THC binds to fat cells. People who smoked a LOT have gone into rehab and gotten into trouble for testing positive for THC after exercising. They thought these people were sneaking in pot, but were actually just burning their fat cells. Rehab-ers have also reported high feelings after exercising.
That's why you cook marijuana into butter to make brownies, because THC is fat soluable (whereas alcohol is water soluable and gets flushed out of your system much quicker).
So I don't know how much I agree to your first claim since it would make my Drug and Alcohol Abuse course irrelevant, but I agree with everything else you're saying.
So you have a law phrased in several different ways so that everyone understands... what do you do if there is ambiguity between phrasings?
Nothing's ever going to be perfect and eternal. Things and language are changing all the time, and there's always going to be something that somebody never thought of. You can keep adding words and sentences and specifics until your face turns blue, but the law will still have uncharted territory - maybe not today, but eventually.
Think of it this way: Was the Windows API perfect when Windows 3.1 hit the shelves? No. They've added functions and parameters, which most likely were not needed at the time of its original creation.
It's still used in some products that may or may not be available in your area for a premium. Frito-Lays uses it under their "Light" branding. Usually costs 1.3 to 2x as much as the "full fat" version, but really... I think it's worth being able to down a Pringles can in an hour, don't you?
p.s. the anal leakage nonsense was blown out of proportion
Step 1: Don't scare her away. Step 2: Slowly introduce your nerdy side. Maybe she'll like it, maybe she won't.
Following step 1 does not cede mediocrity, good sir. Just like you're afraid of confrontation, you can slowly get used to it and learn to enjoy it without being any less of a geek.
I personally think territories are worse off if they are not taken over. If we annexed, say, Mexico, we would have to afford Mexicans the same rights, wages, and quality of living as United States citizens. We'd also have to deal with uprisings and things of that sort. This is the type of thing that the British Empire had to deal with.
By not annexing, we can more effectively utilize (or abuse) the people and territory, since it is self-contained and self-controlled, and since we are not responsible for their welfare.
1. Let's say you're addicted to a certain facet of the internet, such as porn, MMORPG, ebay, whatever. If you're an alcohol addict but you primarily spend all of your money on Bacardi Rum, does that make you a Bacardi addict?
2. I think the root of the issue is that people are addicted to the interconnectedness, the constant flow of information, the need to be 'in' on something because you feel like you'd be missing out, whether it's a WoW raid or usenet discussion, it's all a symptom of the 'inter'-net.
3. Also, internet addiction can be measured in time better than money... and time equals money. If you're addicted to the internet, and you're constantly using it at work, you are essentially jeopardizing your source of income... which may as well equal careless purchasing without thought of reprecussion.
I believe there is somewhat of a bell curve showing how easy it is to get free music (factoring in the value of the quality of the free music) vs how it affects sales.
I believe that by exerting pressure, the RIAA keeps that ratio at the top of the bell curve. If getting free music were as easy as, say, iTunes, then sales would be 0. If it were virtually impossible to get free music (including off the radio and television), then sales would be 0.
What most people fail to realize is that piracy is another form of marketing. A FREE and DANGEROUS form of advertising. On the one hand, you want people to have a free sample of the goods, but on the other, you don't want them to sample the whole thing for free because then you would have no business model.
Duh. Native Americans did not have the technology to kill arabs.
However, I'm sure that in a different universe, there are Islamic extremists who are suicide bombing canoes and tipis, and deerskin pouches being checked for explosive glass beads. Also, intercontinental ballistic arrowheads (ICBAs) aimed at Baghdad and a hell of a lot of turban trophies with scalp attached...
And I suppose they'd consider the extinction of dinosaurs as 'de-evolution' of the earth as well, since it killed off all of the larger life forms and left smaller ones to thrive...
1. If Hezbollah has a "popular grassroots backing", then the innocent civilians aren't so innocent. 2. If 1 is not true, then the innocent civilians should a. not have voted for Hezbollah and b. aided in the removal of Hezbollah before it got this bad.
