Well I think the US chose the wrong time to switch. We should have done the switch Saturday Jan 31st. Then half the country would have missed the Superbowl and maybe that would be the catalyst for change in DC. I swear that could work.....
I get his point. That's why I post about studies. We need the gov to allow big studies on marijuana and its possible positive values versus the side effects.
I personally do not smoke but believe it should be a decision made by the individual and not the state. If we are gonna argue that it hurts people when you smoke it then cigarettes, cigars, cloves and any other tobacco product should immediately be scheduled as a schedule 1 narcotic. Not to mention alcohol and the damage it does to people who drink it and people who don't.
We all know that smoking hurts your lungs, that is all fine and good but is not a good enough reason for it to be illegal. We need proper studies.....
Yeah, I did read it. Months ago when it came out. It is the active ingredient, THC, that is showing to help. My point being that the whole idea that it is all bad is ridiculous until we get some real scientific studies behind it. I will listen to the nay-sayers when there is science to backup the claims. Right now the only studies I have seen are showing that it isn't necessarily bad and is in fact helpful for some ailments.
Too bad the gov won't allow big studies, we could have better application methods like pills and inhalers of the active ingredients so smoking isn't necessary.
No matter what anyone says, the old studies that say smoking joints are 10 times as bad as a cigarette, are just FUD as far as I am concerned. I want real studies about this plant and how it can help us. Too many drug companies cannot patent THC to make it profitable, so therefore it remains illegal.... Simple as that.
Actually some studies are debunked and more recent studies are showing that smoking marijuana can help prevent lung cancer. I am sure there is a lot of info out there about the evils of marijuana, studies done by the government to back up their reasoning of illegality. Doesn't make it true.
No he is right. I watched it with my own eyes. The Metallica fan base went from the loser headbanger crowd, to the jock football player crowd in almost 7 hours flat. I think it was June 11th 1991.
Bundle a 3rd party browser? What would MS do to a OEM's contract when they started bundling firefox or opera? It would be ideal though.
I didn't look anything up. I just assumed they offered ftp downloads and took a shot. I don't expect people to know that off hand but that was less than half a page of instructions to be included in the new PC docs. I guess that is asking for a lot though. Asking people to actually read documentation.....
I don't have a problem either. In fact I bet most don't. The problem is that they are doing it without obtaining a warrant first. Or even getting one within 72 hours. FISA is there for a reason. By all means, wiretap away. But, GET A WARRANT issued by a FISA judge, so we can at least pretend we care about our republic and its constitution.
I agree completely. In fact instead of posting this I am going to write it on pen and paper and mail it to cmdrtaco. Then he will pot it in the discussion for me.
I was gonna say the same thing. Having people onsite who know enough to get things working is fine. But what happens when things start to break? All the sudden those people are no longer doing their real job so you are paying either way. Don't only consider one part of the equation in your cost analysis. Managing risk is an important part of any business but don't trick yourself into believing someone who can click around windows until they "figure it out" is a viable replacement for a proper admin. You can wind up paying more in the long run.
Maybe they should allow the to watch the ceremony, the swearing in and the speech, then turn it off and discuss? Forget streaming. Although the projector idea is good. I would think it is more about the content than the path it takes to get to your head.
So I have to ask, if I wrote shit, fuck, cunt, bitch, ass, whatever on this site after this law passed, and then traveled to S.C. Could I be prosecuted? Does "or otherwise make available" mean what I think it means?
This is true. Maybe your right. I certainly don't think that some guy or bunny is going to affect me or my crops in any way. What I do think is that the pagan beliefs make more sense as far as what happens in the world. They seem to be more in touch with the earth and not so much some "god."
Don't get me wrong. I don't "believe" in any of it. I just think it is more in touch. Seems more sensible to me than just following some guy because if you don't you will burn forever. Now THAT is silly.....
The reason there is an Easter bunny is the rabbit was the pagan symbol for fertility. In the spring we have new growth and the land becomes fertile and alive. It all makes a lot of sense to me. Why did we ever move away from that? Oh yeah, that's right..... that christ guy!
Which holiday is irrelevant. The whole point is to not lose a holidays identity because there is more than one during the same period. Maybe I am not PC?
