2007? Downloaded the 2.7 GB "Full Gopher Archive from 2007" on April 30 2010. Pretty sure there was a story here at the time.

Whatever the drug companies think is bad for their business, must be good for the consumers.

Yes, and there is far more profit in anticancer drugs than pain pills. Which is why they hate vaping even more than medical marijuana and use bigger lies and the junker 'junk studies' to back the lies. Follow the money to find the lies. Fortunately for medical marijuana proponents big pharma has fewer allies as most politicians think that marijuana will increase tax revenue but they know that people switching from smoking tobacco to vaping will decrease it.

Their ULA has a clause you agree to wash the developers cars. Retracted at the end with a warning "You really should read these things!". Still never do more than skim them.

Pro-vaccine but anti-GMO here, don't lump people into one group. Some of us are concerned about ecological implications of GMO as well as predatory and questionable business practices of companies like Monsanto. GMO isn't JUST about the food, there's a bigger picture to take into account.

Um, you might want to research what they used to replace the mercury with when they went from 8 shots in the 80s to 49 today. I want to return vaccines to what I had in the 60s. Seemed to be quite adequate for millions of us. Nice comprise between none and way the heck too many in my book.

Actually there is only one known death so far and it was due to choking. Toddler and the autopsy report is sealed so it not known if it was choking due to vomiting up the E-liquid (which is typical with many child 'poisonings') or he choked on the cap which was never found.

Also unknown if the cap was child proof to begin with. Many E-liquids have used these for years even though they will not be required by law until next month when the FDA deeming regulations start taking effect.

Don't forget suicides due to Chantix. Oh, and many of the exploding batteries are loose in someones pockets, not 'In someones face'. So user error is too blame. These batteries are far more powerful than the AAs people are far more familiar with and less forging when you do something stupid.

Um there are many reasons all of which boil down to money. The deeming is designed so that no one except large tobacco companies can afford the estimated 1500 hours and one million dollars (per SKU) to get there products approved. The large open tank systems and multitude of flavors will all go away. Only the sealed 'cig alikes' will remain. Which are far less effective at helping people quit smoking combustible cigarettes than the larger second and third generation devices. Second is lost revenue from both direct taxes and the Master Settlement Agreement. Which is a hidden tax that a hand full of states including California spent before they even received it by selling bonds. So many people have quit smoking in recent years that several states are at risk of default on these bonds. Third is that the rabid anti smoking zealots would be out of a job if the truth was told about how harmless vaping is compared to smoking. The Royal College of Physicians released a report just a week ago which confirms what us mere mortals have been saying for years. At least 95% less harmful, not a gate way, etc.

Michael Pollan, have it in my 'sig file'. Who is the second quote? Yes, I know LMFGTFY...

You know, that whole "moderation" thing...

Remember, moderation in all things, except, perhaps, dietary diversity!
--James A. Duke

Though I do agree with gosand's other views.

A particular information is that the "correction" often fails to travel as far as the original misinformation.

Almost always fails to travel as far. And a more recent and still ongoing example than Columbine are the junk studies bashing electronic cigarettes. Every one has been countered or exposed as the junk it is yet they keep coming and have for over five years.

Got my first from the 'IRS' a week ago, so I have seen an increase. Email address was in the UK which in hindsight probably would be an improvement:) Filled it in with gibberish and profanities and when I submitted it they complained that I was not excepting cookies.

Problem with allowing editing of posts is getting metamoded. Happened to me with a signature which can be edited. Live goatse link which I moderated as troll, they then changed their sig and I got slapped. Meta moderators should be able to see both the post and signature as they were when the moderation was applied. If the original moderation no longer applies it should be removed with out penalizing whoever made it.

Probably conscripts that saw what happened to Teruo Nakamura.

I work in a dust factory... Seriously! Ground calcium carbonate which as you can imagine is quite dusty and gets every where including inside offices and control rooms. While I'm not IT we do have IT personnel which we share with two other facilities. Will be sure and ask them if they read Slashdot next time I see one.