Still doesn't know what pro bono is, still doesn't know that lawyers will take a case for free (and in many times, class actions are handled pro bono.)
You didn't ask a question on the topic of previous questions, you were trying to be a smartass and imply I'm poor. Nobody's fooled by your bullshit.
"When in US history has the government been taken over by rogue elements?"
Did you even take history in High School? Go look up General Smedley Butler.
"In these cases did an Armed Citizenry actually stop said rogue elements?"
Military counts as armed citizenry (as they are citizens) so yes, they did.
Too bad the citizens of today seem to be all too ignorant about how the Bush family tried overthrowing our government, and this fucking time around, they let the Bush family win.
Mostly because of ignorant people such as yourself.
"I can't help noticing that you don't seem to be helping the world right this second."
Speak for yourself.
"Why are you posting on Slashdot when you could be affecting change for some of the real, substantial problems we have in this world?"
Because all of the problems I deal with are handled by computer. Gotta love being able to ensure a country's food production half-naked in my living room, while designing prototypes at the same time. What the fuck are YOU doing to solve some of the more pressing problems?
"And LED is only capable of transmitting a single channel,"
Umm, we've got multi-path LED-laser arrays, multi-wavelength, that are so tiny you could couple one to a 2mm fiber.
And because they're not in a wavelength that will actually hurt the plastic transmission medium, no yellowing over time, as long as the fiber is underground and properly protected.
"Consumer Reports calls extended warranties 'money down the drain,' and as a tech journalist and owner of myriad gadgets — none of which have ever conked out or cracked up during the original warranty period — that was always my attitude too."
Looks like Consumer Reports and this supposed 'tech journalist' (aka shill) have lost it. Hey guys, ever hear of Hewlett Packard? No? How about Dell? No?
Or maybe you have, but you got a non-consumer version of something they paid your ass to shill.
Speaking as a former repair tech, those extended warranties are a GOOD thing for you, because half the time, you aren't going to get your warranty honored in the first place unless you've paid for it, even if your failed device is still within the original 1 year warranty period. Apple, HP, Dell, and many others are very guilty of this. This is how they get stupid people to keep spending more money, by making the product crappy and by not honoring their legal obligations, in the hopes that the consumer is too stupid and too broke to try finding a lawyer or filing suit.
Uh, no my point is still quite perfectly valid. It's your ignorance that's making you try to segue out of being made a fool out of - AGAIN. You tried to ask a smartass question like 'How can you even afford lawyers?' and got your ass smacked down really quickly.
You still have no clue what networking is. You clearly demonstrated it. Not only is my point valid but you made yourself look a fool.
You demonstrate some pretty amusing ignorance of how the legal system works.
Go learn what pro bono means, and how it relates to class-action lawsuits.
Give you a hint: Most class-action suits are handled FREE by lawyers. All you do is walk up to them with a good case (or in my case, the lawyer hears about my issues through Slashdot) and if they think they've got a winning chance, they take it.
I've provided this law firm with several cases, all of them settled in our favor. I get my legal services for free as payment, much like other companies provide me equipment for free as payment for testing their products and telling them how to improve them.
You should probably leave your basement and venture out into the real world, sometime. Pick up a passport and maybe travel around the world like I have.
Yea, really. I sued EA for pretty much this exact same thing, except the hidden unmentioned software was SecuROM and it fucked with my GPU to where it would no longer recognize my 32" LCD as a 16:9 1080p monitor. A windows install didn't repair it, a re-flashing of the firmware fixed it, about a year after the lawsuit got settled.
"Your problems with your video card do not come from them. If you care about longevity and reliability, you need to stop overclocking your GPU and follow the manufacturer's instructions."
Oh, yea? Is that why I sued EA for this exact same thing, forced them into settlement/bankruptcy?
Got some news for you...
If you're an EE, you're a pretty shitty one to not know that tons of GPUs use the world's shittiest urethane thermal transfer pads. Even without overclocking, they eventually lose that contact and begin the slow march to heat death. Especially in things like HP laptops and cheaper-grade discrete GPUs.
