Dude, I highly suggest you read "Under the Banner of Heaven", by Jon Krakauer, for another perspective. The group depicted in the book isn't necessarily representative of the Mormons as a whole, but it's still damn disturbing.
Well, it depends on how powerful of an indoctrination/programming he's been given. Theoretcially, wouldn't it be possible to fsck someone up enough that they don't display any fear response?
Yep, and once again, the real terrorists (who are presumably fanatical enough that they're not afraid to do what they're planning to do) will slip through.
Why is it that tobacco is highly addictive and kills almost every one of its users yet is legal, while marijuana is no more habit forming than orange juice, has never killed anyone (no known overdose amount and no known adverse health effects) yet can get you put in prison?
Because MJ makes you feel content and okay with your life; thus you aren't compelled to recklessly consume and buy stuff to achieve the same effect.
Admittedly I didn't RTFA, but are these scientists saying that the dinosaurs WEREN'T killed by the huge Chixulub asteroid? I thought it had been pretty much established that that was what happened (iridium concentrations at the K-T boundary, 65M-year old impact crater, 70% of other species kicking the bucket at the same time, etc.)
IIRC, it's technically possible to read anything you want (.txt/.pdf, etc.), but you have to pay extra for the right/ability to do so. Which means it's just a matter of time before some kid in Finland figures out how to get the Kindle to do it for free.
why not just have everyone vote one a week from their PCs on the actual issues and skip the (politicians) middle man?
What about the people who don't have PCs, or people who don't have internet connectivity? I know there aren't many of them, but your system disenfranchises them right off the bat.
it will turn of the harddrive as much as possible, and that is the only option, do it or don't do it.
There's gotta be a way to fine-tune it. I'd guess that there is a similar process to the Linux ones discussed above that works for Mac-flavored BSD, although I have no idea what it might be.
At least with a Credit/Debit card reader you know that the germs aren't going to piggyback on the electrons that make and confirm the transfer, y'know?
No, the germs piggyback on your credit card itself, because they've wedged themselves into the slot you swipe your card through. Plus everyone you come within ten feet of in the process of using said card has a good probability of Infecting you. So unless you're going out in a moon suit, you will most likely catch The Disease.
Online transfers are your best bet, provided the delivery guy hasn't been Infected.
Nuh-uh. 'Cause then giving someone a CD will become "unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material."
Come to think of it, couldn't it be considered that already, given a sufficiently evil interpretation of the law?
Consider this: I buy a CD and make an archival copy (legal, because that's fair use.) Then I give the CD to my buddy, who makes an archival copy (legal, because he too has fair use rights.) Then my buddy gives the CD to his girlfriend, who makes an archival copy... Sort of like P2P, just slower. The effect is the same.
Does something like this negate fair use, even if that's not the intent of the gifting process?
"every freeman shall be fined in proportion to his fault; and no fine shall be levied on him to his utter ruin.
The only "freemen" left in this country, the only people who can truly exercise freedom, are the CEOs. So yes, no fine shall be levied on our CEOs to their utter ruin. Can't have that. That would bring America to its knees. Look at all the shady, corrupt businessmen who proverbially get away with murder almost daily.
But as for your typical American citizen, no, we're not free. We haven't been for some time now. So the punishments for ordinary citizens, the little cogs in the great machine, don't have to fit the crime. Sorry to burst your bubble, dude.
Good idea, but seppuku for women is called "jigai" and involves one clean slice across the throat. No evisceration or beheading necessary.
Her lawyer, on the other hand, should commit seppuku for not arguing a better case. Of course, the beheading part involves a second, so the second would also have to kill him/herself to avoid prosecution for murder.
If one ritual suicide in the RIAA office lobby won't give people nightmares, I think one slit throat, one evisceration/beheading, and one gunshot to the head might.
NOTE: I do not, repeat, *not*, condone any of the actions mentioned above. I am speaking theoretically, and last time I checked, that was still legal.
You're absolutely right; OxyContin is illegal without a prescription because it's a Schedule II substance. Marijuana, on the other hand, is on Schedule I, which is where they put drugs that:
# The drug has a high potential for abuse. # The drug has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. # There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug.
(from Wikipedia)
Schedule I drugs are illegal, period, because the government feels that there's no legitimate reason you should be using them. They consider any use of a Schedule I substance a "recreational" use, because in their opinion, you couldn't possibly be using that substance to treat any illness or condition.
Of course, pure THC (aka Marinol) is Schedule II, so you could get a prescription for it if you wanted to. But Marinol is manufactured by the drug companies, whereas you could theoretically grow your own marijuana and cut out the middle-man. Hmmmmm, I'm beginning to see a pattern here...
So is the 2 October jury trial going to be a one-time thing, or will it set some sort of precedent? I mean, once one case goes to jury trial, do all subsequent cases also have to be heard by a jury?
After all, all these cases are pretty much identical:
RIAA: ZOMG PIRACY! YOU GETTIN' SUED, FOO! Plaintiff: Don't sue! Here's some money to make you go away. RIAA: Okay.
(or)
RIAA: ZOMG PIRACY! YOU GETTIN' SUED, FOO! Plaintiff: What? Fsck that! We're going to court! Judge: Court is now in session. RIAA: We're going to drop the case, because our scare tactics have no legal merit.
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Dude, I highly suggest you read "Under the Banner of Heaven", by Jon Krakauer, for another perspective. The group depicted in the book isn't necessarily representative of the Mormons as a whole, but it's still damn disturbing.
Well, it depends on how powerful of an indoctrination/programming he's been given. Theoretcially, wouldn't it be possible to fsck someone up enough that they don't display any fear response?
