THC (and its metabolites, which are what is actually being tested for in a urine test)
So, the solution is to develop a test for THC itself, not the metabolites. The metabolite test may still be valid to answer the question "do you or have you recently smoked" for employment purposes or whatever. But for impairment, the test needs to measure THC itself (the stuff that is actually getting you stoned).
The logical equivalent to a THC metabolite test for alcohol use would be to cite people for having a beer gut. That's not going to happen.
On the other hand, its an indicator to look for an underlying cause. It could be that stoners have such a drive to get stoned that simply having some in the car motivates them to get home fast where they can light up. So, it caused the wreck.
Reason for contacting you is you appear to have difficulty maintaining a marked lane, and your traveling at an excessive speed.
What about too slow?
Many experienced drinkers realize that they are impaired and attempt to drive slowly. Which isn't a bad thing by itself given reduced reaction times. With pot, its more a problem of an inability to focus on the task at hand (something catches a stoner's attention and they fixate on it). Whether slowing down is intentional or an automatic response to their condition (notice how drivers using cell phones/texting slow down as well) it can signal some sort of impairment or distraction.
... isn't the same as impairment. That could last days, or even weeks.
Sorry, but its too soon to jump from illegal to drive stoned whenever you feel like it. Most (non problem) drinkers know that their drug of choice fucks them up. And its time to call a cab after a session at the bar. Society can live with that.
The biggest problem I can see with pot is ability to distort the thinking processes of users to justify their behavior under any circumstances. Stupid stoners I can tolerate. Stupid stoners that think they are the most clever and perceptive person in the world are dangerous.
Remember this: The people around you are laughing at you, not with you.
Distribution of ideas? Then why are patent claims written in some bizarre legalese that makes them difficult, if not impossible, to parse or search.
The patent application system is a game where the 'inventor' tries to write claims as generally as possible. This captures the maximum amount of 'idea space' while skirting, or just paraphrasing prior art. Or making something trivial sound like a major breakthrough. Furthermore, if you want an opinion as to whether your idea infringes on some other patents, you've got to get dragged into court
Think of patents as if they were property titles. When you develop something and want to apply for your own patent you (or someone else) does a patent search. When you buy a house, you do a title search. In both cases, the object is to ensure that you can obtain clear title to your house/invention. But, in the real estate case, the people doing title searches will back up their finding with title insurance. No such thing exists in the patent field because it is, by design, a minefield.
... of the US political process is now complete. Once this passes into law, the suite of financial products needed to buy and sell campaigns and candidates is complete.
Thankfully, after the mortgage security collapse, the next target was going to be health and life insurance (think of me shorting your grandpa). But Obamacare drove a coffin nail into that plan. So give them something to trade that was already being bought and sold under the table anyway. At least now we'll be able to see the movements of the big players on the stock ticker.
Champagne must come from the Champagne region of France. Parmesan (Parmigiano-Reggiano) must be produced in a limited number of Italian provinces. There are other examples of such branding that convey the quality and source of various products. If this is what they are after, I'm fine with it.
But if the goal is to sell a particular brand name associated with a region or culture to a corporation for their use on any old product, forget it. I'm not in favor of some growers commoditizing their reputation.
Depends on the circumstances (and jurisdiction). The 'proven murderer' isn't the key*. What is important is whether you reasonably felt your life or property (or those of a bystander) to be in immediate jeopardy. If so, open fire, or take whatever measures are necessary to stop the threat. It tends to work out fine in most places in the USA.
*You can't reasonably be expected to know an attacker's state of mind or criminal history.
The editor should provide facilities for content markup. Wikipedia should have a stylesheet that applies the proper style to each content class. The biggest headache I've ever encountered in collaborative authoring environments is where one primadonna insists that something absolutely has to be done with his favorite font/color/whatever.
Where it is justified to format some content in a specific way, a process needs to be adopted to submit that requirement as a change request to the 'owners' of the style guide for adoption.
Actually, given net metering and variable rate time of day metering, it might be economical to charge your batteries at night (low power rates) and sell that back to the utility during peak periods (high rates). One would have to work out the economics. And be willing to live with the deleterious health effects of a smart meter, of course.
The best solution would be to install a battery system at the site of each wind turbine, making the control of the battery charge/discharge algorithm tightly coupled to instantaneous wind power output to fill in the gaps.
Not sure, but if its generating capacity is 67 HP, that's about 50 kW.
That's peak. Something like a Prius probably consumes about 15 Hp cruising on the highway. So that's what its cooling system will be sized for. That's not bad, from a standby power point of view. It will provide adequate emergency power for a household (without electric hot water, air conditioning, etc). Just don't get carried away with the marketing numbers or you'll melt the motor.
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Come on now. We've known how to run V8 engines on 7 or even 6 cylinders for years now. Certainly this technology must be in the public domain by now.
I have a demonstration unit I would be happy to part with for a mere $100K.
THC (and its metabolites, which are what is actually being tested for in a urine test)
So, the solution is to develop a test for THC itself, not the metabolites. The metabolite test may still be valid to answer the question "do you or have you recently smoked" for employment purposes or whatever. But for impairment, the test needs to measure THC itself (the stuff that is actually getting you stoned).
The logical equivalent to a THC metabolite test for alcohol use would be to cite people for having a beer gut. That's not going to happen.