" In fact it boggles the mind to consider exactly what sort of evidence you think would prove that a trichrome is an absolute requirement for THC synthesis"
Because we've tried this in other plants, from citrus trees to mints, and it failed because of the lacking physical structures necessary for everything to occur.
The trichome is ESSENTIAL. Just like a chemical factory - you can have all the raw materials you need to make your desired material, but without the equipment to process it, it's fucking useless.
" You can't, because the aromatic prenyltransferase that starts it all"
THC isn't even produced by anything related to that.
Oh shit, you misconstrued the formation of terpenes and flavinoids as that linked to THC-A production!
Protip: Those are primarily produced in the floral tissues. THC cannabinoid chems are almost entirely relegated to trichomes, with surface capitates composing the concentation in the floral and other tissues.
No need to cite anything when the most simple Google search for UVB Cannabis Lydon proves you wrong.
"Please, the enzymes that synthesize THC have only been known for a couple years now"
Maybe in the USA where you're all ignorant and slaves, yes. The rest of the real free world has known about the enzymes and learned that the trichome is a special structure REQUIRED for proper production, for at least ten years.
" You don't even understand the 30 year old research you're referring to."
I did work with Lydon in 2004, and as such, I know it far better than you ever will. I worked with him again in 2009 while designing LED lights for drug-type cannabis plants, which is now in use by the company that manufactures Sativex (as in their pot crop grows under my technology.)
You can kiss my ass, I know far more than you ever will on this subject, case closed.
"The pesticides are not actually used on or near crops normally pollinated by bees."
Bullshit. All over California, citrus crops are sprayed regularly with neonicotinoid pesticides. During my contract work with the state, I applied pesticides within a few miles of apiaries.
They don't give two fucks. They're too worried about trying to contain the asian citrus psyllid to think about anything else.
"You can add all the UV to your grow room you want. It will make the pot stink a lot more but do little or nothing to the potency. "
You're wrong and John Lydon proved this back in the 80s (1987 in fact)
Until you hold his credentials, you're not making any sort of convincing argument.
It's a specific range of UV, specifically 290nm UV-B. Black lights aren't that high-energy, stuck at UV-A wavelengths.
Whoops, good job failing basic research. Even better job failing to see research that was tested and proven almost 30 years ago, in the department of botany in Maryland.
Stupid stoners don't understand this because nobody on cannabis forums has half a fucking clue.
THC-A and THC-V is present in all tissues. It's not Delta-9 (or other variants) THC until decarboxylation where you strip off a carboxyl group. In nature, that happens mostly in the trichome, where UV radiation is the high-energy force needed to do that without the human application of heat.
No, you need certain structures as well. hose trichomes play a very important role in THC production by their very structure alone. The purpose of the trichome is to protect developing seeds from UV-induced damage. THC and other cannabinoids act as a natural sunscreen for cannabis. This is born out by experiments performed by John Lydon back in the late '80s, whereupon he irradiated cannabis indica and sativa with UV radiation and noticed that THC production increased almost linearly with the exposure to UV radiation, most notably UV-B.
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Still doesn't know what pro bono is, still doesn't know that lawyers will take a case for free (and in many times, class actions are handled pro bono.)
You didn't ask a question on the topic of previous questions, you were trying to be a smartass and imply I'm poor. Nobody's fooled by your bullshit.
"If the Shit hits the fan it won't matter which guns are legal. What'll matter is what people who can make bombs do."
Nope. All it takes is a few well-placed bullets in the head of the leadership, and the rest of the structure will fall. No bombs necessary.
One good sniper with a small bit of ammunition is all it takes.
"When in US history has the government been taken over by rogue elements?"
Did you even take history in High School? Go look up General Smedley Butler.
"In these cases did an Armed Citizenry actually stop said rogue elements?"
Military counts as armed citizenry (as they are citizens) so yes, they did.
