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  1. Re:And in countries where it's legal? on Bitcoin-Based Drug Market Silk Road Thriving With $2 Million In Monthly Sales · · Score: 1

    I recent read in the paper, that it Aventura Florida, the DUI stop have a night judge right on the spot, it's to help process the load quickly. I'm going to find a reference to link. Also a DUI conviction in Dade County is $5000 to $7000 in fines plus Insurance companies will hit you with a few surcharges in excess of 1000 per year overall for 5 years. When I spoke to a cop, he said, "take a cab, if you get caught, it's 12K out of pocket when the gavel goes guilty"

    Rather scary, but in reality, no different than my time 80's, only thing was that at 2:30 am we were drunk driving to the dinner to sober up and if we were lucky, we might have seen 4 or 5 cars on the road ( this is in a small town of population 84,000 people on the other side on NYC ). worst thing that would happen back then is that they pulled you over,, you walked 5 miles home, passed out on the lawn, and your father would hose you down publicly to wake you up.

  2. Re:Question: on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    out of everything you said, you screwed up on
    >> " Have you ever thought marrying, having kids and a family are fundamental rights of a human (and even an animal)?"

    where/when and why would you even have that right? so let's see, you could not hack your job, you went to education.
    can't manage your money correctly, you went towards broke.
    of course your wife left you, you jumped a risk that was not within your skill level. at east she's got Darwinism skills

    that type of right is if only you are a dictator, that's when you get to pick whom you want without the other parties consent.

  3. Re:Eucalyptus trees are a bio terror weapon on Insects As Weapons · · Score: 2

    I was hoping that someone would say what you said.

    so let's look at the outcomes. the removal of a known threat which causes an estimate-able amount of deaths, swap that for an unknown threat due to environmental changes. I'll use as a good example wolves re-introduced back into yellowstone.
    we all know that plant eating animals ( deer, moose ... ) were left a lone for 30+ years, over those years we saw overgrazing and certain plants growing while others were not taking hold. ( they were eaten ). When wolves were re-introduced to yellowstone, the parts of the park that were severely overgrazed completely changed, herds of dear/moose shrank quickly ( weak were lunch meat ). Balance is slowly being restored.

    Now species do die all the time, but nature took them out slowly and found a replacement ( given I'm trying to find the replacement for some mega fauna but that's another story. ) even when the asteroid hit and wiped out everything. nature slowly replaced everything

  4. Re:Craigslist wants to remain stuck in the past on PadMapper Gets C&D From Craigslist Over Apartment Listing Maps · · Score: 1

    only because they are first on the block does not mean that they own it. they just have some control at this time.

    so all I can say is build a better mouse trap ... look at back page, it's slightly better and they are growing... at the end of the day that's what they are trying to do.

  5. Re:Quite Obvious, Even to Me on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    I am rather sure then we are riding on a huge turtle and the world is flat. hmmm just might be true

  6. Re:Autism on Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital · · Score: 1

    I really don't want to laugh but I am hearing mothers say " not in my house hold you wont" to your line " Even if every single case of autism on record could be directly attributed to vaccine side effects, it would still make sense to continue most of our current vaccination schedule "

    Really very sad, but with time I expect that the fight from science will be won, the problem is, will my kids be the victim of the idiots that prevented a vaccine shot.

  7. Re:yawn on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 2

    This would be a good time to have the reservoirs deepened to take advantage of future rain fall when it happens.

  8. Re:Disagree completely on Business Cards the Latest Internet Casualty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Most people don't understand the aspect of the business card as a form of personally identifying yourself to the other party. In my work ( real estate ) I have flexibility of my card design plus look and feel. I spent a very long time coming up with the right tactile feel that I wanted, the right font, and the right colors. it's part of the impression I want to make.

    A girl that I met recently was along the same lines, she was a graphic designer and had the most amazing card, it spoke a story of her skills and it only had her email address and name.

    that's why you want to spend time thinking about your card, it should speak a story about you. For example: if you are a coder, and you grok python, I would put some interesting code on my card ( bucket sort maybe or something that only another serious coder would note ).

    my card is simple: it's a 100% cotton bond, with watermark with my family crest, it has some cobalt blue outlines, with some forest green. my name, phone number, email and business name. Simple but elegant

  9. Re:Don't need gene therapy... on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 1

    you are right, salt is required, I just reduced the adding of it, does not mean that the celery, carrots and other items I ate did not have sodium, it's just that I tried to avoid it from being an additive.

  10. Re:Don't need gene therapy... on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 2

    the sugar issue is very true, it almost becomes painful to taste. as for the salt, it's become interesting since I find different salt's have different effects on my taste buds, Kosher salt is sweet, very large flaky is sweet, table salt is bitter and too strong for me.

