As a heat-loving microbe, do you know how long it will take me to evolve and get off this rock? hello, like 3 billion years thanks
slashdot for making my day.
This is the honeymoon phase. Everyone wants to see what is so good about it and will bum rush the site, that is why they are taking these numbers now, it overinflated its use nothing more. Same pattern that MS uses for most of their PR
Bing
Vista
Zune
XP
Etc.
And the beat goes on. So be Sonny & Cher with your friends. This news makes me feel Wanted dead or Alive, I say its time to Turn The Page on this bull And Whip It, Whip It in to shape.
and have it go into education.
The more you educate a society, the fewer crimes that occur. Also has the nice benefit of having an area with more businesses and a larger talent pool.
strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness by making government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.
Say what? Let me analyse this point by point...
Strengthen our democracy: How, by making people sit around their bong every night discussing the problems of the world? Like.. "Man... link um.. why do they fold those papers around those little sticks of gum? Can't they see we need to save some trees? Besides they taste terrible when folding a joint, their just disgusting."
WHAT??? MAKE people sit around a bong....Stupid----------
Promote efficiency: Get real, Marijuana and efficiency in the same sentence? Last I knew all my childhood friends were doing nothing with their lives. Just sitting around getting high with no aspirations in life. Several are dead from accidents, suicide, some perpetually in rehab clinics, and all living life day-t-day. Efficiency is not the first word on my mind.
Your PERSONAL opinion i will respect but do not assume all people who smoke do nothing,achieve nothing, many of the founding fathers of this country smoked weed......
Making government more transparent: Ok, Marijuana is hallucinogenic for some people, but I doubt that the Government is going to get any more transparent that way.
Can you say straw man...
Collaborative: Ok, lets get this one definition straight. We are talking about the Government being more collaborative, not people sitting around talking about fantasies while smoking joints. How is legalizing Marijuana going to get the Government to improve on their collaboration skills?
Again....Stupid
I know I'll get flamed, and I'm not trying to argue that it should or should not be legalized, but what the study is for and the conclusions being stated about Marijuana are just not related from my viewpoint. But as I remember back to 'hanging out' with my childhood friends, they usually were not thinking all so coherently about much of anything, and no doubt they were the ones 'brainstorming' here. So why would I think this study would be any different? Go figure.
You want it legalized? Good for you, go for it. This is a democracy after all. But, with the next study trying to 'fix the Government', please try to come up with ideas on topic and that actually solve the issues that the study is supposed to discuss. If you want to change the law there are already ways to do that. Go for it.
The legalization of weed will NOT fix the gov, it will however add a much needed tax base, jobs from farming,industy uses,bio fuel and save many man hours in this futile war.
If this is your idea of a brainstorm...Well then you need to lay of the booze
Hemp has been found to have many industrial uses... As is it can be used in place of plastic and fiberglass, bio fuel. So yes it can help the auto industry greatly.
Not everyone has the time or the resources to grow it. Hell have you ever grown it, it stinks, takes up a lot of room, if done indoors not to mention the light=electric bill. And if outside if you don't own your own land it would be up to the management to decide if it could be grown, Say a trailer park. As for the markup, The feds mark up the street cost to cover their collective ass on spending. When they spend $250,000+court fees to bust a dealer for pot that has an HONEST street value of $1500.00 is at best corrupt. And as for the tax any hardcore smoker already has the resources to grow their own and are already doing it TAX FREE. The casual smoker WILL pay a tax to have the ability to go and buy a pack of weed.You must grow all your own food meat and veg's, i bet you make all your own clothes too,and furniture? No you don't because it is a better trade off to pay more for something then to grow,or make it for many people. We all pay for convenience at some point. Look in the mirror next time you make a slur on someone's cognitive or social ability just because they do not share your narrow point of view...