In other words... If the military branch of Hezbollah really represents the people of Lebanon, then they should be labeled as the Lebanese military and any action taken by them should be seen as action from the sovereign state of Lebanon. If the military branch of Hezbollah does not represent the people of Lebanon, then they should be labeled as an enemy of the Lebanese government, and the Lebanese government should request help in extracting them.
There is no acceptable middle ground. Israel is playing by the rules that the entire world plays by- its military wears uniforms, and the military's actions are clearly actions of the Israeli government (and by proxy, the Israeli people). Those are the fair rules. Groups like Hezbollah merely hide behind semantics so that nobody can be held accountable. The Israeli government has a responsibility to make sure that its civilians are safe, and part of this responsiblity is to deter violent foreign actions.
By all means, if anybody can think of a better way for Israel to accomplish this goal, then they should speak up. Diplomacy doesn't work, since these militant groups have no backing for their deals. There is no incentive for them to keep their end since they aren't "responsible" for any civilian population. Israel stopped its occupation of Lebanon, but now the militants aren't satisfied with that peace deal anymore... They'll always find new reasons to attack, and they don't face the consequences of a nation-backed military.
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THC binds to fat cells. People who smoked a LOT have gone into rehab and gotten into trouble for testing positive for THC after exercising. They thought these people were sneaking in pot, but were actually just burning their fat cells. Rehab-ers have also reported high feelings after exercising.
That's why you cook marijuana into butter to make brownies, because THC is fat soluable (whereas alcohol is water soluable and gets flushed out of your system much quicker).
So I don't know how much I agree to your first claim since it would make my Drug and Alcohol Abuse course irrelevant, but I agree with everything else you're saying.
So you have a law phrased in several different ways so that everyone understands... what do you do if there is ambiguity between phrasings?
a ctions.html ), since language is just an abstract way of communicating our thoughts.
Nothing's ever going to be perfect and eternal. Things and language are changing all the time, and there's always going to be something that somebody never thought of. You can keep adding words and sentences and specifics until your face turns blue, but the law will still have uncharted territory - maybe not today, but eventually.
The nature of this conversation reminds me of The Law of Leaky Abstractions ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstr
Think of it this way: Was the Windows API perfect when Windows 3.1 hit the shelves? No. They've added functions and parameters, which most likely were not needed at the time of its original creation.
Currently, food populations that are produced by cloning are incredibly susceptible to disease. See bananas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
I really don't like the idea of cloning cows for food.
It's still used in some products that may or may not be available in your area for a premium. Frito-Lays uses it under their "Light" branding. Usually costs 1.3 to 2x as much as the "full fat" version, but really... I think it's worth being able to down a Pringles can in an hour, don't you?
p.s. the anal leakage nonsense was blown out of proportion
Step 1: Don't scare her away.
Step 2: Slowly introduce your nerdy side. Maybe she'll like it, maybe she won't.
Following step 1 does not cede mediocrity, good sir. Just like you're afraid of confrontation, you can slowly get used to it and learn to enjoy it without being any less of a geek.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say Microsoft didn't remove Yahoo's toolbar to avoid anti-trust alligations?
At first I read that as "dwarfblowing" and I laughed.
This post is awesome. I don't quite understand why, but it is.
I personally think territories are worse off if they are not taken over. If we annexed, say, Mexico, we would have to afford Mexicans the same rights, wages, and quality of living as United States citizens. We'd also have to deal with uprisings and things of that sort. This is the type of thing that the British Empire had to deal with.
By not annexing, we can more effectively utilize (or abuse) the people and territory, since it is self-contained and self-controlled, and since we are not responsible for their welfare.
I have three possible counter arguments.
1. Let's say you're addicted to a certain facet of the internet, such as porn, MMORPG, ebay, whatever. If you're an alcohol addict but you primarily spend all of your money on Bacardi Rum, does that make you a Bacardi addict?