  11. Re:Oh hey look on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 1

    thank you, I did not know. I will have to get the book
    thanks

  12. Re:Don't need gene therapy... on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 1

    True to a small point, the problem is when they try the food from a different place... Also, have you ever given up salt for an extended amount of time? You'll be amazed how much it seems like candy after the first time you try it again ( was off salt for a 3 month personal test and tried very hard to have a low salt diet, sad to say I gave up, but what I learned is that i did not need as much salt for some of my dishes )

  13. Re:Oh hey look on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    maybe you are thinking of Mein Kampf? no mater which way I read it, having modified kids, and my taste forcibly changed via medication seem rather nazi-ish

  14. Re:Going way too far on Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You have said everything correctly. I just hope more ears will listen...
    What you wrote reminds me why we have freedom of speech " I might not like what you said, but I will defend your right to say it"
    I would hope that others see why I link your words to it...

  15. Re:What about the parents? on School District Sued By ACLU Over Student's Free Speech Rights · · Score: 2

    Sad, but I had to enforce this type of 'course of action' against a threat made to my daughter.

    the key for me to get the school involved was that the threat specifically stated it was going to happen on school grounds.
    ( if the threat was going to be outside of school grounds I would have taken another course )

    I was able to solve it rather quickly and in the course of the communications with the school, I discovered that they seemed to believe that they have the bounty hunters 'freedoms'. I quickly reminded them that I am only looking at this issue in the context of the schools grounds and that they not bother with it outside of the school. They had a fit when I reminded them that the law is still the law and that they can only reach so far. I also advised my daughter not to speak to anyone until the issue was resolved and the person removed from the school. and once that was resolved, to call me and I would advise her what she could say or not say ... ( ended up that she wold not disclose anything to anyone with my lawyer being by her side to protect her rights.

    what I learned after all this is that I needed to teach my daughter more about how to protect her rights and when in doubt, she can call her dad or a lawyer.

  16. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 1

    Funny as it may sound, I see a guy pulling out an antenna to attach a device, I am going to ask that person what it is and stop. I've learned enough in my history and from family members doing tours in the hostile middle east that it's a device set to send out a signal ( and if it was a government agent, he just blew his cover ). so my only objective is to get that thing away from him, have someone pounce on him, and let the cops sort it out. by the time they show up, someone else will be the hero and I will have walked away un-noticed ( I hope )

  17. Re:Free = no good on Security Tool HijackThis Goes Open Source · · Score: 2

    it's a tool, and the tool is only as good as the person using it.
    I love it since it helps me examine the problems before trying a solution.
    is it and endpoint solution for the masses ... nope not one bit.
    is it a good tool for the IT department to have on the flash drive at all times ... Yep, it's a tool to look inside before doing the surgery.
     

  18. Re:Am I the first to call BS? on How Companies Learn Your Secrets · · Score: 1

    Happen to agree with you on some of this... let me see, whom I could sell the data to ...

    out side the box :
    a) insurance firms, the father of the girl whom is preggo might want to get his daughter healthcare.
    b) Publishing companies that target weddings ( Dad might want to get his shotgun and the boy to the alter )
    c) fitness type sales ( maybe even publishing companies that target it )
    d) car companies : they might want to sell a 'safe' car or a roomy car.

  19. Re:Distributed Grid on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1

    You seem to have the same problem that my partner has, the ability to be real smart consistently and not see the reality of the situation from the street point of view.

    Most largest voting group in the US is made up of 44 years old plus (source http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p20-562.pdf )
    that group is also the one, where we knew and or saw 3 mile accident, Chernobyl and other things like Bhopal toxic cloud.
    So there is a simple fear that if it's in the backyard it could happen. No tradeoff acceptable

    Go figure ... 3 mile accident... Carter went right in and walked about, he took the risk and kept America calm
    Chernobyl ... made us think the worst and might have hasten the end of the old U.S.S.R
    Bhopal toxic cloud reminded us of just how scary the world was.

    Go take a look in your area where you live, I bet there is a line of demarcation that is proof of NIMBY, in upper Miami Florida it's Biscayne blvd. the poor live west of it and the rich live east of it. pure 3 miles + of this type of crap. ( given it's changing, but it's still mentioned by many people over the age of 35. )

    the only way Americans will deal with tradeoffs is via education and tolerance.

  20. Analog Magazine in the 80's on DNA Nanorobot Halts Growth of Cancer Cells · · Score: 1

    How I love my old issues of Analog Magazine, they somehow have predicted the future more than once.
    this was covered back in the day and I have been wondering when it was going to come about.

    If the pattern keeps up, in 12 years we will see the trial runs of this, and cancer reduction across the entire
    world population. it would seem that it viable, just a lot of testing needs to be done.