For the record I couldn't care less. I find my self wondering more and more each year why I am celebrating a holiday of a religion I don't even follow. (kids) We need a return to the root of our holidays. Christmas was a pagan year end celebration. Easter was a pagan holiday celebrating fertility. It fell in the spring as winter ended and new life sprouted. The Christians usurped these holidays as representing their beliefs and their christ.
I agree with what you just said but I don't think things are that black and white. Our media does not provide a clear understanding of what our Constitution is and run constant shows about ex-cons and how bad they are. They help to drive home the idea that anyone ever convicted of a crime is tainted and is a "throw-away" person. Take prohibition for example. Everything in the news is about how bad those criminals are for shooting each other and how it is all because of those nasty drugs. They would never point out how this violence is caused because of prohibition and perhaps a possible solution to all the killing is decriminalization or even legalization.
Maybe you're right. Maybe it is that sick guise of morality.
Felons, in the US, cannot vote, can't hold public office or posses/buy firearms, and some other things. NOWHERE does the Constitution say that felons lose the other rights that all people have -- protection against unreasonable search, etc. More importantly, punishment should be just.
You are wrong. Felons CAN vote after they are off parole or once their civil rights are restored. Felons CAN hold public office if said public votes for them. (ie. Ted Stevens. He was not elected but if he was he would have legally retained his seat.) Again; firearms, a felon can have a gun after his civil rights are restored or after a waiting period has lapsed. This changes state to state and it may be that in some states, once you are a felon you cannot have a gun, but this is not true for all states.
I have personal experience with some of this......
Maybe not, but teaching them to think about problems in a logical way is never a bad idea. I think in elementary and middle school the ideas and methods around computer science could definitely help them later in life. Wait until high school to teach them a language. What do we teach them now? How to open word on a mac? Teaching kids logic and problem solving as it pertains to a computer system will only help them later.
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Well I think the US chose the wrong time to switch. We should have done the switch Saturday Jan 31st. Then half the country would have missed the Superbowl and maybe that would be the catalyst for change in DC. I swear that could work.....
I get his point. That's why I post about studies. We need the gov to allow big studies on marijuana and its possible positive values versus the side effects.
I personally do not smoke but believe it should be a decision made by the individual and not the state. If we are gonna argue that it hurts people when you smoke it then cigarettes, cigars, cloves and any other tobacco product should immediately be scheduled as a schedule 1 narcotic. Not to mention alcohol and the damage it does to people who drink it and people who don't.
We all know that smoking hurts your lungs, that is all fine and good but is not a good enough reason for it to be illegal. We need proper studies.....
Yeah, I did read it. Months ago when it came out. It is the active ingredient, THC, that is showing to help. My point being that the whole idea that it is all bad is ridiculous until we get some real scientific studies behind it. I will listen to the nay-sayers when there is science to backup the claims. Right now the only studies I have seen are showing that it isn't necessarily bad and is in fact helpful for some ailments.
Too bad the gov won't allow big studies, we could have better application methods like pills and inhalers of the active ingredients so smoking isn't necessary.
No matter what anyone says, the old studies that say smoking joints are 10 times as bad as a cigarette, are just FUD as far as I am concerned. I want real studies about this plant and how it can help us. Too many drug companies cannot patent THC to make it profitable, so therefore it remains illegal.... Simple as that.
Actually some studies are debunked and more recent studies are showing that smoking marijuana can help prevent lung cancer. I am sure there is a lot of info out there about the evils of marijuana, studies done by the government to back up their reasoning of illegality. Doesn't make it true.
No he is right. I watched it with my own eyes. The Metallica fan base went from the loser headbanger crowd, to the jock football player crowd in almost 7 hours flat. I think it was June 11th 1991.
Bundle a 3rd party browser? What would MS do to a OEM's contract when they started bundling firefox or opera? It would be ideal though.
I didn't look anything up. I just assumed they offered ftp downloads and took a shot. I don't expect people to know that off hand but that was less than half a page of instructions to be included in the new PC docs. I guess that is asking for a lot though. Asking people to actually read documentation.....
start --> run --> cmd
/pub/firefox/releases/3.0.5/$OS/en-US
ftp ftp.mozilla.org
user = anonymous
passwd = your@email.com
cd
bin
get Firefox Setup 3.0.5.(exe/tar.gz)
bye
That wasn't so hard was it.