2. I think the root of the issue is that people are addicted to the interconnectedness, the constant flow of information, the need to be 'in' on something because you feel like you'd be missing out, whether it's a WoW raid or usenet discussion, it's all a symptom of the 'inter'-net.
3. Also, internet addiction can be measured in time better than money... and time equals money. If you're addicted to the internet, and you're constantly using it at work, you are essentially jeopardizing your source of income... which may as well equal careless purchasing without thought of reprecussion.
That sounds simply fantastic.
Unfortunately, the most enjoyable objects would not want to sponsor a violent game... like Gerber or Huggies.
1. Get a job
2. Use your employer's printer whenever you need to print something
3. Save yourself the frustration
4. Profit!
You, sir, suck at the inter-web.
I would mod you insightful if I could, Mr. Anonymous Coward.
... and Maxis. ... I would kill for an updated SimAnt
But at least we have The Sims with its 5000000 expansion packs.
I believe there is somewhat of a bell curve showing how easy it is to get free music (factoring in the value of the quality of the free music) vs how it affects sales.
I believe that by exerting pressure, the RIAA keeps that ratio at the top of the bell curve. If getting free music were as easy as, say, iTunes, then sales would be 0. If it were virtually impossible to get free music (including off the radio and television), then sales would be 0.
What most people fail to realize is that piracy is another form of marketing. A FREE and DANGEROUS form of advertising. On the one hand, you want people to have a free sample of the goods, but on the other, you don't want them to sample the whole thing for free because then you would have no business model.
Duh. Native Americans did not have the technology to kill arabs.
However, I'm sure that in a different universe, there are Islamic extremists who are suicide bombing canoes and tipis, and deerskin pouches being checked for explosive glass beads. Also, intercontinental ballistic arrowheads (ICBAs) aimed at Baghdad and a hell of a lot of turban trophies with scalp attached...
Oh come now, it still uses GTK 1.0, which has, quite possibly, the suckiest open file dialog in the world.
Set off an EMP blast to take out all of his electronics!! If you're lucky, it'll take out the Mosquito, his hearing aids, and his pacemaker!
And I suppose they'd consider the extinction of dinosaurs as 'de-evolution' of the earth as well, since it killed off all of the larger life forms and left smaller ones to thrive...
They'll act like it's some new technology...
"This is like no other pirate application we have seen before!!!"
Chitosan is also considered to be a miracle diet supplement which absorbs fat and suppresses hunger... ... take that with a grain of salt.
http://drumlib.com/dp/000026.htm
Someday, we'll have really fat terrorists because of this.
1. If Hezbollah has a "popular grassroots backing", then the innocent civilians aren't so innocent.
2. If 1 is not true, then the innocent civilians should a. not have voted for Hezbollah and b. aided in the removal of Hezbollah before it got this bad.
In other words...
If the military branch of Hezbollah really represents the people of Lebanon, then they should be labeled as the Lebanese military and any action taken by them should be seen as action from the sovereign state of Lebanon.
If the military branch of Hezbollah does not represent the people of Lebanon, then they should be labeled as an enemy of the Lebanese government, and the Lebanese government should request help in extracting them.
There is no acceptable middle ground. Israel is playing by the rules that the entire world plays by- its military wears uniforms, and the military's actions are clearly actions of the Israeli government (and by proxy, the Israeli people). Those are the fair rules. Groups like Hezbollah merely hide behind semantics so that nobody can be held accountable. The Israeli government has a responsibility to make sure that its civilians are safe, and part of this responsiblity is to deter violent foreign actions.
By all means, if anybody can think of a better way for Israel to accomplish this goal, then they should speak up. Diplomacy doesn't work, since these militant groups have no backing for their deals. There is no incentive for them to keep their end since they aren't "responsible" for any civilian population. Israel stopped its occupation of Lebanon, but now the militants aren't satisfied with that peace deal anymore... They'll always find new reasons to attack, and they don't face the consequences of a nation-backed military.
What about a porn star named "Optimus Prime"?
I was lucky enough to be invited to the release party at the Orpheum. It was amazing. The game was pretty fun to play, too.