I'm not saying people should never wash, but washing more than is necessary (very seldom) keeps the immune system from being used as regularly, making it weaker at them times when it's really needed. It costs money, and dries the skin. People pay $5 for soap, and then another $5 to replace the skin oil that is needed for homeostasis. For what? Because you want to smell like an Irish Spring? I'd rather smell like a human, I'm not ashamed to be one.
You're a damned fool. Stop trying to convince yourself you didn't waste a thousand dollars. I'll admit the original iPhone was moderately innovative, but how can you possibly justify spending that much when all the major networks are offering more powerful smartphones for less than $100?
I already posted this in another thread, but I think it's extremely important to put this in front of as many eyes as possible to see how incredibly weak this "science" is.
Did you even read that article?
The researchers included 3,801 young adults who were born in Brisbane from 1981 to 1984. At the 21-year follow up, the participants, whose average age was about 20, were asked about marijuana use. The researchers also measured whether those in the study had psychotic symptoms. Of the 1,272 participants who had never used marijuana, 26 or 2 percent were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 322 people who had used marijuana for six or more years, 12 or 3.7 percent were diagnosed with the illness. Overall, 65 people were diagnosed with psychosis, according to the study.
Now, already this looks very insignificant, being a difference in percentage of 1.7 and only based on 12 cases. But play around with the numbers a bit. You'll find that of the whole sample, 1.7% were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 2529 who had used marijuana before, 39 were diagnosed, or 1.5%
Let me restate that information:
2.0% of participants who had never used marjiuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
1.5% of participants who had used marijuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
If you accept the 3.7% figure for those who used more than six years, (This was a 21 year follow up study, average age about 20, meaning they started using at latest aged 15. Drug use at such an early age indicates to me they could have had some mental health problems already. Correlation causation blah blah blah) you should also accept that those who had used marijuana for less than six years had an unusually low risk of psychosis, at just 1.2%
The researchers included 3,801 young adults who were born in Brisbane from 1981 to 1984. At the 21-year follow up, the participants, whose average age was about 20, were asked about marijuana use. The researchers also measured whether those in the study had psychotic symptoms.
Of the 1,272 participants who had never used marijuana, 26 or 2 percent were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 322 people who had used marijuana for six or more years, 12 or 3.7 percent were diagnosed with the illness. Overall, 65 people were diagnosed with psychosis, according to the study.
Now, already this looks very insignificant, being a difference in percentage of 1.7 and only based on 12 cases. But play around with the numbers a bit. You'll find that of the whole sample, 1.7% were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 2529 who had used marijuana before, 39 were diagnosed, or 1.5%
Let me restate that information:
2.0% of participants who had never used marjiuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
1.5% of participants who had used marijuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
If you accept the 3.7% figure for those who used more than six years, (This was a 21 year follow up study, average age about 20, meaning they started using at latest aged 15. Drug use at such an early age indicates to me they could have had some mental health problems already. Correlation causation blah blah blah) you should also accept that those who had used marijuana for less than six years had an unusually low risk of psychosis, at just 1.2%
I know when I'm coding, I keep constant text-to-speech going that reads out all the complaints people have had about my software. I know it makes me a worse programmer, being continually distracted by criticism, but hey... I can't stop it.
Geez, chill man. Nobody claimed to be hurt by non-encrypted networks. Maybe he was hoping to do YOU some good. If your such a philanthropist, just give your neighbors the key.
Mod parent insightful. Even Final Fantasy, the king of RPGs, is a shattered ruin of its former glory. Like Ozymandias, the series is a shade whose greatness lives only in our memory...
Thank you for your worthwhile contribution to Slashdot!
I, too, was boggled by whether they meant fuel-efficiency, as previously stated in the article, or if this was a contest to find out who could design the most pointless trajectory. Will this puzzle ever be solved???
Seriously? The existence of Israel is a shout in the face of the world,"We don't have to follow worldly laws. We answer only to [our] God." A state founded for the sake of a single numerically marginal, yet unaccountably powerful, religious group is a recipe for hatred. Hatred not only directed at Israelis, but by Israelis at anyone who opposes their slow-motion genocide of native Palestinians through blockades and monopoly of infrastructure. Palestinians are not permitted to use Israeli roads. Would you please suggest to these families and me how else they could bring their goods to market? This is the most despicable face of hyper-nationalism. It is outright hostility to those not part of the zionist nation-race-cult.
You have yet to explain why you "loathe and despise the state of Israel". Do you think it was wrong to offer Jews a tiny piece of land, when the Arabs got massive areas? Should all the land in the area have been given to the Arabs?
