The history of MDMA isn't one of patent abuse, but malfeasance by the DEA. The first MDMA synthesis patent was filed in 1912.
MDMA was put on schedule I by the DEA against the guidance of the medical community, who sued to have it rescheduled. After a judge ruled that it had valid medical uses and should be rescheduled, the DEA unilaterally declared that it has no medical uses again and banned it.
Holy shit! How do you still have a subscriber asterisk?!
Being a huge proponent of paying for sites instead of enduring the scourge of advertising, I've always subscribed here, but it broke during one of the last ownership changes and still doesn't seem to work...
Which applies to a small fraction of the times that tasers are actually used. They're usually just used to ensure compliance full-stop, and tend to be one of the first tactics employed.
Too many products are crippled by their parent company or VC financing MBAs who look at the product and figure out how it can be manipulated into 5 years of new models and revisions, which features can be withheld or turned into vendor exclusive options or upgrades, and so on.
I only wish this were the case. It seems like the typical MO of the MBA who doesn't understand the product is to get it developed to a marketable state and then fire all of the R&D staff with no thought to future products. I don't know if they think that they'll be able to sell the same product forever or if they just assume that they'll get their bonuses and move on before the strategy backfires, but it seems to be a recurring theme.
It works by the cop using a strategy of communication and deescalation first, and only turning to some sort of violence when there are no other options. This is pretty advanced thinking, I know.
I don't think Valve ever came up with a story that was strong enough to conclude HL2 after episodes 1 & 2...
Which is the irritating problem with following the J. J. Abrams method of story arc creation (ie. just make it up as you go along and hope that it all works out in the end). Mass Effect was a great example of this too, with its extremely half-assed conclusion to an otherwise well-written story.
Once you realize that you're going to turn a game into a franchise (when you release the sequel), come up with at least a few compelling story arcs and make sure that you keep them viable throughout the series. Be ready to wrap it up at any point, but make sure that what you're doing is actually telling a story and not just flinging bullshit. This applies to TV series, too.
I wouldn't expect them to make HL3, even though I'd really appreciate it if they did and I don't care about it not living up to hype (and I have way more money to spend on games than I did when HL2 came out).
They left HL2 unfinished, though, and really should have released episode 3. They can even call it "Episode 4" if the number three is that objectionable!
I'm glad when I'm sent a copy of the web form entry, because it means that the form was actually functional and capable of sending email. Who knows if the address that it's sending email to actually exists or is checked, and you know you'll never see the bounce if it's a dead address, but I suspect that a huge chunk of the web forms don't actually work at all.
They're like the elevator close door button or the thermostats in an office building: just there for psychological soothing.
I'm using a customized hosts file and use an ad-blocker. If some ad company still finds it's way I'll just block it. If an ad finds its way to my inbox I'll flag and report it as spam. Gmail has always been very good at that. Bottom line is that ad companies can track me all day long but they wont get anything out of it besides being blocked further.
Ah, the irony! All of your email goes through the world's largest advertising company. They get plenty out of it.
Ha! You say that from a country where the state imprisons people for expressing certain opinions. Most governments in the world run from the left to the right and stay almost completely confined to the top half.
These developers used a sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package without bothering to find out what it really does. Now that they can't use this sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package, they're going to have to quickly integrate some other sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package to keep the money rolling in. They will reoffend and not identifying them facilitates this.
I have been unimpressed by a number of apps written in mono recently (mainly 3D printer related stuff) as there seems to be no common versioning or even awareness of the different distros, what package management systems they may have or what the commonly installed and stable versions of any libraries may be.
I've seen that, also. Several programs I've tried to use even crashed after failing to find a specific point release of mono installed.
The word "debt" means "a sum of money due by contract", where a contract is part of any financial transaction, even the implied contract that is established at a cash register.
