From a bit over a decade in the software industry I have this to offer: 1) the language is not important 2) Learn to think in common concepts and to see them in any given problem 3) remember that a programming language is just a tool. There are cases for every language around. Learn conceptual...

I have no solutions. Just remember that when there seems to be nothing to lose you have the option to do anything. Suicide is one option but not really always the best one. It is always one choice and not one for someone else to deny. It is, hwever, the individual's choice and call. As long as...

Just watched this the other night. I don't see whence all the hoopla against it comes. There's no valuation one way or the other, only a collage of news items and imams preaching. The film has two functions in my opinion. The obvious one is to highlight the existence of the extremist moslems...

I was there. Once again an excellent conference. I especially enjoyed Grof's talk about the changes needed in current psychology and psychiatry in order to accommodate and understand the transpersonal and perinatal experiences. Hugely interesting. Overall, the people in the two Basel...

quicker results in evaporating the acetone if you can put the tray under a reduced pressure, ie. a vacuum pump.

It's nice to see that the DEA agrees that coffee has dangers. Jouni

You don't hold your breath for oxygen for more than a passing second or two and the necessary amount gets transferred to your blood. The limiting factor is likely to be the capacity of the blood in the lungs at a given moment to hold the THC. The rate the blood gets replaced in the capillaries...

They should have know? From erowid. Always, always know the stuff you try. And even then start with less than nothing of a dose and work up to either a desired state or a state that is unwanted. WHicever comes first. What you know of cannot kill you?

Because the cause for the prohibtion is not health but fear of losing control. People are afraid they will lose control over themselves and fall prey to the drugs. They consciously or subsconsciously think along the lines of "Will I become an addict?" "Will I be able to say no?" "What will...

I just have to tip my hat to all the guys at the ivy towers who ban things left and right and then end up being told the substances have any number of unexpected positive uses (in addition to the recreational). It must suck to be them?

The rating is apparently a measure of the substa nce's potential to cause harm to the individual as well as the society. That's why solvents are ranked less harmful than cannabis. The reasoning is that the prevalence of solvent use is so marginal that the harm to society is small compared to...

Eh? It binds to the cannabinoid receptors? It doesn't get much more specific in terms of targeting? I think he may be trying to talk about the subsequent effects and targeting them. Cannabinoids (as he refers to boosting anadamide) bind to the specific receptors, by definition. Where is he...

If you want to transfer the acid into the blotter then the blotter has to be completely soaked. Why would you want to put it on a blotter in the first place? Why not a sugar cube just before ingesting? I'd suggest testing one square with one drop. Drop it on the square and let it sink in. It...

Not sure what the legal situation is. As I understand there's no requirement for searching your trash. But how did they come up with the idea? Definitely someone tipped them off. Without inciting anyone to break the law, I'd offer two things to keep in mind: 1) Never ever talk to anyone. Not a...

Yep. It's on my book list waiting for money to buy. There are just too many books to read and films to watch these days. I need to buy some time or find a way to stretch what I have. Jouni