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• Commented on HOWTO make a camera stabilizer out of string, a screw and a washer
  A screw is held in place by threads located on the thing being screwed into, whereas a bolt is held in place by a nut on the other end. So unless your camera has a hole through it that you...
• Commented on MythBusters tackles "plane on a conveyor belt problem"
  You can prove this to yourself at your local department store. Buy yourself a Hot Wheels and put it on the rail of the escalator and hold it in place. The wheels are moving the same speed as the treadmill,...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @51 How is that story proof of anything? The supreme court has already ruled that the California law means nothing. Those people were violating federal law, and were penalized for it....
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @45 Defense lawyers are free to take exception to my interpretation of the Bill of Rights. However, in our society, judges are the ones who interpret law, not defense lawyers. My interpretation is based mainly upon reading court decisions and...
• Commented on Tussaud's bad wax heads up for auction
  Why is Bob Hope black?...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  My link to the decision in question regarding the California law got borked. In any case, the relevant case is Gonzales v. Raich. @41 Are you arguing that the "ruling clique" obtains marijuana illegally and avoids punishment, hence making it...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @34 Revising your original statement into a more reasonable one doesn't make your original statement less ridiculous. Regardless, this whole conversation is off-topic. @35 You are incorrect in your belief that the Constitution grants no rights. Might I remind you...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @32 Everyone has the option of obeying laws or not, but they also must realize that there are consequences for not obeying them. If they don't like the possible consequences, they can either avoid them by obeying the law, or...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @29 Are you alleging that the federal government isn't following American law, or that Constitutional law doesn't exist, or that the government is violating the fundamental law of the land? Moreover, are you alleging it in some way that has...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @22 Whether the doctor would have lost her job for prescribing marijuana or not has no bearing on whether the defendant illegally used marijuana. Absent a prescription, no matter the reason for its absence, using marijuana is illegal. If the...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  But its the sort of explanation like "Iraq has WMD's and are going to use them against us like right now so we have to bomb the shit out of them." As this is a ridiculous position to take, holding...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @16 The doctor didn't put it in writing, hence he had no prescription and was not legally entitled to have the marijuana at the time he was busted. Again, it's fairly clear. The doctor's reasons for not putting it in...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  @7 You might try reading the article you quoted. The person arrested did not have a prescription for medical marijuana; the article is quite clear on that. A doctor's verbal (and unsubstantiated) recommendation is not a prescription. Further, you cite...
• Commented on Marijuana vending machine
  They are rotting in American prisons for using marijuana because they were not legally permitted to use marijuana due to not having a prescription to that end, and/or because they didn't get it through legal means. Explanation enough?...
• Commented on Seawater spray reduces cold symptoms in kids
  There's a few brands of "kits" on the market that consist of a specially-designed squirt bottle and a few hundred packs of salt and baking soda, to make your own saline. Works like a champ....
• Commented on Beautiful high dynamic range photo from Japan
  HDR involves taking multiple shots of the same scene with different settings, and combining them digitally. It's not really suited for things that can move, let alone video....
• Commented on HOWTO Make a trashcan meat-smoker for less than $50
  I doubt it gets hot enough to do anything to the garbage can, as the article says the temperature of the smoker was between 220F and 230F. Even if the temperature gets higher, how are you proposing the zinc would...
• Commented on HOWTO Make a trashcan meat-smoker for less than $50
  I doubt it gets hot enough to do anything to the garbage can, as the article says the temperature of the smoker was between 220F and 230F. Even if the temperature gets higher, how are you proposing the zinc would...
• Commented on Onion-chopping goggles
  Leave the root end of your onion unchopped and you won't have nearly as many tears, due to most of the enzymes that release the sulfur compounds being in that end. If that doesn't leave enough onion for whatever you're...
• Commented on RFID Guardian, open hardware/software to firewall your RFID tags
  Using this device to hide your RFID tags would probably be legal, as indicated, under the implied right to privacy. Similarly, you could wear foil pants to accomplish the same task. However, there's no law in place that requires anyone...
• Commented on Cartoonist's car doused with used engine oil
  ... This country being Australia? Also, Australia does not have any guaranteed right to free speech in their constitution....
• Commented on First-ever patent-suit filed against Linux
  Novell signed a deal with MS, but MS isn't involved in this suit (other than a former MS exec now being an exec at this company). The Novell-MS deal doesn't mean Novell can't get sued by other companies....
• Commented on Counterfeit $1 million bill
  Why am I not surprised that a good number of the people commenting didn't even read _the first sentence_ of the article linked, and instead went off on RR as if his picture was on the bill. Why let facts...
• Commented on Woman dies in security custody at airport
  Explain to me again how a woman strangling herself with her own handcuffs is the TSA's fault?...