I have another cell phone idea. Rig up the pre-paid cell phone to shoot emergency flares when the number is dialed. The wiring should be similar to the IED designs the insurgency has been using in Iraq but you'll want to substitute the bomb bit for a emergency flare. I really can't stress enough how important that last part is. Now, affix the device on some sturdy head ware. You'll probably want to base this hat on a steel wok and just add a chin strap and remove any handles. Now all you need to do is mount the device on top of the inverted wok/hat and you're all set.
If your kid goes missing just dial the number and even if you don't see the flares I'm pretty sure someone will contact you shortly after flaming rockets erupt from your child's hat. Wrong numbers might be an issue but it's a small price to pay for safety.
/snark/
Dont forget the emergency flotation devices,parachute,canoe and a 7 day supply of food... Oh and bear repellent. Subby...Fear is the folly of fools.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to strangers.
What? No way! Strangers are BAD. BAD EVIL people who want to randomly inject her with drugs so she'll become an addict and a regular client.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to the right strangers. Mall clerks at security booths. Other parents. Security guards. Bus drivers. If you can teach your daughter to become street smart, she will be able to take care of herself when you're not around. She'll be safe even if you are unable to access your handheld, or the internet is down, or the power goes out...
Please MOD this up. I taught my 2 kids this and it does work very well.
I too had this problem for a long time with people asking me to *fix* their rigs, and in every case it was dumb security practices that got them compromised. Then i realized i was being an enabler and i cant help them all, started telling them i was retired and they would have to fix it themselves. About 1/3 did nothing, Or bought another computer. And the other 2/3 either found another sucker to fix it for them. Or *Gasp did it for themselves...
Many people have reasons to be bitter in the course of normal life it is a fact of living, It helps to define us as a culture to have adversity and loss that at times can be painful, and at times very personal. I thing the defining difference that exist is the support of the people that have have experienced this and had the help of others "not feeling like your alone" My personal experience with this is as follows. I was diagnosed with a serious degenerate muscle/neural disease young and was facing a shortened life span there is no cure just pain management and i was on very high doses of prednisone, I lost a friend in a drunk driving accident "he was the drunk" My brother hates me to this day for stopping him from going with him that night. I was a sickly 120lbs 6'1 got my ass kicked a lot for this,the boys father, a Vietnam vet who when he saw me the day of the funeral told me if i went he would kill me, shoot me dead. School also became a nightmare i lived every day, i could not talk to anyone, i was a villain for being happy my brother did not die that night, but sad anyone did die that night. I got distant from people and bitter. My last job i really needed for the money, ya know bills, I lied about my medical history to get it, i lost the girl of my dreams due to my bad mood swings who would have thought? Then my job, I was a model employee never called in never late,always did overtime had no problem with any others but was told i was fired and told to F*ck off. Soon after i became too ill to work anymore. Lost my car my home. For years i was under the believe he found out i had lied to get the job, and i understood. And then one day a friend of my ex girlfriend told me that my ex GF had been sleeping with the bosses son,yes shortly after finding out i was working there she did this for revenge i suppose. I was very bitter and became suicidal for a long time... I moved over a 1000 miles away severed all contact with anyone connected with my past and got married to a very kind wonderful person, have had some major drawbacks in my medical condition since my move but my life is still better then it ever was...I owe it all to the friends my wife and our wonderful children and my new life i have made here. Now at 40 year old i am a proud new grampa!
You have a good point, wait until some politician bans all particles. The problem will solve itself. And Oh, great the the Gov will now know where i shopped for a Billion years. *SNARK*
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Damn you for providing that link! i had to watch it over and over to.... Oh i get it. Thank you
I have converted all of my porn into stick figures! Who's laughing now buddy?
As a heat-loving microbe, do you know how long it will take me to evolve and get off this rock? hello, like 3 billion years thanks slashdot for making my day.
But it will only have a half life of 4 years, then decay into republiconium. Unless enriched with lots of H.O.P.E. then it slows the decay by 1/2.
Seriously? WTF? What will it take. I am grabbing my flaming pitchfork. Had to consolidate the torch and pitchfork to save money.
