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People get what they deserve. No social security for slackers!

Economic Left/Right: -0.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.38

I've proven that one false many times :}

Indeed, a classic (i made that mistake once here, only once)

Thanks YT! Cap'n refsmmat, that sounds like a great idea. I would just need to find a way to activate a CO2 cartridge or something.

Dave, thanks for that link! I don't think I have the experience necessary to attempt to create my own accelerometer (or altimeter). I found some relatively inexpensive ones that are designed for rockets in that they have capacitors and things onboard and will discharge at certain altitudes. YT, I'm definitely going to need help designing the dual deployment. I have to make my own ejection charge, but I havn't a clue how to go about it!

You can read the whole thing here: http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/case_for_ethan_p1.cfm

"Consumed in their more benign forms, few of the illicit substances are as damaging to the human body over the long term as alcohol and tobacco, and none is as strongly linked with violent behavior as alcohol. On the other hand, much of the damage caused today by illegal drugs stems from their consumption in particularly dangerous ways. There is good reason to doubt that many Americans would inject cocaine or heroin into their veins even if given the chance to do so legally. And just as the dramatic growth in the heroin-consuming population during the 1960s leveled off for reasons apparently having little to do with law enforcement, so we can expect a leveling-off-which may already have begun-in the number of people smoking crack. The logic of legalization thus depends upon two assumptions: that most illegal drugs are not so dangerous as is commonly believed; and that the drugs and methods of consumption that are most risky are unlikely to prove appealing to many people, precisely because they are so obviously dangerous. Perhaps the most reassuring reason for believing that repeal of the drug-prohibition laws will not lead to tremendous increases in drug-abuse levels is the fact that we have learned something from our past experiences with alcohol and tobacco abuse. We now , for instance, that consumption taxes are an effective method of limiting consumption rates. We also know that restrictions and bans on advertising, as well as a campaign of negative advertising, can make a difference. The same is true of other government measures including restrictions on time and place of sale, prohibition of consumption in public places, packaging requirements, mandated adjustments in insurance policies, crackdowns on driving while under the influence, and laws holding bartenders and hosts responsible for the drinking of customers and guests. There is even some evidence that government-sponsored education programs about the dangers of cigarette smoking have deterred many children from beginning to smoke. "

True, but I think RadEd was referring to a way to track the descent. I actually tossed around the idea of some sort of smoke canister that would ignite during descent. The problem is that the altimeter has a limited number of capacitors, and two of them will already be busy (one will ignite ejection charge, one will ignite the second stage motor). Maybe I can extend the smoke bomb's fuse so as to burn for around 12 seconds. That way I could use the motor's discharge to light the fuse..

I know I'm jumping into the middle of the thread here with ideas that were probably already discussed, but I'm going to anyways It's obvious that drug policy has failed in the past, and is failing now. Drug policy is costly and ineffective, and many of the evils Americans relate to "drug use" are caused by drug prohibition policies. Since 1981, federal spending on drug enforcement have tripled, and limited resources--Judicial time, lawyers, prosecuters, judges, jail space, law-enforcement agents--are becoming saturated. If drug laws were repealed, much of the associated crime would diminish. Drug prices are high because of the inavailability of the product. Many addicts spend thousands of dollars a week. If drugs were legalized, the prices would undoubtedly drop, and less crime would be committed in order to feed an addiction. There is good reason to doubt that most people would inject heroin or cocaine into their veins even legally. The logic of legalization depends on two assumptions: that most illegal drugs are not as dangerous as commonly believed; and that the drugs and methods of consumption which are the most risky would prove unattractive to people precisely because they are so obviously dangerous. I summarized this argument from E. A. Nadelmann's The Case for Legalization. He presents a very good argument.

One of the passages on a practice MCAT I took was a passage in support of the legalization of drugs. It constructs a good argument, I'll post excerpts later.

Please tell me you can at least think of SOME. Look around your house. How do you make toast? Boil water? Iron your clothes? Look all around you. Power plants use heat to boil water and create steam to generate electricity.

Neuroscientists don't bother, because no psychic has ever "proven" his or herself under controlled conditions.

Thats almost like variance, which takes the sum of all the squares of the differences between the means and values and then divides by the number of samples. In your case, the variance would be: [math]http://blike.com/mimetex/mimetex.cgi?4$var=\frac{(1-2)^2+(2-2)^2+(3-2)^2}{3}[/math] grr..my cgibin sucks

Do you think Physicians treating prisoners should be obligated to inform prison authorities of their findings (i.e. drugs, etc)?

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Indeed. Just remember that the outermost electrons of one atom (HOMO) will bond with the lowest unoccupied shell (LUMO) on the other atom. LUMO can't bond with LUMO because LUMO means that the orbital is unoccupied. Thus, there are no electrons to bond! HOMO won't bond with HOMO because the orbital is already occupied.

well if theres a goat behind one that he revealed, and its not the one you chose, then you have a 50/50 change that yours is a car. Your chances will not increase if you change doors.

whoooahhh hold on YT!!!

never played it, I used to chat on the boards though (until I realized it was over-run with rabid liberals)

oh, the reward for finding the rocket? Well, return it and you shall see The body tube and fins come from an existing kit, but the design is sort of my own. The inside of the body tube and nose cone are vastly modified to accept an altimeter and video camera.

ITS V - i - bration, for the 14th time ;p

According to the new theory of space and time, purple headphone wearing cows make time pass by mooing. Just because something says its so doesn't make it so. Evidence evidence evidence...

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