    Analog gave (me) hope to the future, a future where knowledge and being a good DIY can advance the world.

    Onepoint

  21. Re:I wonder... on Best Practice: Travel Light To China · · Score: 1

    sorry you need to validate your claim, here is the my data on the federal debit,
    http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/HistoricalTables.pdf

    this was about a budgeting issue and having a surplus, that would in effect have a canceling out of more bonds being issued ( bonds hit maturity, paid off, no re-financing of the pre-established debit )

    as a note I see you are talking about debt ( which would cover treasury notes and bonds and all outstanding obligation if they were cashed in at once )
    then your are correct http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm
    with the years of 1951 and 57 being the years of reduction.

  22. Re:I wonder... on Best Practice: Travel Light To China · · Score: 1

    I take that your comment of supporting the US empire is lacking research ....
    till the Jr. Bush administration, the US Treasury and Government was on target for a ZERO debit, in fact the issues was so alarming that countless research was done on how to handle it ( it's rather interesting thinking that Bush Senior and Clinton were on the track to reduce the federal debit ) http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-budget-and-deficit-under-clinton/

    As for whom has supporting the debit as foreign powers, prior to the 90's it was Japan and Britain as the biggest investors and purchases of US debit. ( sorry don't have the data for that from 90's till 2005

    Onepoint

  23. Re:What about home plant waste material? on Power Plant Converts Fruit and Veggie Waste Into Natural Gas For Cars · · Score: 1

    Composting is one of the easiest things to do. Problem is space.
    here is a link http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2composting

    easiest way to start ...
    with your garden, pick out a spot in the back not to visible, where you don't get good production of your fruits and veggies.
    get some chicken wire ( about 6 linear feet ) make it into a tube and stake it into the ground
    load a ton of leaves ( half way up ), add about 4 inches of dirt and then top off with more leaves, wait a week and add more dirt
    in about 1 month you'll have a good solid base of composting material.
    then you can start adding all sorts of organic waste, mix well.

    every year move the chick wire to a new spot and start over.

    when I lived in NJ, I had a compost pile that was about 4' x 10' and depending on what part of the year it was it was from
    3 feet high to 6 feet high. every fall I would drag ALL the leaves to the spot, 2 feet of leaves, 4 inches of dirt, over and over
    again until it was about 6 feet high. Leaves compress real nicely, and snow melts on the pile. come early spring, get your
    shovel, and rotate the pile, it's hard work but it's good to do, by the time you are ready for planting, you tilled the soil,
    added about 3 inches of compost into the tilling and you have half of your compost.

    you rebuild your compost pile by using your yard clippings, grass, leaves, branches and your basic organic matter that you
    toss into your pile.

    Rotate your pile, it's hard work but try doing it every 2 weeks, it rotates the nutrients and add's new fresh air into the pile

    ALSO, anything growing out of your pile is most likely very tasty ( once identified properly ). I had a ton of eggplants
      ( I don't eat it ) growing out of the pile, the ladies next door loved them ( and the flowers ).

    sometimes ant's get in your pile, don't worry, they are helping, just work on a different section of the pile that month
    then you can rotate there little home.

    Don't put meat into your pile until you got 3 solid feet of compost. you want to bury cooked meat deeply otherwise you'll
    end up with a rodent problem ( or possum or raccoons )

    I liked to add sand to my pile so every year I would add about 2 bags.

  24. Re:Optical interferometry? on World's Largest Virtual Optical Telescope Created · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the information
    here is the link for astronomical interferometry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer

    it seems that the application for this is amazingly great for light year distances and beyond, I am just wondering if on the smaller scale ( with smaller telescopes ) would it work on a solar system scale.

    but hey this is a start

    Onepoint

  25. Re:Optical interferometry? on World's Largest Virtual Optical Telescope Created · · Score: 2

    Since I don't know I'll ask...
    Can this scale up to multiple scopes, and does this need a minimum size scope ?

    I'm asking for the following reason:
    I think it would be a great service to mankind if, people that own telescopes could hook up the telescopes every now and then to a central platform and let the computers observe the local solar system for possible unknown items in space. given, I think that I think the idea is years away, I would like to start tinkering with the idea. ...

    Heck, we now have DIY CNC machines, people whom will help ( for reasonable prices ) design circuit boards, and places to swap equipment, I think this might be something I could start working on for the next 5 to 10 years.

    what I picture is a centralized server receiving images from 100 or 200 scopes from all over the world, and just cataloging them, then they run the comparison via a seti@home type platform. the centralized server send location data of where to look...

    Again I am just dreaming out loud, but if could even work with 12 inch platforms, it just might be a wonderful tool for local discovery.