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  1. Re:Uh huh.... on With Pot Legal, Scientists Study Detection of Impaired Drivers · · Score: 1

    "How is a cop going to test if you're high on pot?
    ask?
    Smell?
    I mean, they are already pulled over and found to be impaired.

    ""Driving within three hours of smoking pot is associated with a near doubling of the risk of fatal crashes."
    Maybe you should reread? Plus, i lie how you counter with..nothing.

    "s. Driving under the influence of alcohol is far, far more dangerous than pot. "
    Wrong. Very, very wrong. IT's different. Not more or less. Plus your statement is so vague it's almost nonsense.
    It does hint around the [problem. How to you tell what is too much? Who much alcohol is worse then how much pot?
    You smoke 4 bowls, and I'll have half a beer and we will see whose reaction time is shot.

    " these idiots are still classifying pot as a Schedule 1 drug.
    ah, well an ad hom attack? that will show them~

    "None of the Schedule 1 drugs have any beneficial use "
    false. really, no medical use for opiates?

    " marijuana clearly does for migraine headaches, glaucoma, and nausea from radiation treatment for cancer patients.
    no, not clearly. not at all. It leans towards helping people with their higher, everything else isn't conclusive. Not even close.

    Hopefully with the removal of marijuana laws will mean easier to to more research with.
    However, countries where it is easier to use have yet to show a conclusive report regarding medical benefit of marijuana.

    You are falling for propaganda from the legal side. Not facts.

    That said, it's not really harmful, and certainly less caustic to the body the alcohol, so there really is no reason for it to be illegal for people over 21 to use and have it restricted and taxed like alcohol.

    "I'm not suggesting that people should be driving around stoned. But let's have an intelligent discussion about it before throwing around these outlandish claims."
    Irony.

  2. Re:Three to five hour high ... on With Pot Legal, Scientists Study Detection of Impaired Drivers · · Score: 1

    You can replaces 'stoners' with 'drunks' and still be accurate.

    And I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing with people who are laughing at you.

  3. Easy fix on With Pot Legal, Scientists Study Detection of Impaired Drivers · · Score: 1

    Just have a series of performance tests. If they can't do them then they are impaired, regardless of the substance.
    Even if someone is just too tired, we don't want them on the road.

  4. Re:Why not reduce emissions? on Report Says Climate Change Already Evident, Emissions Gap Growing · · Score: 1

    "Should we paddle?"
    How about we change the type of fuel large ships burn?

    "There aren't enough trans on the planet to ferry the people who fly by plane"
    true, but more and more business travel is becomes redundant.

    "Almost all coal plants are clean burning."
    HAHAHAHHAHAHahahhaa.. oh, no they aren't.

    "Imagine the length of the power cord. Not to mention the fact that electricity is mostly generated from natural gas which uses as much if not more CO2"
    centralized power generation is easier to control. Gas lawn mower engines are very wasteful

    "Last I checked the water used in a washing machine goes down the drain and gets recycled by the waste treatment plant and back into our faucets."
    where do you live? cause that's not how it is in most places; however I don't think it' an issue.

    "Climate change by man is bogus. The IPCC has reported that there has been no significant warming in the past 16 years. It's a fraud and only the sheep fall for it.
    I can only shake my head. There has been significant warming over the past 16 years, and the trend continues to be above and beyond what can be attributed to non man made cycles.
    I mean, its literally a fact you can look up.

  5. Re:Is there enough data on Report Says Climate Change Already Evident, Emissions Gap Growing · · Score: 1

    Yes, there is.
    The only exception would be if some unknown external effect was found that, for some reason didn't impact other planets or out most outer atmosphere.

    Since that is EXTREMELY unlikely, we need to lower CO2 to about 1930, or so, levels.

    And i mean the probability as close to zero as possible.

  6. Re:No time like the present... on That Was Fast: Leahy Drops Warrantless E-mail Surveillance Bill · · Score: 1

    Once again wrong approach.
    Fight for restriction in what people can do with that data.

    The best encryption in the world is no stronger then a knee cap.

  7. Re:Oops, somebody noticed on That Was Fast: Leahy Drops Warrantless E-mail Surveillance Bill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The people didn't like it, he changed his stance.

    It's how it's suppose to work.
    I know,it doesn't fit into your lazy ass whiny spoon fed view point.
    But there you are.

  8. How about on Google Glass Could Be the Virtual Dieting Pill of the Future · · Score: 1

    Just display calories, equivalent distant need to run to burn calories, and total calorie for the day?
    Ore:
    100 calories.
    Walk 1 mile
    800 calories daily total.

    Or have it tell the bank to not allow any more prepackaged food purchase for the day? In fact, you could have it only allow food purchases during certain time.
    That could be a great diet aid.

