Effect of the American Prohibition is a controversial topic, but statistics about a short lived anti-alcohol campaign in the mid 80's in the Soviet Union show a marked decrease in alcohol related deaths so it was at least partially effective.
I wrote another reply to where I mentioned that some families do cover up their relatives habit but in my experience it's more of an exception. I hope you realize that legalization of the substances would only be part of your "solution". Besides cheap quality controlled state provided drugs he would also need free/price-controlled social housing, food stamps and a monthly allowance, 'cause he sure can't hold a regular 9-5 job. All of this at the same time when people with two engineering degrees live in their cars. I'm also surprised by attitude towards law enforcement, the "jack boots" have not eradicated murder, theft and rape either but does not mean we should also legalize these undesirable aspects of human nature? Way to improve Police statistics. No crime - no problem.
Is this the PG-13 version? There is no shot of the impact and maybe one shot with two people lying on the ground, not quite the bloody mess with 30+ dead Gosling describes.
Look, the logic of addiction is really simple. It's a medical fact that by the mid stage an addict must take hits several times a day which means he is not able to hold even a basic minimum wage job and having exhausted other possibilities namely lying/beging/stealing from friends and family he has to resort to crime and/or pushing drugs himself. So I do not see how decriminalizing use and possession is gonna help anything. This is what I mean by danger to society, there is no "if there are problems" in it, maybe one person in 1000 is independently wealthy or their family is willing to cover up their habit indefinitely, but in most case even their own mothers won't let them inside the house unsupervised anymore.
What works is:
1) Aggressively go after the junkies. Most of them are also involved in small time drug trade to support their habit. The cut a deal with them to expose their supplier in return for involuntary commitment to a treatment center rather than doing jail time.
2) Establish real treatment centers, not the kind where you one can check out any time. The most important thing is to prevent smuggling of drugs inside and about a month of isolation for the new arrivals. Then slowly re-integrate the addicts into society through work first on-site and then whenever possible real jobs. I'm not a religious person but real life accounts indicate that some religious instruction increases chances of positive outcome. Based on the work of a Russian NGO run by Eugene Roizman
a recovery ration of up to 85% can be achieved if this scheme is followed.
And I hope that pot and a few other psychoactive substances that do not turn you into a drooling zombie within a few months can be decriminalized in due time.
Whenever local police force works closely with the populace and aggressively goes after reported street corner pushers, then works with them to expose the suppliers - then it does become much harder for addicts to obtain drugs. Unfortunately law enforcement prefers to announce a few high profile busts a year than continuously work to improve the situation. The other part of the solution - close the damn border with Mexico already! Then maybe remove the remaining codein/pseudoephedrine containing over the counter medicine.
Oh great another legalize theorist. Have you ever even seen a real heroin addict? Nine of ten people can not handle an opiate addiction responsibly without becoming a danger to society.
Just as long as all of the newly legalized heroin/methadon junkies move to your neighborhood. Otherwise narco dealers belong in jail and junkies in special treatment clinics.
I can't believe he is seriously asking this on Slashdot? I got a better suggestion - sabotage whatever employee tracking system you already have, quit and the join other Free Men in protest of NZ government's draconian policies.
You are not getting out of this easily, because he really chased you into the corner with this one. Mohammed cartoons were exactly the same as the youtube videos about a dead girl. Living relatives has nothing to do with it. Would it not be punished by UK law if the was an orphan? Or would you say that his trolling offended her friends, or if she never head any IRL friends may it offended some online acquaintances she played WoW with, and if so how would it be different from offending followers of Islam?
I think it's one thing US does right. One should be allowed to troll dead soldiers funerals with god hates fags messages. And you should not be ashamed or confused by misplaced patriotism to admit that UK is less free because of their lack of free speech protection.
From the video I think they are talking about some new SC game (SC Societies?). And if indeed used to promote Green Tyranny and ridiculous AGW theories than I must fully agree with Fox News conclusion. Let kids be kids and stop showing this Green propaganda at them.
New Vegas was an epic adventure easily comparable to the classic Fallout 1/2. The world of Deus Ex: HR kept me glued to the chair for almost two weeks. Original DAO was also epic, the world was amazing and it really made me feel like I was there with my party members in the truest rpg sense, the way they were written, animated and voiced set a new standard in role playing.
Hmm, in Russia we have "black ink" and "blue ink" documents, Black ink docs (faxed) are only acceptable for inter-business communications, but for tax/legal purposes faxed documents are not acceptable at all. Only the originals are.
It used to be like in Russia, but the situation generally changed about 4-5 years ago. The shops selling pirated software compilations at every corner disappeared (they might still exist somewhere). I used to pirate games, now I just do not bother, I just pick up the localized Russian version for half the US price at the local mall, it's usually already available at game's launch.