This is the honeymoon phase. Everyone wants to see what is so good about it and will bum rush the site, that is why they are taking these numbers now, it overinflated its use nothing more. Same pattern that MS uses for most of their PR Bing Vista Zune XP Etc.
OK they caught me , it was my Black hole. My Bad
And the beat goes on. So be Sonny & Cher with your friends. This news makes me feel Wanted dead or Alive, I say its time to Turn The Page on this bull And Whip It, Whip It in to shape.
I am betting it was the old "Pull My Finger classic"
and have it go into education. The more you educate a society, the fewer crimes that occur. Also has the nice benefit of having an area with more businesses and a larger talent pool.
Or you will get fewer but smarter criminals.
MS next OS to be called "Squeal Like a Pig" or "Boy, You got's a purdy mouth"
I hide mine in peanut butter.
Say what? Let me analyse this point by point...
Strengthen our democracy: How, by making people sit around their bong every night discussing the problems of the world? Like.. "Man... link um.. why do they fold those papers around those little sticks of gum? Can't they see we need to save some trees? Besides they taste terrible when folding a joint, their just disgusting."
WHAT??? MAKE people sit around a bong....Stupid---------- Promote efficiency: Get real, Marijuana and efficiency in the same sentence? Last I knew all my childhood friends were doing nothing with their lives. Just sitting around getting high with no aspirations in life. Several are dead from accidents, suicide, some perpetually in rehab clinics, and all living life day-t-day. Efficiency is not the first word on my mind.
Your PERSONAL opinion i will respect but do not assume all people who smoke do nothing,achieve nothing, many of the founding fathers of this country smoked weed...... Making government more transparent: Ok, Marijuana is hallucinogenic for some people, but I doubt that the Government is going to get any more transparent that way.
Can you say straw man... Collaborative: Ok, lets get this one definition straight. We are talking about the Government being more collaborative, not people sitting around talking about fantasies while smoking joints. How is legalizing Marijuana going to get the Government to improve on their collaboration skills?
Again....Stupid I know I'll get flamed, and I'm not trying to argue that it should or should not be legalized, but what the study is for and the conclusions being stated about Marijuana are just not related from my viewpoint. But as I remember back to 'hanging out' with my childhood friends, they usually were not thinking all so coherently about much of anything, and no doubt they were the ones 'brainstorming' here. So why would I think this study would be any different? Go figure.
You want it legalized? Good for you, go for it. This is a democracy after all. But, with the next study trying to 'fix the Government', please try to come up with ideas on topic and that actually solve the issues that the study is supposed to discuss. If you want to change the law there are already ways to do that. Go for it.
The legalization of weed will NOT fix the gov, it will however add a much needed tax base, jobs from farming,industy uses,bio fuel and save many man hours in this futile war. If this is your idea of a brainstorm...Well then you need to lay of the booze
Hemp has been found to have many industrial uses... As is it can be used in place of plastic and fiberglass, bio fuel. So yes it can help the auto industry greatly.
Not everyone has the time or the resources to grow it. Hell have you ever grown it, it stinks, takes up a lot of room, if done indoors not to mention the light=electric bill. And if outside if you don't own your own land it would be up to the management to decide if it could be grown, Say a trailer park. As for the markup, The feds mark up the street cost to cover their collective ass on spending. When they spend $250,000+court fees to bust a dealer for pot that has an HONEST street value of $1500.00 is at best corrupt. And as for the tax any hardcore smoker already has the resources to grow their own and are already doing it TAX FREE. The casual smoker WILL pay a tax to have the ability to go and buy a pack of weed.You must grow all your own food meat and veg's, i bet you make all your own clothes too,and furniture? No you don't because it is a better trade off to pay more for something then to grow,or make it for many people. We all pay for convenience at some point. Look in the mirror next time you make a slur on someone's cognitive or social ability just because they do not share your narrow point of view...
With the RIAA backing them up? No way they would lie, I know because they promised me a pony.