Correlation != causation.
On the other hand, its an indicator to look for an underlying cause. It could be that stoners have such a drive to get stoned that simply having some in the car motivates them to get home fast where they can light up. So, it caused the wreck.
Reason for contacting you is you appear to have difficulty maintaining a marked lane, and your traveling at an excessive speed.
What about too slow?
Many experienced drinkers realize that they are impaired and attempt to drive slowly. Which isn't a bad thing by itself given reduced reaction times. With pot, its more a problem of an inability to focus on the task at hand (something catches a stoner's attention and they fixate on it). Whether slowing down is intentional or an automatic response to their condition (notice how drivers using cell phones/texting slow down as well) it can signal some sort of impairment or distraction.
Sorry, but its too soon to jump from illegal to drive stoned whenever you feel like it. Most (non problem) drinkers know that their drug of choice fucks them up. And its time to call a cab after a session at the bar. Society can live with that.
The biggest problem I can see with pot is ability to distort the thinking processes of users to justify their behavior under any circumstances. Stupid stoners I can tolerate. Stupid stoners that think they are the most clever and perceptive person in the world are dangerous.
Remember this: The people around you are laughing at you, not with you.
So millions of acres of Northern Canada and Siberia become suitable for farming. That sounds like a good thing.
There's quite a bit of land currently unusable due to permafrost.
I don't see either of those. The printing is too small.
Now get off my lawn, kid!
I can imagine Professor Farnsworth muttering darkly about those morons back in the 21st century and all their stupid shortcuts.
Distribution of ideas? Then why are patent claims written in some bizarre legalese that makes them difficult, if not impossible, to parse or search.
The patent application system is a game where the 'inventor' tries to write claims as generally as possible. This captures the maximum amount of 'idea space' while skirting, or just paraphrasing prior art. Or making something trivial sound like a major breakthrough. Furthermore, if you want an opinion as to whether your idea infringes on some other patents, you've got to get dragged into court
Think of patents as if they were property titles. When you develop something and want to apply for your own patent you (or someone else) does a patent search. When you buy a house, you do a title search. In both cases, the object is to ensure that you can obtain clear title to your house/invention. But, in the real estate case, the people doing title searches will back up their finding with title insurance. No such thing exists in the patent field because it is, by design, a minefield.
Patent Infringement Insurance
The patent system will become 'sane' when searches can be done, the risk of error quantified, and it is made low enough to be insurable.
Trust the computer industry to shorten the term "Year 2000" to Y2K.
It was this kind of thinking that got them in trouble in the first place.
Or just miss someone with a bigger laser and better aim.
So, what is the best drone load?
I prefer to think of it as hiding my secret identity.
Anything you do in sight of your webcam you would rather not have posted?
Woo hoo!!! They fixed camera support in Linux!!!
Tomorrow, the desktop! It was inevitable!
Thankfully, after the mortgage security collapse, the next target was going to be health and life insurance (think of me shorting your grandpa). But Obamacare drove a coffin nail into that plan. So give them something to trade that was already being bought and sold under the table anyway. At least now we'll be able to see the movements of the big players on the stock ticker.
Champagne must come from the Champagne region of France. Parmesan (Parmigiano-Reggiano) must be produced in a limited number of Italian provinces. There are other examples of such branding that convey the quality and source of various products. If this is what they are after, I'm fine with it.
But if the goal is to sell a particular brand name associated with a region or culture to a corporation for their use on any old product, forget it. I'm not in favor of some growers commoditizing their reputation.
Depends on the circumstances (and jurisdiction). The 'proven murderer' isn't the key*. What is important is whether you reasonably felt your life or property (or those of a bystander) to be in immediate jeopardy. If so, open fire, or take whatever measures are necessary to stop the threat. It tends to work out fine in most places in the USA.
*You can't reasonably be expected to know an attacker's state of mind or criminal history.
Terrorists aren't stupid. When the profile about wearing a Casio F91W became public knowledge, they switched to Patek Philippe.
The editor should provide facilities for content markup. Wikipedia should have a stylesheet that applies the proper style to each content class. The biggest headache I've ever encountered in collaborative authoring environments is where one primadonna insists that something absolutely has to be done with his favorite font/color/whatever.
Where it is justified to format some content in a specific way, a process needs to be adopted to submit that requirement as a change request to the 'owners' of the style guide for adoption.
Some evidence suggests that it is developed. Specifically, studies of London cabbies' brains.
Your house uses more than 10kw? I really have to ask, what the heck are you doing??
Grow lamps, dude!
Actually, given net metering and variable rate time of day metering, it might be economical to charge your batteries at night (low power rates) and sell that back to the utility during peak periods (high rates). One would have to work out the economics. And be willing to live with the deleterious health effects of a smart meter, of course.
The best solution would be to install a battery system at the site of each wind turbine, making the control of the battery charge/discharge algorithm tightly coupled to instantaneous wind power output to fill in the gaps.
Not sure, but if its generating capacity is 67 HP, that's about 50 kW.
That's peak. Something like a Prius probably consumes about 15 Hp cruising on the highway. So that's what its cooling system will be sized for. That's not bad, from a standby power point of view. It will provide adequate emergency power for a household (without electric hot water, air conditioning, etc). Just don't get carried away with the marketing numbers or you'll melt the motor.