Too bad the citizens of today seem to be all too ignorant about how the Bush family tried overthrowing our government, and this fucking time around, they let the Bush family win.
Mostly because of ignorant people such as yourself.
"I can't help noticing that you don't seem to be helping the world right this second."
Speak for yourself.
"Why are you posting on Slashdot when you could be affecting change for some of the real, substantial problems we have in this world?"
Because all of the problems I deal with are handled by computer. Gotta love being able to ensure a country's food production half-naked in my living room, while designing prototypes at the same time. What the fuck are YOU doing to solve some of the more pressing problems?
Oh, nothing, you're posting on Slashdot.
"And LED is only capable of transmitting a single channel,"
Umm, we've got multi-path LED-laser arrays, multi-wavelength, that are so tiny you could couple one to a 2mm fiber.
And because they're not in a wavelength that will actually hurt the plastic transmission medium, no yellowing over time, as long as the fiber is underground and properly protected.
" and using lasers instead of LED"
Boy do I have some news for you. Pretty much every Laser in use today that isn't a gas laser is based right off an LED.
Source: I make LED and solid-state laser equipment.
"Consumer Reports calls extended warranties 'money down the drain,' and as a tech journalist and owner of myriad gadgets — none of which have ever conked out or cracked up during the original warranty period — that was always my attitude too."
Looks like Consumer Reports and this supposed 'tech journalist' (aka shill) have lost it. Hey guys, ever hear of Hewlett Packard? No? How about Dell? No?
Or maybe you have, but you got a non-consumer version of something they paid your ass to shill.
Speaking as a former repair tech, those extended warranties are a GOOD thing for you, because half the time, you aren't going to get your warranty honored in the first place unless you've paid for it, even if your failed device is still within the original 1 year warranty period. Apple, HP, Dell, and many others are very guilty of this. This is how they get stupid people to keep spending more money, by making the product crappy and by not honoring their legal obligations, in the hopes that the consumer is too stupid and too broke to try finding a lawyer or filing suit.
Uh, no my point is still quite perfectly valid. It's your ignorance that's making you try to segue out of being made a fool out of - AGAIN. You tried to ask a smartass question like 'How can you even afford lawyers?' and got your ass smacked down really quickly.
You still have no clue what networking is. You clearly demonstrated it. Not only is my point valid but you made yourself look a fool.
You demonstrate some pretty amusing ignorance of how the legal system works.
Go learn what pro bono means, and how it relates to class-action lawsuits.
Give you a hint: Most class-action suits are handled FREE by lawyers. All you do is walk up to them with a good case (or in my case, the lawyer hears about my issues through Slashdot) and if they think they've got a winning chance, they take it.
I've provided this law firm with several cases, all of them settled in our favor. I get my legal services for free as payment, much like other companies provide me equipment for free as payment for testing their products and telling them how to improve them.
You should probably leave your basement and venture out into the real world, sometime. Pick up a passport and maybe travel around the world like I have.
>Doesn't know how networking works
Uh, no. My former boss got his leave paid. Riverside, California, here.
Yea, really. I sued EA for pretty much this exact same thing, except the hidden unmentioned software was SecuROM and it fucked with my GPU to where it would no longer recognize my 32" LCD as a 16:9 1080p monitor. A windows install didn't repair it, a re-flashing of the firmware fixed it, about a year after the lawsuit got settled.
"Your problems with your video card do not come from them. If you care about longevity and reliability, you need to stop overclocking your GPU and follow the manufacturer's instructions."
Oh, yea? Is that why I sued EA for this exact same thing, forced them into settlement/bankruptcy?
Got some news for you...
If you're an EE, you're a pretty shitty one to not know that tons of GPUs use the world's shittiest urethane thermal transfer pads. Even without overclocking, they eventually lose that contact and begin the slow march to heat death. Especially in things like HP laptops and cheaper-grade discrete GPUs.
"The software did what it said on the tin but it also did something else without advertising this fact to the users."
And I sued the fuck out of EA for the EXACT SAME THING.
