Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama +>Marijuana Prosecution a Political Priority, Says Obama. In swing states, or 'potential' swing states the feds won't ruffle any feathers - It's cool man. In California, which is not in play, the feds will hammer you. Second issue (without regard to anyones position on either topic) - contrast the federal approach to say, the Arizona immigration law with: "It does not make sense from a prioritization point of view for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that, under state law, that's legal.' When asked if he supported legalizing marijuana, the president said he was not endorsing that. 'I wouldn't go that far, but what I think is that, at this point, Washington and Colorado, you've seen the voters speak on this issue.'" You cannot reasonably defend one law as solely the purvue of the federal government and the other as "hey, we all have different expectations, Its cool"

More than you think. My brothers friends were drinking in a small town casino and got into a beef with a local all were drinking. My brother was coming from 200mi away, sober, and picked them up on his way home, the guy saw the vehicle and called it in as a DUI. He did fine on the roadside but they took him in for a breathalyser. He blew a .03 and a .00, and then, miraculously a .08 and a.20. In CA those aren't even admissible as the machine varied by more than the allowable limit. His lawyer cost him $5k he didn't have and got him to plead because the police (CHP) were "going to lie anyway". Fast forward 4 years; he DUIs at a wedding in northern California, admits it, bad move, is sorry - now it's a second offence. The DA offered 4mo + 3yr formal probation but realized because he was from SoCal and couldn't meet the norcal probation officers 2x week - not physically possible. DA cut a deal with him for 9mo jail time - no probation. He figured what the hell, *he was going to lose everything anyway*. Because he refused "the system" the judge would not accept the plea and gave him a full year. "Jobs program" - you decide: the guy on the docket before him interfered with an EMT in the performance of his duties, resisted arrest and assaulted a peace officer while he was on meth (the offender not the cop). He took a deal - 30 days but it was a drug offence so he'll do 15 days... I miss my brother.

THAT is a Parenting problem, NOT an education problem.

You might invest in a Hi gain Hawking HWU8DD. They ran an atheros chipset so linux picks it up right out of the box, and it has a USB/miniUSB cable. You can put a 16' cable on it, and leave it in a window where you get good signal. Enjoy

Absolutely, even if they think you are a regular paying customer. One of my regulars took there machine to GeekSquad because I was on vacation.

Pictures and description of the vandalism here:

http://www.kevitivity.com/geeksquad/

They want their hard drive back...

'problem inherent in open architecture systems,' i.e., 'they are generally licensed with complete use rights and/or functionality that may be beyond the need or desire of the system renter .'

Fixed that for ya...

There are some realities geeks are going to have to come to terms with. WE are all fine on Macs, and Linux and we don't even get viruses on the Windows machines we run, so this discussion is not really even about us.

My brother was in a terrible accident two years ago and is recovering from a (now minor) brain injury. He is smart and artistic, but has some challenges. He loves Mac, but on his limited income that wasn't a viable option. He also doesn't have the money for Mac or Widows Apps. He needed a portable computer for the injury rehab school he is attending. Answer: Two weeks ago he bought an Asus EEE1000 and we loaded 9.04 Netbook Remix together. I showed him how to load it, how to load apps, how to update and load stuff from the terminal, he took copious notes.

Last week I got an email that he tried to load an app from the GUI and got an error. He got out his notes, went to the terminal and got it installed.

As a non technical user with a brain injury, he loves Linux on the desktop.

Now, he will screw it up and/or something will not work and I will get a call or have to physically work on the machine. But, as a geek, tell me how that is different than what we have to do for any of our non-tech friends or family on any O.S.? Even windows machines I have pretty well hardened have to be backed up and reloaded now and then due to user actions.

Linux is no more or less difficult for a user than any other O.S. and probably less work for us to friend-admin long term.

Dave

I was wondering how they were going to get away with naming it, 9.10 Steve Ballmer doesn't really fit the scheme...

I was thinking Runix, but I think yours are already better.

I was the machinist for Disney's Imagineering "Advanced Ride Development" for years, and have designed and built many custom devices, vehicles, etc.

New stuff will cost. A lot. Having stuff custom made is even more expensive.

The cheapest stuff will come from a junkyard. Couplers and other stuff are reasonably available from McMaster.com and Granger.com. For smaller stuff try wmberg.com and pic-design.com. They have tons of gears, mechanisms, etc. IIRC one is mostly SAE and one is mostly metric.

Oh, and find a good small machine shop in your area and buddy up to them. Guys love to tinker. If they get interested in your stuff they'll give you a better rate if you need them to turn down the end of an axle for a coupling or whatever.