Except they still don't get to fire you for no reason. This just gives them another avenue where they can find reasons for this. Just don't send out secrets via email and you won't be fired. (You still have no privacy but you didn't really seem to care about that aspect).
Sure, but the people doing the adding are guys, cos you know.. horny geeks are attracted by the thought of a woman who doesn't want to have sex with them.
Hey, I work a 45 hour week some times, because it saves me stress further down the line.
However, if the boss asks me to come in at 2am to do something, I'm going to want money for it.
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The Europeans have priced themselves into obsolescence as workers.
Or maybe the American's have priced themselves into slavery as workers. 40 hours weeks, paid over time, 4 weeks leave a year, these are all things that other countries take for granted. How much leave do you get again?
Slashdot illiteracy ftw - Other people have been saying that she did activate her phone and her 911 call was routed to a non-emergency number. Which one is right?
Rutger Hauer did a movie like that. He was a prisoner in a prison where there were two neck collars that had to be within the confines of the prison or they would explode - one on one prisoner and one on the other - and no one knew who the other one was. (Yeah, I know, dumb plot - it's a Rutger Hauer movie, guys.)
This movie was called wedlock - I can't remember anything else about it though.
Like you hear about all those people ODing on marijuana and being raced to the hospital. Potheads becoming physiologically addicted to marijuana... oh wait
For best results: Replace marijuana with speed and see how you go.
what scientific studies show that alcohol makes you violent? when i'm drunk, i don't get violent.
Sorry sir, some things just don't need a scientific study to be true, and this is one of them. Ask your friendly neighbourhood bouncer (or your friendly neighbourhood beaten wife) how violent drunks can become.
I agree. If drug addicts can climb into the drug bubble and not harm anyone else. They can do it wherever they like.
But the other side is, every dollar we spend on the drug problem (or the alcohol problem, or the obesity problem for that matter) is a dollar that we're not spending on flying robot cars (or education, or space travel, or pick your favorite funding widget).
I want robot cars, and since I can't have them, I blame the drug dealers.
PS: Of course Penn and Teller said 'Marijuana... zero. As in "not any at all, ever"'. They had an agenda to push. (The agenda of getting people to watch TV).
What about deaths due to lung cancer from smoking Marijuana? I'm sure they're out there, eclipsed by lung cancer deaths related to smoking.
If marijuana should be illegal because it's harmful, then alcohol and tobacco should definitely be illegal too because they're much more harmful than marijuana.
Absolutely.. but we tried that and we ended up with more problems than we solved. So I think that evil is out of the box for good. Find a better reason than "But we legalised alcohol":)
Look, if you legalize pot and cocaine, and tax the HELL out of it, the product will be safer (it won't be cut with rat poison) and will bankroll treatment programs for anybody who wants to stop using. It'll also vastly cut down the amount of law enforcement and prison spending, which is of course why it'll never happen.
You're assuming that the amount we make on taxes will cover the medical bills, which it won't. Look at alcohol/alcohol related crimes and tobacco/tobacco related illnesses. They don't make nearly enough to cover the spending, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Also, if it's legal, what possible incentive would people have to stop using? Look at tobacco, people know it's bad, but they continue to smoke themselves into an iron lung.
Not really a nanny state as such - Go, carve your own legs off with a band saw. I couldn't give a stuff. But when we have to sew your stumps closed, you'd better be able to pay for it.
You have as much right as you like to risk your body - I totally support people sky diving, even BASE jumping (although I think they're retarded for doing so), however they'd better have private health cover, or I'm going to be pissed off when I get the bill for their 12 months is hospital while every bone in their body heals.
And yeah, obesity is a problem that everyone is just starting to work out. There must be a generic solution we can put in place to fix it though - We put flouride in the water to lower our dental bills, maybe we can add olestra to it as well.
Who knows? My theory is that it is legal because it's been around for so long that we can't get rid of it. People in favour of legalising all these other drugs go "But it's not as bad as Alcohol, and it is legal." however alcohol is a pretty shitty milestone to be using. It makes you violent, causes significant phyisological damage over time, and is a leading cause of drink driving (hoho).
As I told a friend of mine the other day, if you can show that cocaine is nearly as harmless as lemonade (or caffiene tabs), then you have a pretty good case for legalising it, but just don't compare it to alcohol.
Absolutely. And if using the Internet is still harmless in 40 years, you might have a case for legalisation.
I agree, you often hear about people ODing on the internet and being raced to hospital. The internet junkies becoming physiologically addicted to the internet. The quicker we ban this terrible menace, the better for all.
I don't care what damage it does. I should be free to damage myself.
Ahaha. Sure, but you live in the US where there is no government healthcare to speak of, so knock yourself out. In Australia, where we have to rehabilitate you after you give yourself brain damage, I think we should be a bit more guarded.
you want to restrict the rights of the individual to do with their bodies as they see fit?
Sure. We do that already in countless thousands of ways. Try jacking off in front of a primary school, and see how readily you are able to use your body as you see fit.
We don't know what damage it does though. Remember, 40 years ago movie stars were encouraging children to light up and then fastforward to the present and "Holy shit, these things kill you?"
