Pretty insightful for an AC, however... I think We The People Of The United States could be classified as an "insane anti-drug group". As a sentient (?) member of that group, I refuse to panic. (Irregardless of my rational fear of the drunks & tweakers that actually cause problems for us). BTW, I once read one of the (many) conspiracies, which posited that it was Ness, and supporters of the soon-to-be-out-of-work prohibition enforcers, that promoted federal hemp prohibition. Great business model, kinda like an early DHS: nebulous enemy, elusive results; They'll only fail if we restrict their budget or hobble them with constitutional restraints!
GP is +Funny and +Insightful. LMAO Seriously, we need to stop theorizing how something as asinine as hemp prohibition was foisted onto The People, and work out the math of the direct price of drug prohibition enforcement. Joe Six-Pack may be thinking of the children before freedom, but he REALLY hates the hippies with their drug-induced hallucinations of conspiracy &c. Keep it simple: "Prohibition costs too much." & "Let the hippies commit suicide.", should be the slogans, IMHO.
If you throw fresh weed in a paper bag, you should bypass the closet, and put it in the compost. If you don't dry it quickly enough, it turns to unusable mold. I have a friend who damaged quite a bit if his Romulan harvest this year because the buds weren't broken small enough to dry throughout. The horror.
Tobacco curing is a rather more involved process, than drying out pot faster than it can mold. Maybe you shouldn't offer your opinion on subjects you obviously know nothing about.
I don't think it makes sense to arbitrarily felonize a statutory violation of a law based on ignorance and fear. If you want to "think of the children!", then promote some "rational" plan. How about if the cops find someone growing more than five plants, then they uproot the surplus?
Dr. Tod Mikuriya told me that he had done some research for the government (during the Carter years), but when his findings indicated probable therapeutic benefit and lack of harm, the report was suppressed.
"Because the burden of proof is on those that believe that it's harmless rather than those that don't believe it to be safe. Which is just the way that it should be." This is why greasy fast food will never be legal. Which is just the way that it should be.
I am not a historian, but AFAIK cocaine was causing a noticeable problem of manic idiocy amongst some people, and EVEN I think that something needed to be done. Personally, I'd have tried restricting manic idiocy, but the Idiot Lobby is very powerful in government, and prevented a rational solution from being implemented. 'Twas ever thus.
One reason could be commercial influence on the AMA. Statistics would be hard to come by, but the pharmaceutical manufacturers have been unable to isolate a useful extract from the "crude drug". All the actual research has found wide-ranging therapeutic benefits, and tragically, far fewer contraindications than the toxic products which are financially viable. Therefore, the incumbent industry must never allow this product to be allowed a place in the legal market. Others have already pointed out the ONLY other "rational" cause for prohibition, which is the inherent stupidity of our Fearless Leaders. I'm not even going to mention the ecosystem threat that repeal of prohibition poses to our Police-Industrial Complex.
The inconceivability of this is epic. Anthropogenic influence cannot cause irreversible climate change, nor will we ever be rid of the scourge of Passenger Pigeon. Don't overestimate our ability to make things happen.
I, too, have little respect for most of "them" (that means practically any group of humans that you could put a label on). My point, AC, is that the afore-mentioned government programs are far, far from culpable in the epic fail that is passing for democracy in the USA.
The people who complain about "welfare mothers and mass transit" will continue to complain about whatever their leaders tell them that the "problem" is. They are not capable of realization.
Excuse me, seriously, what state is this you live in? In the People's Republic of California, the primary focus of public education is herd training the students into a sheep-like mass who know how to give proper deference to their betters, and if a student has the temerity to call the police they will find that the teacher has friends in low places- ever hear the old student slogan? "Don't tase me, Bro."
I sleep better at night now that I've come to realize that freedom only means free to do The King's bidding, same as always. No need to stay up solving the world's problems, go to sleep.
I'm not yet comfortable with the long-term reliability of the current SSD units, vs: I haven't personally experienced DRAM failure in ten years of hardware use. Certainly the remote NAS is a major part of the solution, as the DRAM partition is categorically unreliable. I don't even know what is "bottle-necking" the process now, the rig he's running is a generic HP, every single bit of it makes for lack. It seemed to me, after I'd addressed the issues of going to 64 bits, and adding a few processor cores, and all the RAM that the budget and new mainboard would allow, &C., that maybe the best place to improve performance is storage I/O. This seemed like the least expensive way to speed it up, but I haven't yet done the math yet and it could need some "more better" engineering.
This looks like an excellent solution for a sound mixer/cd burner box I'm building for a musician friend, studio-quiet and fast. I'm hoping to wow him with the upgrade, from a generic P4 box to an Opteron. Should be a noticeable improvement. Maybe even an ANS9010B, as my friend is typically cheap.