I have another cell phone idea. Rig up the pre-paid cell phone to shoot emergency flares when the number is dialed. The wiring should be similar to the IED designs the insurgency has been using in Iraq but you'll want to substitute the bomb bit for a emergency flare. I really can't stress enough how important that last part is. Now, affix the device on some sturdy head ware. You'll probably want to base this hat on a steel wok and just add a chin strap and remove any handles. Now all you need to do is mount the device on top of the inverted wok/hat and you're all set. If your kid goes missing just dial the number and even if you don't see the flares I'm pretty sure someone will contact you shortly after flaming rockets erupt from your child's hat. Wrong numbers might be an issue but it's a small price to pay for safety.
/snark/ Dont forget the emergency flotation devices,parachute,canoe and a 7 day supply of food... Oh and bear repellent. Subby...Fear is the folly of fools.
Agreed. Here's an idea.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to strangers. What? No way! Strangers are BAD. BAD EVIL people who want to randomly inject her with drugs so she'll become an addict and a regular client.
Next time you go to the mall with the family, teach your daughter to talk to the right strangers. Mall clerks at security booths. Other parents. Security guards. Bus drivers. If you can teach your daughter to become street smart, she will be able to take care of herself when you're not around. She'll be safe even if you are unable to access your handheld, or the internet is down, or the power goes out...
Please MOD this up. I taught my 2 kids this and it does work very well.
Duh-boy, cue debates on how much surveillance for your child is really necessary.
I'd say just let him be a parent and decide what's necessary. He knows his daughter better than we all do.
jenny mccarthy knows her son better too... Does that mean by not getting him vaccinated it is a good thing?
I too had this problem for a long time with people asking me to *fix* their rigs, and in every case it was dumb security practices that got them compromised. Then i realized i was being an enabler and i cant help them all, started telling them i was retired and they would have to fix it themselves. About 1/3 did nothing, Or bought another computer. And the other 2/3 either found another sucker to fix it for them. Or *Gasp did it for themselves...
Many people have reasons to be bitter in the course of normal life it is a fact of living, It helps to define us as a culture to have adversity and loss that at times can be painful, and at times very personal. I thing the defining difference that exist is the support of the people that have have experienced this and had the help of others "not feeling like your alone" My personal experience with this is as follows. I was diagnosed with a serious degenerate muscle/neural disease young and was facing a shortened life span there is no cure just pain management and i was on very high doses of prednisone, I lost a friend in a drunk driving accident "he was the drunk" My brother hates me to this day for stopping him from going with him that night. I was a sickly 120lbs 6'1 got my ass kicked a lot for this,the boys father, a Vietnam vet who when he saw me the day of the funeral told me if i went he would kill me, shoot me dead. School also became a nightmare i lived every day, i could not talk to anyone, i was a villain for being happy my brother did not die that night, but sad anyone did die that night. I got distant from people and bitter. My last job i really needed for the money, ya know bills, I lied about my medical history to get it, i lost the girl of my dreams due to my bad mood swings who would have thought? Then my job, I was a model employee never called in never late,always did overtime had no problem with any others but was told i was fired and told to F*ck off. Soon after i became too ill to work anymore. Lost my car my home. For years i was under the believe he found out i had lied to get the job, and i understood. And then one day a friend of my ex girlfriend told me that my ex GF had been sleeping with the bosses son,yes shortly after finding out i was working there she did this for revenge i suppose. I was very bitter and became suicidal for a long time... I moved over a 1000 miles away severed all contact with anyone connected with my past and got married to a very kind wonderful person, have had some major drawbacks in my medical condition since my move but my life is still better then it ever was...I owe it all to the friends my wife and our wonderful children and my new life i have made here. Now at 40 year old i am a proud new grampa!
Does he live in his parents basement? How about a funny hat, all Gov appointed Czars should get one.
You have a good point, wait until some politician bans all particles. The problem will solve itself. And Oh, great the the Gov will now know where i shopped for a Billion years. *SNARK*
How about Peace? Many SciFi movies,books have a peaceful future.
Hey! back in my day you whippersnappers we all drank our Tang and liked it! Now get off my orbit