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i'm sure if we let these industries self-regulate, the market would find an optimal solution. no need for federal regulation here. these aren't the 'droids you're looking for. move along.

Well, now. Who's a good little Satan's Helper? Hmmm?

we're going to need self-pollinating food soon anyway since all the bee's are dying off. not that the activities of man have anything to do with that, of course.

then why did the tyrant-fearing founders put it in article 2 then? Is this going to be on the final, Mr Ivan?

Meanwhile, at the White House, Honor and Dignity are still sitting out on the front porch.

i seem to recall you screaming 'i hate cracks!' just last summer..

Except a random stranger won't point a sack of weed at you and you'll fall over dead. Death by self-stupidity is one thing. Death by the stupidity and anger of others is quite another.

I just remembered that a college friend of mine is starting a faculty job at VT in August. Frak!

That's one of those sayings that's going to haunt you forever, at least here. Math is hard! -- Dropout Barbie I got yer hard right here, baby! -- Spokompton Ken

maybe he can get him to build a space shuttle out of household appliances as well

The troll for people who ran off in a hissy fit and vowed never to return...never ever ever......ever.

you can usually find something better to eat if you aren't in such a gawl-durned hurry. slow down, relax, and stop shoving sugar, salt, grease, and cheese-dust down yer pie-hole.

Well.... F = ma so a 230 lb (104.5 kg) body that exerts a force of 11 kN implies an acceleration of 105.2 m/s^2. This is obviously a lot higher than the force of Earth's gravity. Technically, they shouldn't be talking about how much force the thing could withstand, but what the yield stress (force per unit area) is. Most people know what a force is though and not a yield stress. Even fewer seem to understand that perfect lab conditions are rarely, if ever, met.

Southern Califcukmexpialithankgodididntgrowupthere. These days, if you ask me where I'm from, my answer is often "Lot's of different places".

don't forget to ask the REI guys for a GPS unit for your Mt. Si hike. plenty of people on that trail have them and you don't want to feel left out.

interesting column - percent of murders involving a gun from 1973-2005 - averages about 62% over the time span - would be fun to see the other implements of choice frying pans

Yes....it seems kids these days don’t know how to socialize, all they know how to do is get back to the video game as quick as possible. The solution is obvious: Ban children.

I have to say, that if I ever do meet any aliens, I'll probably shoot them, just out of reflex, but only if I don't have any of the cooler weapons available. Suffice it to say, anyone who plays video games should not be selected for any First Contact diplomatic mission.

Well, there are always the eternal favorites of Kristian Klimberz, evolution, liberal global climate change conspiracies, wilderness bolting, and 'home-schooled' Spanish supermodels to fall back on.

You guys are no fucking different. The first thing out of many of your mouths, in reaction to this tragedy, is how guns should be banned. I wouldn't advocate that. Certainly, you wouldn't possibly be unfairly generalizing from a vocal minority or anything like that... Just a thought. I would say that we'd have a safer society by having a 100% armed populace is an incredibly stupid idea, though, and flys in the face of reason and common sense.

Every grad student knows about Ted Streleski....

Only crazies and illegals smoke pot? But you're right. We should all be armed all the time just in case a South Korean goes crazy and starts shooting people randomly. For me, that's the number one thing on my mind every minute of every day: who in front of me is going to suddenly snap and start shooting? You have no idea how many tranquilizers it takes to keep me from going over the edge.... I'd like to see that experiment run some day. Give everyone in New York or LA a gun for the summer. Put a big wall up. See if the results actually jive with the premise that if *everyone* had a gun, no one would get shot. Seems to me that's an unproven statement. It's kind of like saying, if everyone had a computer, no one would be rude on the intertubes.

Funny, I thought it was the universal suffrage and respect for the rights of man and a rule of law and not shooting varmints. Plenty of people without guns and the whole system seems to keep on chuggin' along. I reckon that the reason that we haven't had a dictator in this country isn't a well-founded fear of what "law abidin' gun owners" might do.

The real issue here is why can't your gun freak families keep your kids from shooting the shit out of everything and everyone? Every time some of this shit happens, just deport (excuse me, 'extraordinarily rendition') his ass and the collective asses of his extended family to some third world shit hole like Somalia or Afghanistan where everyone needs a gun. Maybe after a few of those, people will keep a closer eye on little Johnny's development. Maybe they'll also tend to keep their guns locked up when they aren't actually sleeping next to one. The process of getting a gun should be like anything else where lives are at risk, like flying a jumbo jet. You get to play with the small versions, under proper supervision, until you're older and wiser and have shown control. Then, you get to have progressively superior versions, again, after someone signs off on your education and maturity. It shouldn't be that you show up with a driver's license (possibly fake) and a wad of cash and walk out with a .357 hunting rifle,a scope, and a case of ammo. This process is similar to what you would have to go through to, say, buy the really really large model rocket engines. You don't see anyone complaining about that process and if they did you, as a responsible person, wouldn't want them to have them.