What I was trying to say is that in conflicts like Superpower vs some developing country one side possessing overwhelming air power makes tanks rather irrelevant. But for instance in a hypothetical Russia vs NATO conflict I'm sure we would see some a lot of tank battles.
Just because Wikipedia says something does not make it right. Arab - Israel wars, The first Gulf War, Ethiopia - Eritrea war, Armenia - Azerbaijan war over Nagorny Karabakh, The first Abkhazia Independence war, The South Osettia war, this from memory a list of conflicts that saw tank vs tank action. And I'm sure there are more.
Please... The world was full of 3rd world countries run by American corporations that supplied US market with cheap products produced by slave labour. It was of the main reasons for the national liberation movements that were active all over Africa, Asia and Latin America leading to major decolonization in the 50s and 60s. There was never a golden age like you described.
The reason for outsourcing is not a lack of qualified engineers in the US. I thought we 'd determined that already. And grad students have had it tough in the US for like.. forever?
I do not deal directly with UI code, but I can tell you how it's done in my department. Customers run those silly PCI compliance scans on their installations and run to us all the time telling how these scans discovered vulnerabilities in apache/php/ssl/whatever . We enter new bugs in our system and depending on severity either release an immediate hotfix or schedule for one of the future releases of the Product. If it's not really urgent testing as part of the normal release cycle always takes precedence.
Man, I'd hate to work for Apple tech support. We develop a lot of enterprise products, but in the consumer world are better known for our Apple product. It would seem that Apple has manage to build a market from the most retarded psycho people that rage and threaten to call the Royal Canadian Mounted Police if a dock icon is not round enough.
Please... The same type of monitoring equipment and "deep packet inspection" tech could be found in AT&T Room 641A and probably other places across US. Is there any country that does not spy in it's citizens internet traffic?
You have good intentions but you are still living in the ideal world. It would work just great for a spherical browser in a vacuum.Truth is - if we created 100% standard code it would not work correctly in any browser. And do not mid yourself that Mozilla does not introduce new rendering bugs and regressions in new releases. Since we are not Mozilla and actually have paying customers and support contracts we can't just tell people to fuck off and go on a quest finding a standards complying browser.
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Effect of the American Prohibition is a controversial topic, but statistics about a short lived anti-alcohol campaign in the mid 80's in the Soviet Union show a marked decrease in alcohol related deaths so it was at least partially effective.
I wrote another reply to where I mentioned that some families do cover up their relatives habit but in my experience it's more of an exception. I hope you realize that legalization of the substances would only be part of your "solution". Besides cheap quality controlled state provided drugs he would also need free/price-controlled social housing, food stamps and a monthly allowance, 'cause he sure can't hold a regular 9-5 job. All of this at the same time when people with two engineering degrees live in their cars.
I'm also surprised by attitude towards law enforcement, the "jack boots" have not eradicated murder, theft and rape either but does not mean we should also legalize these undesirable aspects of human nature? Way to improve Police statistics. No crime - no problem.
Is this the PG-13 version? There is no shot of the impact and maybe one shot with two people lying on the ground, not quite the bloody mess with 30+ dead Gosling describes.
Look, the logic of addiction is really simple. It's a medical fact that by the mid stage an addict must take hits several times a day which means he is not able to hold even a basic minimum wage job and having exhausted other possibilities namely lying/beging/stealing from friends and family he has to resort to crime and/or pushing drugs himself. So I do not see how decriminalizing use and possession is gonna help anything. This is what I mean by danger to society, there is no "if there are problems" in it, maybe one person in 1000 is independently wealthy or their family is willing to cover up their habit indefinitely, but in most case even their own mothers won't let them inside the house unsupervised anymore.
What works is: 1) Aggressively go after the junkies. Most of them are also involved in small time drug trade to support their habit. The cut a deal with them to expose their supplier in return for involuntary commitment to a treatment center rather than doing jail time.
2) Establish real treatment centers, not the kind where you one can check out any time. The most important thing is to prevent smuggling of drugs inside and about a month of isolation for the new arrivals. Then slowly re-integrate the addicts into society through work first on-site and then whenever possible real jobs. I'm not a religious person but real life accounts indicate that some religious instruction increases chances of positive outcome. Based on the work of a Russian NGO run by Eugene Roizman a recovery ration of up to 85% can be achieved if this scheme is followed.
And I hope that pot and a few other psychoactive substances that do not turn you into a drooling zombie within a few months can be decriminalized in due time.