Looks like ESEA needs a visit from my legal team.
" In fact it boggles the mind to consider exactly what sort of evidence you think would prove that a trichrome is an absolute requirement for THC synthesis"
Because we've tried this in other plants, from citrus trees to mints, and it failed because of the lacking physical structures necessary for everything to occur.
The trichome is ESSENTIAL. Just like a chemical factory - you can have all the raw materials you need to make your desired material, but without the equipment to process it, it's fucking useless.
" You can't, because the aromatic prenyltransferase that starts it all"
THC isn't even produced by anything related to that.
Oh shit, you misconstrued the formation of terpenes and flavinoids as that linked to THC-A production!
Protip: Those are primarily produced in the floral tissues. THC cannabinoid chems are almost entirely relegated to trichomes, with surface capitates composing the concentation in the floral and other tissues.
No need to cite anything when the most simple Google search for UVB Cannabis Lydon proves you wrong.
Good day.
"Please, the enzymes that synthesize THC have only been known for a couple years now"
Maybe in the USA where you're all ignorant and slaves, yes. The rest of the real free world has known about the enzymes and learned that the trichome is a special structure REQUIRED for proper production, for at least ten years.
" You don't even understand the 30 year old research you're referring to."
I did work with Lydon in 2004, and as such, I know it far better than you ever will. I worked with him again in 2009 while designing LED lights for drug-type cannabis plants, which is now in use by the company that manufactures Sativex (as in their pot crop grows under my technology.)
You can kiss my ass, I know far more than you ever will on this subject, case closed.
"The pesticides are not actually used on or near crops normally pollinated by bees."
Bullshit. All over California, citrus crops are sprayed regularly with neonicotinoid pesticides. During my contract work with the state, I applied pesticides within a few miles of apiaries.
They don't give two fucks. They're too worried about trying to contain the asian citrus psyllid to think about anything else.
"You can add all the UV to your grow room you want. It will make the pot stink a lot more but do little or nothing to the potency. "
You're wrong and John Lydon proved this back in the 80s (1987 in fact)
Until you hold his credentials, you're not making any sort of convincing argument.
It's a specific range of UV, specifically 290nm UV-B. Black lights aren't that high-energy, stuck at UV-A wavelengths.
Whoops, good job failing basic research. Even better job failing to see research that was tested and proven almost 30 years ago, in the department of botany in Maryland.
Stupid stoners don't understand this because nobody on cannabis forums has half a fucking clue.
"Does that mean they're required for DNA synthesis? No, we can synthesize DNA in test tubes with synthetic enzymes just fine."
You can synth the enzymes all you want, if you don't have the primary developing structures, you're going to fail.
As if this THC into other plants hasn't been tested before for the past 30+ years, starting with Oranges and going up to mints.
Please catch up with current research before talking nonsense.
Everyone else that removes identifying info from the EXIF so they can claim it's theirs.
"1. LinkedIn is actually a sort-of competitor of slashdot's owner. That's a bit of a weird slashvertisement choice(not impossible, but weird)."
Wow, I've seen ignorance of marketing, but not on this scale.
This is TYPICAL.
Poor trichome density, trichomes located primarily on the flowers instead of the near-entirety of the plant like the tomato.
Hops is a poor choice if we're talking about JUST the genetics that are responsible for THC production.
THC-A and THC-V is present in all tissues. It's not Delta-9 (or other variants) THC until decarboxylation where you strip off a carboxyl group. In nature, that happens mostly in the trichome, where UV radiation is the high-energy force needed to do that without the human application of heat.
No, you need certain structures as well. hose trichomes play a very important role in THC production by their very structure alone. The purpose of the trichome is to protect developing seeds from UV-induced damage. THC and other cannabinoids act as a natural sunscreen for cannabis. This is born out by experiments performed by John Lydon back in the late '80s, whereupon he irradiated cannabis indica and sativa with UV radiation and noticed that THC production increased almost linearly with the exposure to UV radiation, most notably UV-B.