If these things are still harmless in 40 years, then you might have a case for legalisation.
there's just no really good reason for drugs to be illegal while alcohol and cigarettes are legal.
We can't remove alcohol and tobacco from our society, they are too much a part of it now. However, just because our great grandparents did a stupid thing, that doesn't mean we should start letting every man and his dog start shooting up.
In 100 years time, our great grand children will be pushing the same argument - "We should be legalising "Zoglanoff Red", because our parents legalised heroin and coke. And god damn those heroin companies for trying to conceal the fact that it's addictive, and who do we sue because our parents have mental disorders from the LSD they did as kids. Someone should have done something."
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Except they still don't get to fire you for no reason. This just gives them another avenue where they can find reasons for this. Just don't send out secrets via email and you won't be fired. (You still have no privacy but you didn't really seem to care about that aspect).
Well, that rules most of slashdot out!
The problem isn't the hardware anymore - That's fine. You just can't (m)any apps/games for it.
No, but if it was a crime, the fact that you encrypted them goes a long way towards showing that you knew it was illegal.
I don't know how it is over there, but here, you traditionally holiday with your family.
Sure, but the people doing the adding are guys, cos you know.. horny geeks are attracted by the thought of a woman who doesn't want to have sex with them.
Hey, I work a 45 hour week some times, because it saves me stress further down the line.
However, if the boss asks me to come in at 2am to do something, I'm going to want money for it.
Or maybe the American's have priced themselves into slavery as workers. 40 hours weeks, paid over time, 4 weeks leave a year, these are all things that other countries take for granted. How much leave do you get again?
Slashdot illiteracy ftw - Other people have been saying that she did activate her phone and her 911 call was routed to a non-emergency number. Which one is right?
This movie was called wedlock - I can't remember anything else about it though.
For best results: Replace marijuana with speed and see how you go.
Sorry sir, some things just don't need a scientific study to be true, and this is one of them. Ask your friendly neighbourhood bouncer (or your friendly neighbourhood beaten wife) how violent drunks can become.
But the other side is, every dollar we spend on the drug problem (or the alcohol problem, or the obesity problem for that matter) is a dollar that we're not spending on flying robot cars (or education, or space travel, or pick your favorite funding widget).
I want robot cars, and since I can't have them, I blame the drug dealers.
What about deaths due to lung cancer from smoking Marijuana? I'm sure they're out there, eclipsed by lung cancer deaths related to smoking.
Absolutely.. but we tried that and we ended up with more problems than we solved. So I think that evil is out of the box for good. Find a better reason than "But we legalised alcohol" :)
You're assuming that the amount we make on taxes will cover the medical bills, which it won't. Look at alcohol/alcohol related crimes and tobacco/tobacco related illnesses. They don't make nearly enough to cover the spending, and it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Also, if it's legal, what possible incentive would people have to stop using? Look at tobacco, people know it's bad, but they continue to smoke themselves into an iron lung.
Not really a nanny state as such - Go, carve your own legs off with a band saw. I couldn't give a stuff. But when we have to sew your stumps closed, you'd better be able to pay for it.
You have as much right as you like to risk your body - I totally support people sky diving, even BASE jumping (although I think they're retarded for doing so), however they'd better have private health cover, or I'm going to be pissed off when I get the bill for their 12 months is hospital while every bone in their body heals.
And yeah, obesity is a problem that everyone is just starting to work out. There must be a generic solution we can put in place to fix it though - We put flouride in the water to lower our dental bills, maybe we can add olestra to it as well.
Who knows? My theory is that it is legal because it's been around for so long that we can't get rid of it. People in favour of legalising all these other drugs go "But it's not as bad as Alcohol, and it is legal." however alcohol is a pretty shitty milestone to be using. It makes you violent, causes significant phyisological damage over time, and is a leading cause of drink driving (hoho).
As I told a friend of mine the other day, if you can show that cocaine is nearly as harmless as lemonade (or caffiene tabs), then you have a pretty good case for legalising it, but just don't compare it to alcohol.
I agree, you often hear about people ODing on the internet and being raced to hospital. The internet junkies becoming physiologically addicted to the internet. The quicker we ban this terrible menace, the better for all.
Ahaha. Sure, but you live in the US where there is no government healthcare to speak of, so knock yourself out. In Australia, where we have to rehabilitate you after you give yourself brain damage, I think we should be a bit more guarded.
Sure. We do that already in countless thousands of ways. Try jacking off in front of a primary school, and see how readily you are able to use your body as you see fit.
If these things are still harmless in 40 years, then you might have a case for legalisation.
Because I don't want to have to pay to look after you in 20 years time because you can't control your bladder after your brain is fried.
Hell, I don't want to pay for people who have fucked their liver drinking, but that pandora's box has already been opened.
We can't remove alcohol and tobacco from our society, they are too much a part of it now. However, just because our great grandparents did a stupid thing, that doesn't mean we should start letting every man and his dog start shooting up.
In 100 years time, our great grand children will be pushing the same argument - "We should be legalising "Zoglanoff Red", because our parents legalised heroin and coke. And god damn those heroin companies for trying to conceal the fact that it's addictive, and who do we sue because our parents have mental disorders from the LSD they did as kids. Someone should have done something."
[Oh God, the commas :/]