in.... on Reuters Admits, Pulls Doctored Photos · · Score: 1

    Can we just drop the lame "cue the so-and-so" posts? You are attempting to place yourself above the supposed sheeple who would post so-and-so, by copying a lame slashdot cliche. You aren't adding anything to the conversation. You are essentially saying "look at me! I'm so superior to the kind of people who would post so-and-so!" Well you aren't. You're just like them.

    And you have managed to cover the whole damn spectrum, so anyone who posts anything "pro-isreal" or "pro-hezbollah" is now painted as a troll by your brush. Nice.