not trying to change the subject or anything, but why don't you try one of those DiscDoctors? You know the things that let you wetsand your CDs until they are playable again. I have one, and it did wonders for my Rage & Cypress Hill CDs. Wonders like I can actually listen to them again. As long as you don't have any holes in the substrate, it should fix a CD.
Hey, why not...I mean I can/could take my kids (if I had any) to the dog track any time I wanted...last time I checked that was gambling. And what about the churches!!! Just think of the money^H^H^H^Hdonations they could get if they turned their Bingo halls into casinos. Never mind the fact that Bingo is gambling already.
Actually I believe there were recently studies done in the Netherlands that showed that people drove safer when stoned, than when sober. Of course you'll never hear that on the 11 o'clock news....Once again I have no URL to back me up, but I know you could search google to find that report.
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That's why we have 9 (supposedly) rational people on the Supreme Court. I'm not sure how many people sit on a states supreme court, but it is more than 3.
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You got me there, but since they are bad laws, and Dubya had a chance to get rid of them but instead pushed for them, they are now his bad laws AFAIAC.
There has never been a fatality attributed to Marijuana. The lethal dose of Marijuana is 1 quarter ton smoked in 15 minutes. You basically die of smoke inhalation (but what a way to go). I wish I still had the URL to back that up.
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...if a lawmaker drafts and passes a bill, and it is later declared unconstitutional (whether state or federal), then that lawmaker loses his/her job immediatley, and is barred from holding public office (even on a school board) for 5 years. No more waiting for the public to forget about it, by the next time they run. No more spin doctoring (like Dubya has done with his federal medical "privacy" laws). Make it retroactive so current bills could be reviewed and action taken (DCMA anyone?) With this system we would have, within 10 years, laws that actually WORK & PROTECT the people of the USA.
My parents bought me a computer when I was 14. I would, for sure, say that I learned a lot from this computer. But what I learned was about computers, not necessarily anything useful (at the time). Sure I typed up book reports & such on it, but the reaserch was done at a library by hand (this was when the internet was in it's public infantcy, & when AOL & BBS' were the only way to get online where I live). Now I am a Network Administrator at a medium sized engineering firm, and if it wasn't for the Packard Bell Legend back in 1992, I would have never been able to get a foot in the door for this job. And I still have social skills, I just don't like most people.
"Now Joe Public, who doesn't know much about PCs, and has no idea how to rip a CD or download stuff from Gnutella or wherever, will be perfectly able to rip his CD collection w/o learning anything more complicated than his VCR. A Good Thing, to be sure, but I doubt our friends at RIAA will see it that way."
To bad for the RIAA. YOu can't get much more Fair Use than what this device would allow.
"with no genuine celebrities, or pop-cult recognition outside its narrow subculture" he conveniently ignores the fact that any given teen or twentysomething, and many older folks, can list their fvorite games just as they can their favorite films, and list their main characters just as they could list film stars. "
You forgot Mark Hamil, from Wing Commander...and that other movie back in the 70's...what was that again, Star something....anyhow....now that they are making the movies based on games (Tomb Raider, Dungeons & Dragons *sucked* etc...) I'm sure that the gaming industry will start to clean up it's image
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not trying to change the subject or anything, but why don't you try one of those DiscDoctors? You know the things that let you wetsand your CDs until they are playable again. I have one, and it did wonders for my Rage & Cypress Hill CDs. Wonders like I can actually listen to them again. As long as you don't have any holes in the substrate, it should fix a CD.
Just trying to help
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Hey, why not...I mean I can/could take my kids (if I had any) to the dog track any time I wanted...last time I checked that was gambling. And what about the churches!!! Just think of the money^H^H^H^Hdonations they could get if they turned their Bingo halls into casinos. Never mind the fact that Bingo is gambling already.
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You can set your watch by when WAPE (In Jacksonville) plays Destiny's Child.....god I hate that station....
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that's the reason I have a MP3 CD player in my car.....
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That damn game was awesome...
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their not there....oops
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Those soccer fans get pretty rowdy about there sport too....
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heh....fiddling with you radio dial is 8 times more likely to get you into a wreck than a cell phone...here is the link...
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http://www.lp.org/press/archive.php?function=vi
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http://raru.adelaide.edu.au/T95/paper/s1p2.html. sh tml
http://www.marijuana-hemp.com/cin/facts/drivehi
Says even at high (4 joints) doseages it's no worse than some over the counter and/or perscription drugs. And of course alcohol is always worse..
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Actually I believe there were recently studies done in the Netherlands that showed that people drove safer when stoned, than when sober. Of course you'll never hear that on the 11 o'clock news....Once again I have no URL to back me up, but I know you could search google to find that report.
Jaysyn
That's why we have 9 (supposedly) rational people on the Supreme Court. I'm not sure how many people sit on a states supreme court, but it is more than 3.
Jaysyn
You got me there, but since they are bad laws, and Dubya had a chance to get rid of them but instead pushed for them, they are now his bad laws AFAIAC.
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contributory advertisments
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There has never been a fatality attributed to Marijuana. The lethal dose of Marijuana is 1 quarter ton smoked in 15 minutes. You basically die of smoke inhalation (but what a way to go). I wish I still had the URL to back that up.
Jaysyn
...if a lawmaker drafts and passes a bill, and it is later declared unconstitutional (whether state or federal), then that lawmaker loses his/her job immediatley, and is barred from holding public office (even on a school board) for 5 years. No more waiting for the public to forget about it, by the next time they run. No more spin doctoring (like Dubya has done with his federal medical "privacy" laws). Make it retroactive so current bills could be reviewed and action taken (DCMA anyone?) With this system we would have, within 10 years, laws that actually WORK & PROTECT the people of the USA.
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Umm, the first line was a quote from the article, so please don't jump down my back until you read the article...
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If I can't Mod it AND Play it, I don't want it.
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Preaching to the choir again, Jon?
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I thought it meant "Snakes, Possum And Mice"
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Moreover, it's adding $1 billion a month to its bank account, thanks to its Windows and Office monopolies....
Everyone but Micro$oft realizes they have a monopoly....
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they are allying with them...not being bought out by them..
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My parents bought me a computer when I was 14. I would, for sure, say that I learned a lot from this computer. But what I learned was about computers, not necessarily anything useful (at the time). Sure I typed up book reports & such on it, but the reaserch was done at a library by hand (this was when the internet was in it's public infantcy, & when AOL & BBS' were the only way to get online where I live). Now I am a Network Administrator at a medium sized engineering firm, and if it wasn't for the Packard Bell Legend back in 1992, I would have never been able to get a foot in the door for this job. And I still have social skills, I just don't like most people.
Jaysyn
"Now Joe Public, who doesn't know much about PCs, and has no idea how to rip a CD or download stuff from Gnutella or wherever, will be perfectly able to rip his CD collection w/o learning anything more complicated than his VCR. A Good Thing, to be sure, but I doubt our friends at RIAA will see it that way."
To bad for the RIAA. YOu can't get much more Fair Use than what this device would allow.
Jaysyn
"with no genuine celebrities, or pop-cult recognition outside its narrow subculture" he conveniently ignores the fact that any given teen or twentysomething, and many older folks, can list their fvorite games just as they can their favorite films, and list their main characters just as they could list film stars. "
You forgot Mark Hamil, from Wing Commander...and that other movie back in the 70's...what was that again, Star something....anyhow....now that they are making the movies based on games (Tomb Raider, Dungeons & Dragons *sucked* etc...) I'm sure that the gaming industry will start to clean up it's image
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easy...he won't...
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