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  1. No on Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker · · Score: 1
    The THC in your body is the broken down THC and can not keep getting you high. Once your body breaks it down the high go's away but the byproduct stays in your body. It's still THC but a different form of it. Sorry. In hard core pot-heads, it does impair your short term memory for about 6 months after you quit. I only get motivated about stuff I like. I'm not going to do any work but I am real productive with stuff I like. And who cares, youre not supposed to do it at work, it's a spare time thing. People don't function well drunk either, same argument.

  2. I need proof on Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker · · Score: 1

    Look, it doesn't turn your brain to mush. That is such a lie. How you know she didn't fall asleep. I do it all the time and know lots of people that do it. I never contribute it to low blood pressure. I fall asleep myself unless I make myself stay awake. It's not justification, it's awareness. Awareness that a lot of people use it who are not the stereotypical pot smoker. It is not for us, it is for people like you and others that don't really know. I've lost several friends to alcohol, it's sad but they were stupid to drive. That doesn't mean I'm going to give it up because I had some friends that made some stupid and fatal mistakes. Show me how it kills me. Not where someone was driving, show me where someone has been killed by it. I have never seen it. I've seen many pass out but no one die. Show me proof that it killed someone and proof that your brain turns to mush.

  3. Re:When will people see on Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker · · Score: 1
    Well I'm totally against people driving high. I did it once in the neighborhood, you can't do it. I'm really sorry to hear that. It is dangerous in the fact that you do not usually use as good judgment as you usually would. DUI is the same for pot as it is for alcohol. Still though, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be legal.

  4. Re:Not for me... on Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker · · Score: 1

    Alchohol is a lot worse for you than marijuana. It destroys your liver over time. You essentially can overdose on it, many do each year and die. Your reaction times are a lot slower than marijuana also. You can eat pot if you like, mix it with food and it doesn't cause any brain damage whatsoever. That came from some study done in the 30's and it has never been shown to cause any brain damage in any other study done. Anyway, you are doing your body more harm using alcohol than if you were using marijuana.

  5. When will people see on Carl Sagan Was a Secret Pot Smoker · · Score: 1

    It's just as bad as tobacco for you, maybe a lot better since you don't smoke nearly as much of it. I don't understand what the problem is. Everyone does it, from 15 year old kids to peoples grand parents. No one that smokes weed usually goes out and robs anyone, and no one has ever died from it. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it seems like a pretty harmless drug.a

  6. It's ugly on Apple sues eMachines · · Score: 1

    I am suprised that still, no one has gotten it right like apple. That is a disgusting clone that I'd be ashamed to own.

  7. I had to downgrade on The Future of GNOME · · Score: 1

    I was using the latest one and it had this problem. I had to downgrade to fix this.

  8. No... on l0pht develops Sniffer Sniffer · · Score: 1

    This is only one of the ways it detects it. The nslookups are a dead givaway though.

  9. I don't know... on Ask Slashdot: Geeks Stereotypes and Their Origins · · Score: 1


    I'm not really a geek. I love computers, and when I'm around computers or other computer people, I guess I fit in. It's just that I don't dress or act geeky. If you saw me on the street you would never know. I don't even like how most geeks act. They are disturbing for the most part. Some of my best friends are geeks but I also know why other people don't like geeks at all. I know I'm not a poser, I have always liked computers and other gadgets. Anyway, I just don't fit in anywhere like a lot of people I'm sure.

  10. 2 + 2 = 5? on Ask Slashdot: Computer Charities for the Children? · · Score: 1

    What's the deal with the icon for this story?

  11. ftp://ftp.linuxgames.com/myth2_demo/ on Myth II Linux Demo · · Score: 2

    says it all, I got 120k/sec...

  12. Here's the real problem on LucasFilms suing 'net Pirates · · Score: 1
    It wasn't a great success. They got the people distributing this thing publicly. There is the whole world of people who do it behind smoke and mirrors. I went and checked some places I know and its still there, strait from the real, widescreen version. They may catch the petty bootleggers but to some this is serious buisness. Good luck catching the real problem. Its all propoganda. Its like RIAA shutting down a few college websites and calling it a great success when they only hit the tip of the iceburg.

    Movies are the next big thing beyond mp3. With better formats like mpeg4 on the horizen and cable and asdl modems becoming common it is inevitable. For some with fast connections it is allready common place. I can assure you they didn't hurt anyone with this media campaign. Do they really think they can stop this? ha.

  13. Thats not the point on BO2K cracked · · Score: 1

    They cracked the encryption algorithm that it used. That's different. They probably tried to write their own. Figures, kids think they can come up with their own uncrackable algorithm...

  14. This sounds crazy, but... on QNX give update of new Amiga OS and GUI · · Score: 1

    My pointer lines up exactly, pixel by pixel wit that pointer. The colors are just inversed. I use E and not sure where my pointer came from. Anyone else? Xfree at 1024x768

  15. This is classic JP on Packet Storm Security site closed down · · Score: 1

    He's just a scared kid who talks big. Go pay him and his friends a visit on #hackphreak on undernet...You will see what these people are really like.

  16. Re:Theoretical exploit - IT'S REAL on Major Security Flaw in IIS4.0 · · Score: 1

    I have seen it work first hand, it's juat that the kids dont have the exploit in their hands yet, but anyone can make it crash...

  17. Can I use it with Linux? on Psion Series 5mx released · · Score: 1

    This is by far the deciding factor for me. I don't want to have to boot windows to sync the thing. So, does anyone know if there will be any linux support?

  18. Re:Coverage on CSPAN - Not The Games on New York Times profiles John Romero & John Carmack · · Score: 1

    It is not the games or the internet that did this. I think these are just manifestations of the kids behavior. They want to make a bomb so they seek out the internet. They want to kill people so they go get doom. These things were not forced on these people, they sought them out. There was something different with them, it's the reason everyone doesn't go out and kill people. It had nothing to do with the clothes, or their hair or anything else. These were all manifestations of who they were and what they were trying to be. If you want to blame some doctrine, blame Hitler's.

  19. What to do, 300a or 333? on Celeron Dual Board Adapter · · Score: 1

    I have a dual 350 with a tyan motherboard. Is the cel333 stable at 500 or only in a few certain cases. Should I go with the 300a oc'd to 450 or the 333. Success stories or failures?

  20. Who cares? on Civ:CTP Preview · · Score: 2

    They can't do it for free, you may as well not go to any site that has advertisments. That was a pretty harsh comment about never reading anything there again. There's an ad on every slashdot page you read, every comment, every post. Maybe you shouldnt read slashdot again since they just are trying to make money here.

  21. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? on Translucent PC Cases · · Score: 1

    Those are some of the ugliest peices of plastic I have ever seen. They are just a case with a clear shell, and they didn't make them from nice cases either. Why can no one get it right?

  22. Cant really agree on Drug Use Among Programmers · · Score: 1

    weed knocks me completly out. I can't even sit down at the computer. It sure is fun though. Weed is the perfect drug, except for the fact that you get extremly hungry and thirsty. Other than that, what could be better.

  23. cat work_unit.txt > /dev/audio on SETI@Home For Linux · · Score: 1

    Topic says it all

  24. not that great on SETI@Home For Linux · · Score: 1

    What's so cool about it. There are no graphics, a big drawback if you want to see whats going on. Plus, the code is not parallel. There is no source so we can't toy with it. I don't know, I just hope the windows version runs under wine...