Cannabis also needs to be trimmed, dried and cured. Growing it is only half the battle. Also I'm unclear where GP gets '$3500' from...in fact I'm not even sure what he's saying would cost $3500... But in any case a 20g pack of marijuana cigarettes (at current street prices) would run $100-250, not $500. And we're ignoring the fact that a gram of cannabis can be stretched out into two or three 'sessions' pretty easily if it's any good at all.

"Now considering that this test is for the police force"

The MMPI is not 'for' the police force. It's a widely accepted personality assessment (the acronym stands for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). I'm as paranoid as the next guy (the next guy being Alex Jones) but come on.

We have a very simple way of telling what someone means when he says 'you': context. It is really not that hard.

Read the ifixit article again. They mention the triwing screws and also that they were able to remove them with a small standard screwdriver.

These arguments conveniently ignore the fact that this particular battery starts with an eight hour battery life. IF you use your laptop on battery power for more than four or five hours at a time battery wear might become an issue, after several years. Personally I'm perfectly happy with three or four hours.

For that last time! America does not torture!

You believe us now right? No? Drat.

• More power efficient memory
• More power efficient fan/heatsink
• More power efficient monitor/GPU

Do ya see where I'm going here?

An incompetent, possibly corrupt, bureaucrat?

1. Use S3 suspend when you go make your sandwhich/walk the dog/insert task here
2. Replace the processor with a more power efficient model.
3. Replace the fan with a more power efficient system.

See where I'm going with this yet?

You're not understanding his point. One should be able to hold the mic 4"-6" from his mouth and have it work just fine.

If you're forced to hold it that close to your mouth to be picked up you're either not singing or a total idiot.

Also when you see an "artist" with the mic pressed against his lips you can be sure there are at least half a dozen sound engineers barely restraining the urge to run up and throttle him.

Umm... what? Pentatonic scales are actually quite common in folk music. Even a 24 note scale while it might sound 'Eastern' wouldn't be so far out as to not sound musical, even to an untrained ear.

Also I'm not completely sure about this but that sounds like something Zappa would have said, probably in a somewhat sardonic tone.

Ever listened to anything by Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Niel Young et al? They can't sing for beans in the traditional sense yet they've been quiet successful.

Let your music sound like you and we'll respect you all the more for not being phony.

Or, ya know, not be a pussy and come up with a different way to perform it so they can play it live. There's no law that says you have to play your songs the same way every time.

Huh? Wash it down with a few pints of water and you can eat pretty much whatever you like. Just don't forget step two.