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Pretty insightful for an AC, however... I think We The People Of The United States could be classified as an "insane anti-drug group". As a sentient (?) member of that group, I refuse to panic. (Irregardless of my rational fear of the drunks & tweakers that actually cause problems for us). BTW, I once read one of the (many) conspiracies, which posited that it was Ness, and supporters of the soon-to-be-out-of-work prohibition enforcers, that promoted federal hemp prohibition. Great business model, kinda like an early DHS: nebulous enemy, elusive results; They'll only fail if we restrict their budget or hobble them with constitutional restraints!
GP is +Funny and +Insightful. LMAO
Seriously, we need to stop theorizing how something as asinine as hemp prohibition was foisted onto The People, and work out the math of the direct price of drug prohibition enforcement. Joe Six-Pack may be thinking of the children before freedom, but he REALLY hates the hippies with their drug-induced hallucinations of conspiracy &c. Keep it simple: "Prohibition costs too much." & "Let the hippies commit suicide.", should be the slogans, IMHO.
If you throw fresh weed in a paper bag, you should bypass the closet, and put it in the compost. If you don't dry it quickly enough, it turns to unusable mold. I have a friend who damaged quite a bit if his Romulan harvest this year because the buds weren't broken small enough to dry throughout. The horror.
Tobacco curing is a rather more involved process, than drying out pot faster than it can mold. Maybe you shouldn't offer your opinion on subjects you obviously know nothing about.
I don't think it makes sense to arbitrarily felonize a statutory violation of a law based on ignorance and fear. If you want to "think of the children!", then promote some "rational" plan. How about if the cops find someone growing more than five plants, then they uproot the surplus?
Dr. Tod Mikuriya told me that he had done some research for the government (during the Carter years), but when his findings indicated probable therapeutic benefit and lack of harm, the report was suppressed.
abides.
"Because the burden of proof is on those that believe that it's harmless rather than those that don't believe it to be safe. Which is just the way that it should be."
This is why greasy fast food will never be legal. Which is just the way that it should be.
I am not a historian, but AFAIK cocaine was causing a noticeable problem of manic idiocy amongst some people, and EVEN I think that something needed to be done. Personally, I'd have tried restricting manic idiocy, but the Idiot Lobby is very powerful in government, and prevented a rational solution from being implemented. 'Twas ever thus.
One reason could be commercial influence on the AMA. Statistics would be hard to come by, but the pharmaceutical manufacturers have been unable to isolate a useful extract from the "crude drug". All the actual research has found wide-ranging therapeutic benefits, and tragically, far fewer contraindications than the toxic products which are financially viable. Therefore, the incumbent industry must never allow this product to be allowed a place in the legal market. Others have already pointed out the ONLY other "rational" cause for prohibition, which is the inherent stupidity of our Fearless Leaders. I'm not even going to mention the ecosystem threat that repeal of prohibition poses to our Police-Industrial Complex.
The inconceivability of this is epic. Anthropogenic influence cannot cause irreversible climate change, nor will we ever be rid of the scourge of Passenger Pigeon. Don't overestimate our ability to make things happen.
I can't believe this law is to protect anyone else but "peace officers".
Yes, but THEY don't know any of those, either.
The only way to open IE at the house is in the "run" tab, the wife and kid don't know where that is.
I usually RTFA, but that was heinous. 44 of the worst seconds of my life, and I blame you.
I, too, have little respect for most of "them" (that means practically any group of humans that you could put a label on). My point, AC, is that the afore-mentioned government programs are far, far from culpable in the epic fail that is passing for democracy in the USA.
The people who complain about "welfare mothers and mass transit" will continue to complain about whatever their leaders tell them that the "problem" is. They are not capable of realization.
Legalize it.
IIRC the coupons expire in 90 days and the money goes back in the pot.
Excuse me, seriously, what state is this you live in? In the People's Republic of California, the primary focus of public education is herd training the students into a sheep-like mass who know how to give proper deference to their betters, and if a student has the temerity to call the police they will find that the teacher has friends in low places- ever hear the old student slogan? "Don't tase me, Bro."
I sleep better at night now that I've come to realize that freedom only means free to do The King's bidding, same as always. No need to stay up solving the world's problems, go to sleep.
I'll tell you something different.
You mean the FusionIO {drool} isn't the most expensive thing out there?
I'm not yet comfortable with the long-term reliability of the current SSD units, vs: I haven't personally experienced DRAM failure in ten years of hardware use.
Certainly the remote NAS is a major part of the solution, as the DRAM partition is categorically unreliable.
I don't even know what is "bottle-necking" the process now, the rig he's running is a generic HP, every single bit of it makes for lack. It seemed to me, after I'd addressed the issues of going to 64 bits, and adding a few processor cores, and all the RAM that the budget and new mainboard would allow, &C., that maybe the best place to improve performance is storage I/O. This seemed like the least expensive way to speed it up, but I haven't yet done the math yet and it could need some "more better" engineering.
This looks like an excellent solution for a sound mixer/cd burner box I'm building for a musician friend, studio-quiet and fast. I'm hoping to wow him with the upgrade, from a generic P4 box to an Opteron. Should be a noticeable improvement. Maybe even an ANS9010B, as my friend is typically cheap.