Yes. Absolutely yes. All of the land (seemingly obviously) should have been "given" to the contemporary occupiers. Actually, it was nobody's to give in the first place. Some people lived in Palestine.
Zionists claimed they were the rightful owners, because their ancestors lived there thousands of years ago. And POOF! Like magic, the state of Israel is created, with a population of formerly illegal squatters. Jewish people from all over the world were urged to immigrate. All of the sudden, thousands of people who were once proud homeowners became refugees. Maybe the Palestinian land was larger, but it was the undesirable land they got. De facto Israeli borders have been expanding every day, despite international outcry and world-wide acknowledgment that Israeli settlements break international law. I don't understand why anyone should feel they need to explain why they hate Israel. How so?
why was this modded flamebait? it's perfectly legitimate to criticize the state of israel. i promise, god won't strike you down for not covering your eyes and ears at such blasphemy. judaism is a religion and ethnic group. it is wrong to hate jews. zionism is a political doctrine that has caused much human suffering in the past century. i see nothing wrong with hating that.
This has the psychological effect of dehumanizing opponents in foreign wars. This has gone on for centuries. Words like gook, jap, sandnigger, raghead, etc. have been encouraged by military forces to make soldiers more willing to kill, when most humans naturally resist killing. For more on this subject, I recommend On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt.Col. Dave Grossman.
Bullshit. This is a classic line from chronic government-lies believers. The fact is that when you quit, most people experience boredom. Anyone experiencing the symptoms you describe probably had them before they started smoking. I don't smoke, but even after long-term "soberness," I sure as hell wish I could.
Marijuana was classed as a Schedule I narcotic pending the results of this study. I invite you to review this study yourself, as well as the implementation of its recommendations.
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Excuse me, did you say poetry?
I'm not saying people should never wash, but washing more than is necessary (very seldom) keeps the immune system from being used as regularly, making it weaker at them times when it's really needed. It costs money, and dries the skin. People pay $5 for soap, and then another $5 to replace the skin oil that is needed for homeostasis. For what? Because you want to smell like an Irish Spring? I'd rather smell like a human, I'm not ashamed to be one.
'Cause rubbing saponified animal fat on your body every day is completely natural! /sarcasm
And then someone would shoot him.
You're a damned fool. Stop trying to convince yourself you didn't waste a thousand dollars. I'll admit the original iPhone was moderately innovative, but how can you possibly justify spending that much when all the major networks are offering more powerful smartphones for less than $100?
Did you even read that article?
The researchers included 3,801 young adults who were born in Brisbane from 1981 to 1984. At the 21-year follow up, the participants, whose average age was about 20, were asked about marijuana use. The researchers also measured whether those in the study had psychotic symptoms. Of the 1,272 participants who had never used marijuana, 26 or 2 percent were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 322 people who had used marijuana for six or more years, 12 or 3.7 percent were diagnosed with the illness. Overall, 65 people were diagnosed with psychosis, according to the study.
Now, already this looks very insignificant, being a difference in percentage of 1.7 and only based on 12 cases. But play around with the numbers a bit. You'll find that of the whole sample, 1.7% were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 2529 who had used marijuana before, 39 were diagnosed, or 1.5%
Let me restate that information:
2.0% of participants who had never used marjiuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
1.5% of participants who had used marijuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
If you accept the 3.7% figure for those who used more than six years, (This was a 21 year follow up study, average age about 20, meaning they started using at latest aged 15. Drug use at such an early age indicates to me they could have had some mental health problems already. Correlation causation blah blah blah) you should also accept that those who had used marijuana for less than six years had an unusually low risk of psychosis, at just 1.2%
Tell me again how this proves your point?
The researchers included 3,801 young adults who were born in Brisbane from 1981 to 1984. At the 21-year follow up, the participants, whose average age was about 20, were asked about marijuana use. The researchers also measured whether those in the study had psychotic symptoms. Of the 1,272 participants who had never used marijuana, 26 or 2 percent were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 322 people who had used marijuana for six or more years, 12 or 3.7 percent were diagnosed with the illness. Overall, 65 people were diagnosed with psychosis, according to the study.
Now, already this looks very insignificant, being a difference in percentage of 1.7 and only based on 12 cases. But play around with the numbers a bit. You'll find that of the whole sample, 1.7% were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 2529 who had used marijuana before, 39 were diagnosed, or 1.5%
Let me restate that information:
2.0% of participants who had never used marjiuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
1.5% of participants who had used marijuana were diagnosed with psychosis as young adults.
