TIL that 1 acre of hemp can make as much paper as 4.1 acres of trees, and that hemp fiber to make paper can be yielded in 90 days whereas tree paper comes from trees that take 15-50 years to grow.

mattm4473 · 8 days

Industrial hemp is not the same strain of the cannabis plant

Is there some kind of laboratory test that would determine one from another?

Hint: No. Legally speaking, there's no distinction.

SAimNE · 9 days

I always wanted to make a movie about a man who "wakes up" at his own funeral, in the coffin, triggering a terrified pandemonium among the funeral attendees.

Meanwhile, the funeral director tells everybody that it's just a "normal reflex action..." and that the deceased is indeed, dead.

Meanwhile, the deceased protests loudly that he is NOT dead, as attendants wrestle him back into the coffin, and close the lid, as the attendees look on, horrified.

The funeral continues, while shouting and pounding are coming from the closed coffin, while the funeral director insists that it's actually quite common, and nothing is amiss.

The deceased's wife is saying under her breath, "keep that lid on!". The funeral director flashes her a wink.

The coffin is laid into the earth, shouting still coming from it. It's covered and everybody goes home.

Later that night, a cult group of necrophiliacs sneak into the cemetery and find a fresh grave. They bust out the shovels...

WellHeresMyFourthAcc · 9 days

It was probably posted in response to something posted yesterday saying that the Mississippi state constitution prohibits anyone from holding public office who does not believe in a supreme being (semi-quoting from memory)

IOW, it kinda needed to be posted.

I know that the law books in my state, those nicely bound books you see in law offices, have kept quite a few laws in place, even though they're obviously unconstitutional and unenforceable. It's just that the state legislature has taken no steps to formally repeal them.

magister0 · 9 days

Public order crimes are seldom federal offenses. I can't think of one.

The issue is that due to the federal prosecution guidelines, draconian sentencing guidelines, plea bargains, and witness/collaborators "turning" on their companions, the people who wind up in federal prison tend to be small time players who refused to snitch.

I just got through reading a well written article written in 1994 about this problem, and one attorney who specialized in drug case defenses tells of a guy who was busted with 20,000 kilos of cocaine, and owned 4 Lear jets. He only got four years, because he "cooperated". Sometimes, people will say pretty much anything to avoid a life sentence.

magister0 · 9 days

Get yourself out.

We who remain behind will stay and fight the good fight.

Turncoats will not be allowed to return.

magister0 · 9 days

Hold on, the problem is bad enough without ridiculous exaggeration like that.

I'll bet my heavy balls that nobody has ever been sent to a federal prison for "feeding the homeless without a permit". I am 99.99% certain there's no such federal law. Yes, I know about those activists in Las Vegas and other places, and I know there are local laws against it some places.

But sheesh, don't turn the discussion into an exaggeration contest. It dilutes the credibility of the problem, which is real, real, real.

magister0 · 9 days

The other day, I bought a copy of Atlantic Monthly magazine at the public library, and didn't notice until I got home that it was from 1994.

There was a well written article entitled "Marijuana and the Law", which wasn't so much about MJ as it was about the mandatory minimum sentencing laws, and federal prosecution guidelines.

The article was full of appalling statistics that made me want to throw up. Stats like the title to this link.

And the horrible thing is, it's gotten much worse since then.

magister0 · 9 days

Another way of looking at it is that they are the victims -- of the prosecutors who like to make a big name for themselves ruining peoples' lives.

That is the crime.

cassus_fett · 9 days

"Balls out" == "uninhibited".

No brainer.

cassus_fett · 9 days

The fact that a centrifugal governor has no "wall", makes me suspicious, too.

cassus_fett · 9 days

That's because the article is technical, not etymological, maybe?

cassus_fett · 9 days

And it doesn't mean "maximum speed", but "cutoff speed". Those governors were adjustable, so that the operator could set them to make an engine run at some desired speed, which was never "flat out" (where did that term come from?) maximum speed. If they wanted full maximum speed, they'd bypass or remove the guv'nor.

State fairs everywhere in America usually have an exhibit of old time steam engines. Those centrifugal governors are extremely common.

cassus_fett · 9 days

Post some BS on a wiki, make a link, PRESTO, instant "citation"!

cassus_fett · 9 days

There's another "balls" term from steam locomotive terminology that I've wondered about: "Balling the jack". It means going flat out, but I can only guess why, that there's a ball that floats on a column of steam in a vertical glass gauge on the locomotive's firewall. I think that ball, when it rises to the top, prevents more steam from going somewhere. It's a sort of check valve.

But that's just a wild theory... I'd like to know if anybody really knows.

UhOhImInTrouble · 9 days

It'd be pretty special if you can see it during the day when it's full.

It's the phase of the moon that determines what time of day it's visible, not your location on the globe. If you can see it in Ohio during the day, people in Argentina can, too.

The moon rises about 50 minutes later every day, in case you were wondering...

mrmaddness · 9 days

You misunderstand.

OK, you cleared it up a bit. I was surprised when I followed the title link, that the OP didn't clarify what he meant.

To clarify what I meant, I think a "piece of paper" is a good thing, and I was hoping the OP wasn't saying that some email would be good enough. I would hate to think that anyone could be so cynical as to say that acknowledging people is a waste of time. I love it when I receive a card...

... but with cards, or gifts of any kind, it truly is the thought that counts, and I would appreciate a scribble on a piece of paper, that the sender made, over just about any drugstore card. Handmade gifts are where it's at with me. I don't care if it's junk, I just like that touch.

mrmaddness · 10 days

Definitely a waste of time. I mean, why remember a person? Why let them know you're thinking of them?

Fuck other people. It's all about me.

mrmaddness · 10 days

What do you do in lieu of greeting cards? Just ignore the people?

I like it when somebody remembers me.

trolollies · 10 days

I grew up in the west, and I have to say I'm somewhat prejudiced against people from east of the Mississippi, especially the big cities of the northeast.

Once while traveling on a Greyhound, I got into a conversation with some European tourists, and a black American who grew up in the west. We (the black guy and I) agreed that we were both more prejudiced against people from the northeast, and had more in common with one another, than either of us did with people of our own race, from back east.

But I also realize it's just prejudice. Given enough time, I'm sure I could learn to get along with those abrasive assholes.

UhOhImInTrouble · 10 days

I lived many years in Hawaii, and worked with tourists quite a bit, and don't remember anybody getting upset. Some made ridiculous comments ("Look, Marge... you can see the moon during the day here!") and asked some silly questions, ("And we're supposed to look at the view here, is that the idea?"), but can't recall any instance of one becoming upset or angry. Maybe it happened, or maybe not. I just don't remember.

Probably because I just would have thought it was funny.

UhOhImInTrouble · 10 days

And this was in New Jersey.

UhOhImInTrouble · 10 days

Yes, thank the Japanese for Disney.

jojojok · 10 days

Looks like you blew a seal.

Naw, that's just ice cream.

jojojok · 10 days

So much easier than left-clicking on the 'x'.

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