    Just enough of a road block to make getting food for snacking a pain in the ass to get.

  9. Re:Listening to an album from start to finish... on Highway To Sell: AC/DC iTunes Snub Finally Over · · Score: 1

    So is Whitney Houston. Point?

  10. Re:Once old man said to me on Highway To Sell: AC/DC iTunes Snub Finally Over · · Score: 1

    As someone who is rocketing through, what I will overly optimistically cal middle age, I can tell you that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
    I mean, just stunningly stupid.

    There are many thing where I can out perform men half my age. Hell, I can beat most die hard teens in FPS becasue my experience allows me to out think them.
    I am wiser, and more knowledgeable. I learn every day.
    If you aren't actually learning, then you need to sit down and teach yourself critical thinking skills and think about everything.

    ", so we only can teach"
    ONLY teach? passing on information to the next generation is what allows humans to do awesome things.

    " we just get more nostalgic of the non-existent times."
    The older I get, the better I was. hehe.

    It's not age you are talking about, it's laziness and ignorance.

  11. Re:Artist Rights and Wrongs on Highway To Sell: AC/DC iTunes Snub Finally Over · · Score: 1

    And his work is in the minority. Sadly.
    Yeah, listening to pretty much any BOC, PF, Rush album as a work is well worth the time.

  12. Re:akadacka on Highway To Sell: AC/DC iTunes Snub Finally Over · · Score: 1

    HAHAHA.. Seriopusly?

    First off, the lik to a list of record stores? 15 years ago there would have been 1000's in the US., not 110.
    SO pretty poor 'evidence'.
    The other one sells used music.

    It is,. at best, a niche market for hipsters, or people who actually have no clue how horrid vinyl was.

    Frankly, I don't miss them. I thought I would, but I don't.
    They where either chain people who hired no nothing, or small shops with pretentious douche bags.

    I keep a copy of my music locally..and on Google music.
    In fact, my music is likely to last longer then your hard copies becasue every 2 years, it's gets put on a new HD or devices.

  13. Re:AC/DC - Dual Power Heating Pad on Highway To Sell: AC/DC iTunes Snub Finally Over · · Score: 1

    You should probably add 10+ to each of those years.

    I'm going to go weep over my lost youth now.

  14. The Y2K bug on NTP Glitch Reverts Clocks Back To 2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    did happen. The Y2K disaster did not thanks to a lot of money and a lot of people working to fix the bug.

  15. Re:I really hope... on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 1

    Coal would be excellent. They we would have a local source of energy...plus proof of life millions of years ago.

  16. Re:The Chances of anything coming from Mars on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 2

    Million to one happens 9 out of 10 times!

  17. Re:So much for checking the data first on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 2

    Nope. He didn't announce it, all he did is put his credibility on the line.

  18. Re:Let me guess.... on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 1

    Oh? please tell me about a liberal idea that is just picking science?
    Welcome to the 21st century , where facts are liberal, and any different opinion is just as valid as an opinion based on actual facts.

  19. what? on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 0

    "Zare says in a way, scientists are like artists. "

    I didn't know the Scientist wanted to get paid a quarter every time someone reads about a result.

    Artist don't like to share, they like to get royalties. Preferably sell something they did decades ago over and over again in perpetuity

    If scientist were like artist, we would still be paying Einstein money every time we use one of his theories.

  20. Re:So FB it and ask. on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 1

    Yes., she demands money for work already done.
    I wonder if she pays twitter 1 penny every time she uses it?
    Does she pay the person who made her instrument a royalty every time she uses it?

    NO? then she can suck it.

  21. Re:Mixed metaphors are fun on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 1

    If we hit that bulls eye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

  22. Re:What right does she have... on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 0

    Because she has a business. and having a business gives you the right to demand and get whatever you want, otherwise 'SOCIALISM!'

  23. Typical, selfish business. on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 1

    Here is a clue, dumb ass:
    If people here it an like it they will go to this neat thing called 'Google'.
    Then they will 'find' you.
    You can post all the information about what you are doing on the internet via a 'website' or 'blog'
    You might want to look into it.

    "oh no, it's my business so spend money telling me things becasue my business is more important to anything else. WHAAAA! pay me more for work I already did years ago.. WHAAA!"

  24. Re:Surface iOS Bridge on Is Oprah Cheating On Her Microsoft Love? · · Score: 1

    What a silly choice.
    The Win 8 will be easier to hack and put a different image on.

    Duh.

  25. Re:Who gives a fuck? on Is Oprah Cheating On Her Microsoft Love? · · Score: 1

    "I always heard that she had an army"
    common misconception.
    Just remember this rule of thumb:
    Armies are good legions are evil.