If you accept the 3.7% figure for those who used more than six years, (This was a 21 year follow up study, average age about 20, meaning they started using at latest aged 15. Drug use at such an early age indicates to me they could have had some mental health problems already. Correlation causation blah blah blah) you should also accept that those who had used marijuana for less than six years had an unusually low risk of psychosis, at just 1.2%
Tell me again how this proves your point?
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Terrible, terrible idea.
Elton John has a son.
Why would I need to be anonymous to buy cigarettes? And who the hell pays for porn?
I know when I'm coding, I keep constant text-to-speech going that reads out all the complaints people have had about my software. I know it makes me a worse programmer, being continually distracted by criticism, but hey... I can't stop it.
So I could see how his would be a problem.
Yes, more or less.
I would have loved for you to have gotten more books as a child too.
In Louisiana we have billboards denying evolution.
BrainOn. Apply directly to the parietal lobe.
BrainOn. Apply directly to the parietal lobe.
BrainOn. Apply directly to the parietal lobe.
Hahaha, good one! I'm sure you realize that 3.999... == 4?
For those who don't know this trick, its good for blowing people's minds. Some of the less mathematically inclined refuse to believe it.
x = .999...
10x = 9.999...
9x = 9
x = 1
Geez, chill man. Nobody claimed to be hurt by non-encrypted networks. Maybe he was hoping to do YOU some good. If your such a philanthropist, just give your neighbors the key.
Mod parent insightful. Even Final Fantasy, the king of RPGs, is a shattered ruin of its former glory. Like Ozymandias, the series is a shade whose greatness lives only in our memory...
Thank you for your worthwhile contribution to Slashdot!
I, too, was boggled by whether they meant fuel-efficiency, as previously stated in the article, or if this was a contest to find out who could design the most pointless trajectory. Will this puzzle ever be solved???
How about ATNO? Sorta like how UTC stands neither for Coordinated Universal Time, nor Temps Universel Coordonné.
Sorry, accidentally pressed submit. Continuing.
How so?
Seriously? The existence of Israel is a shout in the face of the world,"We don't have to follow worldly laws. We answer only to [our] God." A state founded for the sake of a single numerically marginal, yet unaccountably powerful, religious group is a recipe for hatred. Hatred not only directed at Israelis, but by Israelis at anyone who opposes their slow-motion genocide of native Palestinians through blockades and monopoly of infrastructure. Palestinians are not permitted to use Israeli roads. Would you please suggest to these families and me how else they could bring their goods to market? This is the most despicable face of hyper-nationalism. It is outright hostility to those not part of the zionist nation-race-cult.
You have yet to explain why you "loathe and despise the state of Israel". Do you think it was wrong to offer Jews a tiny piece of land, when the Arabs got massive areas? Should all the land in the area have been given to the Arabs?
Yes. Absolutely yes. All of the land (seemingly obviously) should have been "given" to the contemporary occupiers. Actually, it was nobody's to give in the first place. Some people lived in Palestine. Zionists claimed they were the rightful owners, because their ancestors lived there thousands of years ago. And POOF! Like magic, the state of Israel is created, with a population of formerly illegal squatters. Jewish people from all over the world were urged to immigrate. All of the sudden, thousands of people who were once proud homeowners became refugees. Maybe the Palestinian land was larger, but it was the undesirable land they got. De facto Israeli borders have been expanding every day, despite international outcry and world-wide acknowledgment that Israeli settlements break international law. I don't understand why anyone should feel they need to explain why they hate Israel. How so?
why was this modded flamebait? it's perfectly legitimate to criticize the state of israel. i promise, god won't strike you down for not covering your eyes and ears at such blasphemy. judaism is a religion and ethnic group. it is wrong to hate jews. zionism is a political doctrine that has caused much human suffering in the past century. i see nothing wrong with hating that.
This has the psychological effect of dehumanizing opponents in foreign wars. This has gone on for centuries. Words like gook, jap, sandnigger, raghead, etc. have been encouraged by military forces to make soldiers more willing to kill, when most humans naturally resist killing. For more on this subject, I recommend On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt.Col. Dave Grossman.
Bullshit. This is a classic line from chronic government-lies believers. The fact is that when you quit, most people experience boredom. Anyone experiencing the symptoms you describe probably had them before they started smoking. I don't smoke, but even after long-term "soberness," I sure as hell wish I could.
Marijuana was classed as a Schedule I narcotic pending the results of this study. I invite you to review this study yourself, as well as the implementation of its recommendations.