Too soon...

Why don't you release it in more formats, like .epub and other reader-friendly extensions? To my knowledge, they can't execute arbitrary code on their own like .pdf and .doc can. My e-book reader app (FBReader) on my phone can't handle PDF, and it's how I do most of my reading these days.

This is assuming that by "have a book out" you mean you authored or published a work.

Yeah, I read JJ Luna's books too.

They've recently decided to phase out the color coded system in favor of a two-level system: "Imminent", and "Ongoing".

Actually, if the government were impotent, the price of meth would adjust to meet sane market conditions and the meth addict down the street wouldn't need to commit crimes to afford his habit.

You know, to those of us with signatures turned off, you appear mildly insane.

Not any more so than the average internet wingnut, but still...

FTFY... but now it doesn't make sense...

If drugs were legal, quality-controlled, and plentiful enough to be cheap or free, why would a drug addict need to break into your house again? Instead of spending all day trying to struggle for the next fix, they could put that time to more productive use. Most (if not all) of the problems you attribute to drug addiction are a direct consequence of prohibition, not the drugs themselves.

Your prejudices are showing with words like 'zombie' and 'dead weight'. The reason you don't see the functional addicts in society is because they are forced to hide their behaviors behind closed doors for fear of prosecution or persecution by narrow minds like yours.

How many slashdotters maintain physical addictions to caffeine? I'm speaking of those of us who have withdrawl symptoms when they go long enough without it. However, sources of caffeine are culturally acceptable, legal, and plentiful, so the harm those addicts do to themselves is minimal. How many times have you heard of someone stealing a purse for coffee? It's unnecessary because caffeine addicts can get their next fix for cheap or free on any populated street in the country, without the social stigma or fear of arrest that goes along with other addictive drugs.

I own a small business and ship ten or so rather valuable packages a month using USPS Priority Mail. It ALWAYS takes two days and costs between $5 and $15 depending on the size of the box. I used to use FedEx a few years ago, and my shipping costs were around $50 per package. I haven't had a lost package in the four years since I've used USPS.

Sounds like success to me.

I like that one, way fresher than that old 640k line. :-)

I thought that saying was from novelty coffee cup manufacturers, not the Chinese.

This is ridiculous. The front page of my local newspaper (California, near the coast) is abuzz with "nyookulurr" concerns as well. Why don't they edit out the episodes having to do with, y'know, earthquakes and tsunamis, seeing as that's the brand of disaster Japan is facing right now. It seems to me that the situation with the power plants is being handled professionally and safely. If it wasn't for the public's irrational and uneducated fear of glowing green radioactivity, the nuclear power plants that we do have wouldn't be stuck at 1970's-level technology.

The AquaPenguin video is pretty cool too, but the eerie glowing blue eyes are creepy.

Don't forget possibly the greatest gift to Western culture the Romans have given us...

The vomitorium.

Most of the time they ARE trying to get from place to place... how far do you think the gallon you just gave them will go? They certainly aren't turning around and selling the gas for drug money, they are putting it the tank of their own vehicle for the express purpose of transportation.

Notice I said 'most'. While I can't speak for everyone, I can make these claims with some authority, as in my younger days I once drove a Toyota pickup across the country and back by just this method. I never misled anyone as to my purposes and am still grateful to all the folks that decided to chip in a splash of gas to my post-adolescent wanderings.