Yep, and once again, the real terrorists (who are presumably fanatical enough that they're not afraid to do what they're planning to do) will slip through.
Oh well, the US is indigenously now a nation of retards.
I'm a native-born American and most certainly *not* a retard, you ignorant clod!
As a subscriber you are probably not aware that /. has started inserting banner ads after some posts.
That's what those blank spaces originally were?
"Use it correctly and the women flock around you at parties."
... said the poster who spells "grammar" with an E.
Why is it that tobacco is highly addictive and kills almost every one of its users yet is legal, while marijuana is no more habit forming than orange juice, has never killed anyone (no known overdose amount and no known adverse health effects) yet can get you put in prison?
Because MJ makes you feel content and okay with your life; thus you aren't compelled to recklessly consume and buy stuff to achieve the same effect.
Do a search on "Fishkill AMD". Enough said.
I'm pretty sure the plant is supposed to be built in Saratoga County, not Fishkill. That's what all the Albany papers have been saying, anyway.
Are you telling me that destroying medical records is less harmful that marijuana?
The GP isn't. But the US government is.
I can't even imagine what Blu-Ray porn would look like. Can one see every individual skin cell or something?
Admittedly I didn't RTFA, but are these scientists saying that the dinosaurs WEREN'T killed by the huge Chixulub asteroid? I thought it had been pretty much established that that was what happened (iridium concentrations at the K-T boundary, 65M-year old impact crater, 70% of other species kicking the bucket at the same time, etc.)
IIRC, it's technically possible to read anything you want (.txt/.pdf, etc.), but you have to pay extra for the right/ability to do so. Which means it's just a matter of time before some kid in Finland figures out how to get the Kindle to do it for free.
1. God creates dinosaurs
2. God destroys dinosaurs
3. God creates man
4. Man destroys God
5. Man creates dinosaurs
What about the people who don't have PCs, or people who don't have internet connectivity? I know there aren't many of them, but your system disenfranchises them right off the bat.
No, fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!
... was probably because he would have won. Can't have that big of a threat to the Establishment.
There's gotta be a way to fine-tune it. I'd guess that there is a similar process to the Linux ones discussed above that works for Mac-flavored BSD, although I have no idea what it might be.
No, the germs piggyback on your credit card itself, because they've wedged themselves into the slot you swipe your card through. Plus everyone you come within ten feet of in the process of using said card has a good probability of Infecting you. So unless you're going out in a moon suit, you will most likely catch The Disease.
Online transfers are your best bet, provided the delivery guy hasn't been Infected.
I see. This is why I usually don't post before my coffee has kicked in.
Nuh-uh. 'Cause then giving someone a CD will become "unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material."
Come to think of it, couldn't it be considered that already, given a sufficiently evil interpretation of the law?
Consider this: I buy a CD and make an archival copy (legal, because that's fair use.) Then I give the CD to my buddy, who makes an archival copy (legal, because he too has fair use rights.) Then my buddy gives the CD to his girlfriend, who makes an archival copy... Sort of like P2P, just slower. The effect is the same.
Does something like this negate fair use, even if that's not the intent of the gifting process?
The only "freemen" left in this country, the only people who can truly exercise freedom, are the CEOs. So yes, no fine shall be levied on our CEOs to their utter ruin. Can't have that. That would bring America to its knees. Look at all the shady, corrupt businessmen who proverbially get away with murder almost daily.
But as for your typical American citizen, no, we're not free. We haven't been for some time now. So the punishments for ordinary citizens, the little cogs in the great machine, don't have to fit the crime. Sorry to burst your bubble, dude.
Good idea, but seppuku for women is called "jigai" and involves one clean slice across the throat. No evisceration or beheading necessary.
Her lawyer, on the other hand, should commit seppuku for not arguing a better case. Of course, the beheading part involves a second, so the second would also have to kill him/herself to avoid prosecution for murder.
If one ritual suicide in the RIAA office lobby won't give people nightmares, I think one slit throat, one evisceration/beheading, and one gunshot to the head might.
NOTE: I do not, repeat, *not*, condone any of the actions mentioned above. I am speaking theoretically, and last time I checked, that was still legal.
You're absolutely right; OxyContin is illegal without a prescription because it's a Schedule II substance. Marijuana, on the other hand, is on Schedule I, which is where they put drugs that:
# The drug has a high potential for abuse.
# The drug has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
# There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug.
(from Wikipedia)
Schedule I drugs are illegal, period, because the government feels that there's no legitimate reason you should be using them. They consider any use of a Schedule I substance a "recreational" use, because in their opinion, you couldn't possibly be using that substance to treat any illness or condition.
Of course, pure THC (aka Marinol) is Schedule II, so you could get a prescription for it if you wanted to. But Marinol is manufactured by the drug companies, whereas you could theoretically grow your own marijuana and cut out the middle-man. Hmmmmm, I'm beginning to see a pattern here...
So is the 2 October jury trial going to be a one-time thing, or will it set some sort of precedent? I mean, once one case goes to jury trial, do all subsequent cases also have to be heard by a jury?
After all, all these cases are pretty much identical:
RIAA: ZOMG PIRACY! YOU GETTIN' SUED, FOO!
Plaintiff: Don't sue! Here's some money to make you go away.
RIAA: Okay.
(or)
RIAA: ZOMG PIRACY! YOU GETTIN' SUED, FOO!
Plaintiff: What? Fsck that! We're going to court!
Judge: Court is now in session.
RIAA: We're going to drop the case, because our scare tactics have no legal merit.