Standing alone, the word “debt” is as applicable to a sum of money which lias been promised at a future day, as to a sum of money now due and payable
This is a "Western" supposedly "enlightened" country here, not some 3rd world shit-hole, and its got bigotry baked right into the law. We can argue about if its right or wrong, but its a fact.
No we can't, which is sort of the point. Bigotry has an objective and well-defined definition, which changes with the political landscape to make sure that only the right "wrong people" are guilty of it. Anything but glowing support of Israel or Israeli policy is anti-semitism and hate speech.
Patents aside, clawing a drug back off of the DEA schedules (especially schedule I) is pretty much impossible and synthesizing a new compound is an easier prospect. For example, MDMA showed great promise in actual clinical studies for treating PTSD and was kept on schedule I (no medical use) against the advice of the entire medical community. The DEA does not like psychedelics at all.
it's like the stuff you would find in a fashion brands "factory outlet" where one of the pockets is the wrong length, or the fly is two inches off center, etc. but the chinese resellers don't tell you it's a second which is the problem.
The bigger problem is that this is boing done with safety gear to begin with. That's totally different from factory second fashion accessories.
Being upfront about selling QC-failed safety gear is still pretty shitty, especially if it's still being sold for its intended purpose: "Watch the eclipse with these factory rejected solar glasses!"
Triple redundancy is what you want if you're running the operations in parallel and looking for consensus. If you're running them in series, you run them twice and only repeat if the two results don't match. The chance of two SEUs happening that disrupt the same operation in the same way, twice in a row is very unlikely.
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The shadows through the leaves are pretty damn cool.
The history of MDMA isn't one of patent abuse, but malfeasance by the DEA. The first MDMA synthesis patent was filed in 1912.
MDMA was put on schedule I by the DEA against the guidance of the medical community, who sued to have it rescheduled. After a judge ruled that it had valid medical uses and should be rescheduled, the DEA unilaterally declared that it has no medical uses again and banned it.
Holy shit! How do you still have a subscriber asterisk?!
Being a huge proponent of paying for sites instead of enduring the scourge of advertising, I've always subscribed here, but it broke during one of the last ownership changes and still doesn't seem to work...
So decelerate over a longer distance. For long travels, doing this won't add much to the travel time.
It's from the Illuminatus Trilogy. Give it a read... you may like it.
(I'll let somebody else post the amazon affiliate link to the book.)
Which applies to a small fraction of the times that tasers are actually used. They're usually just used to ensure compliance full-stop, and tend to be one of the first tactics employed.
Too many products are crippled by their parent company or VC financing MBAs who look at the product and figure out how it can be manipulated into 5 years of new models and revisions, which features can be withheld or turned into vendor exclusive options or upgrades, and so on.
I only wish this were the case. It seems like the typical MO of the MBA who doesn't understand the product is to get it developed to a marketable state and then fire all of the R&D staff with no thought to future products. I don't know if they think that they'll be able to sell the same product forever or if they just assume that they'll get their bonuses and move on before the strategy backfires, but it seems to be a recurring theme.
It works by the cop using a strategy of communication and deescalation first, and only turning to some sort of violence when there are no other options. This is pretty advanced thinking, I know.
I don't think Valve ever came up with a story that was strong enough to conclude HL2 after episodes 1 & 2...
Which is the irritating problem with following the J. J. Abrams method of story arc creation (ie. just make it up as you go along and hope that it all works out in the end). Mass Effect was a great example of this too, with its extremely half-assed conclusion to an otherwise well-written story.
Once you realize that you're going to turn a game into a franchise (when you release the sequel), come up with at least a few compelling story arcs and make sure that you keep them viable throughout the series. Be ready to wrap it up at any point, but make sure that what you're doing is actually telling a story and not just flinging bullshit. This applies to TV series, too.
I wouldn't expect them to make HL3, even though I'd really appreciate it if they did and I don't care about it not living up to hype (and I have way more money to spend on games than I did when HL2 came out).
