Word of warning to the stoners at EMU; Pot is still illegal

Kind of amazing that this even needs to be said. The campus cops will arrest you for having and smoking that stuff.

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California was on the verge of legalizing marijuana—until profit-hungry growers just said no.

Sign of the times...

Marijuana is coming closer and closer to being legal again. Even woebegone Detroit, Michigan is starting to get real about the consequences of the War On Drugs. And well they should. Public television station WKAR in East Lansing had the prime mover behind a ballot proposal in the city of Detroit that would effectively legalize possession of one ounce or less for those over 21 on it's public affairs interview show Off The Record recently. Notice how deftly this libertarian-oriented gentleman parries the predictable objections of the mainstream media reportorial types. Heh.

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"Electric bicycles" are extremely popular and getting more so. - NY Times
Used to be called scooters, didn't they?
Robotic pack-mules being developed for the Army can carry 200kg in any terrain for 24 straight hours -Layer8 blog
Selective breeding of cannabis plants for a better high also makes them a health hazard for some
- Popular Science
Army to dispense with bayonet training in basic training; modern high tech soldiers don't fight that way anymore - Popular Science
OK but what happens if you run out of ammo or your rifle jams up then?
Is human knowledge likely to survive long term in digital form? - New Scientist
Data carved into stone can last a long, long time. Stuff stored on a HDD not so much.
Why some NYC parents are giving IQ tests to their four-year-olds. -iSteveblog
Steve Wozniak: Toyota accelerator problems are caused by software bugs. - Gizmodo
Patent trolls doing great: beats actually producing code. - Ars Technica

Surplus SKS rifles are cheap, rugged, dependable, plentiful.-Backwoods Home Magazine
"This handy little semi-auto is just the ticket for taking whitetails in the woods or groundhogs in the bean field—out to somewhat over 200 yards. While its 7.62 X 39 cartridge packs plenty of punch for the bigger bucks (especially with handloaded 150-grain bullets), its recoil is really pretty negligible."