Whenever local police force works closely with the populace and aggressively goes after reported street corner pushers, then works with them to expose the suppliers - then it does become much harder for addicts to obtain drugs. Unfortunately law enforcement prefers to announce a few high profile busts a year than continuously work to improve the situation. The other part of the solution - close the damn border with Mexico already! Then maybe remove the remaining codein/pseudoephedrine containing over the counter medicine.
Oh great another legalize theorist. Have you ever even seen a real heroin addict? Nine of ten people can not handle an opiate addiction responsibly without becoming a danger to society.
Just as long as all of the newly legalized heroin/methadon junkies move to your neighborhood. Otherwise narco dealers belong in jail and junkies in special treatment clinics.
I can't believe he is seriously asking this on Slashdot? I got a better suggestion - sabotage whatever employee tracking system you already have, quit and the join other Free Men in protest of NZ government's draconian policies.
You are not getting out of this easily, because he really chased you into the corner with this one. Mohammed cartoons were exactly the same as the youtube videos about a dead girl. Living relatives has nothing to do with it. Would it not be punished by UK law if the was an orphan? Or would you say that his trolling offended her friends, or if she never head any IRL friends may it offended some online acquaintances she played WoW with, and if so how would it be different from offending followers of Islam?
I think it's one thing US does right. One should be allowed to troll dead soldiers funerals with god hates fags messages. And you should not be ashamed or confused by misplaced patriotism to admit that UK is less free because of their lack of free speech protection.
From the video I think they are talking about some new SC game (SC Societies?). And if indeed used to promote Green Tyranny and ridiculous AGW theories than I must fully agree with Fox News conclusion. Let kids be kids and stop showing this Green propaganda at them.
New Vegas was an epic adventure easily comparable to the classic Fallout 1/2. The world of Deus Ex: HR kept me glued to the chair for almost two weeks. Original DAO was also epic, the world was amazing and it really made me feel like I was there with my party members in the truest rpg sense, the way they were written, animated and voiced set a new standard in role playing.
Are you sure neurons are completely replaced too?
Hmm, in Russia we have "black ink" and "blue ink" documents, Black ink docs (faxed) are only acceptable for inter-business communications, but for tax/legal purposes faxed documents are not acceptable at all. Only the originals are.
Nanotubes?
It used to be like in Russia, but the situation generally changed about 4-5 years ago. The shops selling pirated software compilations at every corner disappeared (they might still exist somewhere). I used to pirate games, now I just do not bother, I just pick up the localized Russian version for half the US price at the local mall, it's usually already available at game's launch.
What I was trying to say is that in conflicts like Superpower vs some developing country one side possessing overwhelming air power makes tanks rather irrelevant. But for instance in a hypothetical Russia vs NATO conflict I'm sure we would see some a lot of tank battles.
Are you suggesting that the Dark Lord pirates his database software?
Just because Wikipedia says something does not make it right. Arab - Israel wars, The first Gulf War, Ethiopia - Eritrea war, Armenia - Azerbaijan war over Nagorny Karabakh, The first Abkhazia Independence war, The South Osettia war, this from memory a list of conflicts that saw tank vs tank action. And I'm sure there are more.
Please... The world was full of 3rd world countries run by American corporations that supplied US market with cheap products produced by slave labour. It was of the main reasons for the national liberation movements that were active all over Africa, Asia and Latin America leading to major decolonization in the 50s and 60s. There was never a golden age like you described.
The reason for outsourcing is not a lack of qualified engineers in the US. I thought we 'd determined that already. And grad students have had it tough in the US for like.. forever?
I do not deal directly with UI code, but I can tell you how it's done in my department. Customers run those silly PCI compliance scans on their installations and run to us all the time telling how these scans discovered vulnerabilities in apache/php/ssl/whatever . We enter new bugs in our system and depending on severity either release an immediate hotfix or schedule for one of the future releases of the Product. If it's not really urgent testing as part of the normal release cycle always takes precedence.
Man, I'd hate to work for Apple tech support. We develop a lot of enterprise products, but in the consumer world are better known for our Apple product. It would seem that Apple has manage to build a market from the most retarded psycho people that rage and threaten to call the Royal Canadian Mounted Police if a dock icon is not round enough.
Please... The same type of monitoring equipment and "deep packet inspection" tech could be found in AT&T Room 641A and probably other places across US. Is there any country that does not spy in it's citizens internet traffic?
You have good intentions but you are still living in the ideal world. It would work just great for a spherical browser in a vacuum.Truth is - if we created 100% standard code it would not work correctly in any browser. And do not mid yourself that Mozilla does not introduce new rendering bugs and regressions in new releases. Since we are not Mozilla and actually have paying customers and support contracts we can't just tell people to fuck off and go on a quest finding a standards complying browser.
All of the conditions for an epidemic still exist today in slums around any major African, Asian or Latin American city.