I don't have a problem either. In fact I bet most don't. The problem is that they are doing it without obtaining a warrant first. Or even getting one within 72 hours. FISA is there for a reason. By all means, wiretap away. But, GET A WARRANT issued by a FISA judge, so we can at least pretend we care about our republic and its constitution.
I agree completely. In fact instead of posting this I am going to write it on pen and paper and mail it to cmdrtaco. Then he will pot it in the discussion for me.
No they don't. And that is fine with me. Use the money for people who do want/use it. Where is my fiber drop?
Is your sig some sort of oxymoron?
I was gonna say the same thing. Having people onsite who know enough to get things working is fine. But what happens when things start to break? All the sudden those people are no longer doing their real job so you are paying either way. Don't only consider one part of the equation in your cost analysis. Managing risk is an important part of any business but don't trick yourself into believing someone who can click around windows until they "figure it out" is a viable replacement for a proper admin. You can wind up paying more in the long run.
Maybe they should allow the to watch the ceremony, the swearing in and the speech, then turn it off and discuss? Forget streaming. Although the projector idea is good. I would think it is more about the content than the path it takes to get to your head.
So I have to ask, if I wrote shit, fuck, cunt, bitch, ass, whatever on this site after this law passed, and then traveled to S.C. Could I be prosecuted? Does "or otherwise make available" mean what I think it means?
This is true. Maybe your right. I certainly don't think that some guy or bunny is going to affect me or my crops in any way. What I do think is that the pagan beliefs make more sense as far as what happens in the world. They seem to be more in touch with the earth and not so much some "god."
Don't get me wrong. I don't "believe" in any of it. I just think it is more in touch. Seems more sensible to me than just following some guy because if you don't you will burn forever. Now THAT is silly.....
The reason there is an Easter bunny is the rabbit was the pagan symbol for fertility. In the spring we have new growth and the land becomes fertile and alive. It all makes a lot of sense to me. Why did we ever move away from that? Oh yeah, that's right..... that christ guy!
Which holiday is irrelevant. The whole point is to not lose a holidays identity because there is more than one during the same period. Maybe I am not PC?
For the record I couldn't care less. I find my self wondering more and more each year why I am celebrating a holiday of a religion I don't even follow. (kids) We need a return to the root of our holidays. Christmas was a pagan year end celebration. Easter was a pagan holiday celebrating fertility. It fell in the spring as winter ended and new life sprouted. The Christians usurped these holidays as representing their beliefs and their christ.
Maybe my name should be christ-sleigher.
Dude, that is so metal.
Can you explain why you have lied in your post so blatantly. It says clearly in your sig that you ate peoples brains to learn all that stuff.....
Yeah but her parents were VERY upset. I mean, really, do you want some BOY screwing your daughter?
I agree with what you just said but I don't think things are that black and white. Our media does not provide a clear understanding of what our Constitution is and run constant shows about ex-cons and how bad they are. They help to drive home the idea that anyone ever convicted of a crime is tainted and is a "throw-away" person. Take prohibition for example. Everything in the news is about how bad those criminals are for shooting each other and how it is all because of those nasty drugs. They would never point out how this violence is caused because of prohibition and perhaps a possible solution to all the killing is decriminalization or even legalization.
Maybe you're right. Maybe it is that sick guise of morality.
Felons, in the US, cannot vote, can't hold public office or posses/buy firearms, and some other things. NOWHERE does the Constitution say that felons lose the other rights that all people have -- protection against unreasonable search, etc. More importantly, punishment should be just.
You are wrong. Felons CAN vote after they are off parole or once their civil rights are restored. Felons CAN hold public office if said public votes for them. (ie. Ted Stevens. He was not elected but if he was he would have legally retained his seat.) Again; firearms, a felon can have a gun after his civil rights are restored or after a waiting period has lapsed. This changes state to state and it may be that in some states, once you are a felon you cannot have a gun, but this is not true for all states.
I have personal experience with some of this......
That was sorta my point..... it is the others I refer to
I can only think of the phrase "you brought a knife to a gun fight" after reading your post.
Maybe not, but teaching them to think about problems in a logical way is never a bad idea. I think in elementary and middle school the ideas and methods around computer science could definitely help them later in life. Wait until high school to teach them a language. What do we teach them now? How to open word on a mac? Teaching kids logic and problem solving as it pertains to a computer system will only help them later.