They left HL2 unfinished, though, and really should have released episode 3. They can even call it "Episode 4" if the number three is that objectionable!
Antifa groups are anarchists.
Antifa aren't anarchists. They're fine with an oppressive state. They just want one that matches their worldview.
The giveaway is that they don't attack the government or the apparatus of the state. The attack the "other" political team.
I'm glad when I'm sent a copy of the web form entry, because it means that the form was actually functional and capable of sending email. Who knows if the address that it's sending email to actually exists or is checked, and you know you'll never see the bounce if it's a dead address, but I suspect that a huge chunk of the web forms don't actually work at all.
They're like the elevator close door button or the thermostats in an office building: just there for psychological soothing.
Non sequitur much? Did you reply to the wrong post?
slashdotmedia.com doesn't seem to be necessary. I'm getting by with just slashdot.org and fsdn.com
I'm using a customized hosts file and use an ad-blocker. If some ad company still finds it's way I'll just block it. If an ad finds its way to my inbox I'll flag and report it as spam. Gmail has always been very good at that. Bottom line is that ad companies can track me all day long but they wont get anything out of it besides being blocked further.
Ah, the irony! All of your email goes through the world's largest advertising company. They get plenty out of it.
Ha! You say that from a country where the state imprisons people for expressing certain opinions. Most governments in the world run from the left to the right and stay almost completely confined to the top half.
You just happen to like your local flavor of authoritarianism, just like the people in the top right like their flavor of authoritarianism.
These developers used a sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package without bothering to find out what it really does. Now that they can't use this sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package, they're going to have to quickly integrate some other sketchy malware-laden "monetization" package to keep the money rolling in. They will reoffend and not identifying them facilitates this.
Regarding #57, I almost missed it while stuck inside working and thought of this story: All Summer in a Day.
I have been unimpressed by a number of apps written in mono recently (mainly 3D printer related stuff) as there seems to be no common versioning or even awareness of the different distros, what package management systems they may have or what the commonly installed and stable versions of any libraries may be.
I've seen that, also. Several programs I've tried to use even crashed after failing to find a specific point release of mono installed.
Then the app prolly doesn't work anyway...
Ew. I just vomited a little bit.
Furthermore, the word "debt" implies repayment.
The word "debt" means "a sum of money due by contract", where a contract is part of any financial transaction, even the implied contract that is established at a cash register.
This is a "Western" supposedly "enlightened" country here, not some 3rd world shit-hole, and its got bigotry baked right into the law. We can argue about if its right or wrong, but its a fact.
No we can't, which is sort of the point. Bigotry has an objective and well-defined definition, which changes with the political landscape to make sure that only the right "wrong people" are guilty of it. Anything but glowing support of Israel or Israeli policy is anti-semitism and hate speech.
Censor yourself or we will do it for you.
Patents aside, clawing a drug back off of the DEA schedules (especially schedule I) is pretty much impossible and synthesizing a new compound is an easier prospect. For example, MDMA showed great promise in actual clinical studies for treating PTSD and was kept on schedule I (no medical use) against the advice of the entire medical community. The DEA does not like psychedelics at all.
it's like the stuff you would find in a fashion brands "factory outlet" where one of the pockets is the wrong length, or the fly is two inches off center, etc. but the chinese resellers don't tell you it's a second which is the problem.
The bigger problem is that this is boing done with safety gear to begin with. That's totally different from factory second fashion accessories.
Being upfront about selling QC-failed safety gear is still pretty shitty, especially if it's still being sold for its intended purpose: "Watch the eclipse with these factory rejected solar glasses!"
Triple redundancy is what you want if you're running the operations in parallel and looking for consensus. If you're running them in series, you run them twice and only repeat if the two results don't match. The chance of two SEUs happening that disrupt the same operation in the same way, twice in a row is very unlikely.
Indeed, there are over a hundred laptops on the ISS and most are defunct.
With a proper defunct laptop ejection port, they could use them for minor course corrections.