Yes, but if you want to know how obese a city is you now have a new choice. A) Analyze at remains from the sewer B) Analyze photos from Facebook or C) Spend 5 minutes at the local Walmart.

The FCC is still changing their proposed regulation (reportedly over 300 pages worth). The link you reference is about 5 pages worth. The proposed regs have not been released to the public.

No shortage of stupid user interface choices. Some of the ones I've hated the most.

* Hiding menu options, aka personalized menus
* Wholesale rearranging and renaming of user interfaces between versions, esp. for infrequently used options
* Super secret hidden files.
* Windows 8

Nonsense, congress could pass changes that emasculate the FCC in this regard. Certainly the current POTUS would doubtless veto, but the next one might not.

Likelihood of such a restriction on the FCC is another question, and I would guess fairly improbable. Should this regulation become very unpopular, then it would be likely to be overturned by congress.

Greek fire is often thought to include calcium oxide a.k.a. quicklime. This is caustic and has been used as chemical weapon by itself. That is why I originally said it was arguably a chemical weapon though the primary effectiveness is clearly as an incendiary. Primarily I included as a reference because it is more more widely recognized as being used in warfare. The pure chemical weapons go back a long time -- far predating greek fire.

Greek fire is arguably a chemical weapon and well known.

National Geographic has a nice article about the long history of chemical (and biological) weapons,

The real difference in the modern era, it has become an economical form of warfare as well as more effective (higher rate of casualties) than older chemical attacks.

Considering that so many are focused on CO2 as a pollutant, they won't care about the pollution scrubbers at the centralized plants because we don't capture the carbon. Ans yes, lots of greens don't appear to understand this connection.

It is not just the Feds cash flood, it is the zero-rate interest. People chasing returns are practically forced into the stock market to try and get returns.

Pfft, they should just call the CIA/NSA to get one of their "backup copies".

I don't know, if you have a comet or asteroid impact big enough to eject material into space you have to consider that the ejecta is going to be heated by a large amount. Much of the "ejecta" is in the form of vaporized rock, much of the solid ejecta will be fractured. The fireball associated with an impact of this size is also going to be large (10's or 100's of km in diameter), so you get additional heating beyond the heating of atmospheric compression while the ejecta is departing.

Seems like organics would be unlikely to survive the trip most of the time.

The slower eject will not be generally be heated as much, but you won't find those on the moon.

And if that Chinese family serves you Peking Duck what would you then conclude?

Buckyballs were targeted by the government -- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), so people tend to assume they were unusually risky. According to the CPSC, 22 kids have been injured, no fatalities.

Bicycles, skateboards, and trampolines -- all much higher risk. Yet, no-one is proposing banning them, because we are used to the risks.

A few grams of radioactives, as providing with the toy, essentially no risk of significant unless you consume them.or use them as an eye patch.

Lawn darts -- lots of fun, only a few deaths, but lots of non-fatal injuries.

Mini Hammocks had 12 fatalities and quite a few non-fatal.

Austin Magic Pistol -- shoot a flame up to 70 feet (calcium carbide and water).

But the true winner has to be the trampoline. Deaths sure, but the thousands of serious injuries per year (visits to the E/R) is without parallel

This study does not study what you probably assumed that it study.

The study you expect is. How is the likelihood of a crash altered by using MJ. This study actually studies those involved in crashes and looks at THC, alcohol and other drugs. How many people taking MJ simply avoid driving completely? If 1 out of 2 avoid driving in this condition, this study under reports the accident risk by a factor of 2.

It does refer to several studies that measure impairment based on MJ usage and comments that the impairment in clearly seen in a number of ways.

Also, some THC is not the best measure of the effect of THC. Maybe moderate use has a relaxing effect that actually improves driving by reducing risk taking behavior even if it simultaneous impairs reaction time and judgment while more THC allows the negative effects to outweigh the positive.You would never know in this study.

Given that MJ usage is so widespread, an honest and comprehensive study would be a lot more useful than studies like this one. since MJ is legal now in some places, why not have a real study with various ages, levels of THC, etc. and spend some time in driving simulators. By and large I know people will take recreational drugs and it does not affect me. But I would like to keep them off the roads if this means they are driving while impaired.

Well, if the see a unicorn, perhaps they are in India -- home of Rhinoceros Unicornis unlike the bicorns native to Africa.