Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...
Conclusion, he's an egomaniac who thinks he's better than everyone else cause he thinks he knows what love really is and everyone else is wrong.

Originally posted by  ZE`EV ...

p.S. Dino that was awesome dude.

Originally posted by BASDINI...

new one

To move their armies, the Romans built over 50,000 miles of roads. Imagine driving all those miles! Now imagine driving those miles in the first gasoline-driven car that has only three wheels and could reach a top speed of about 10 miles per hour.
For safety's sake, let's bring along a spare tire. As you drive the 50,000 miles, you rotate the spare with the other tires so that all four tires get the same amount of wear. Can you figure out how many miles of wear each tire accumulates?

Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...

what if it's a fluorescant bulb? those don't heat up..

Originally posted by BASDINI...

here is good one my mother told me this one, this one is a question that is found on university science program entrance tests alot of the time

There are two rooms. One has three lights and the other has three switches. Bob starts out in the room with the switches. He is alone. He can not see the room with the lights. Once he leaves the the switches room, the door closes and locks. How does Bob figure out which light goes to which switch?

Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...



yup, you are. read it again real closely.

Originally posted by POISONED CANDY...



You're making two huge assumptions here, which may very well be false.

Assumption #1 - Making pot or E legal would increase their consumption

This isn't neccesarily true. People have many other reasons why they choose to use or not use a substance other than its legality. In fact, making something illegal might cause its use to rise since people could do it as a form of rebellion or do make a badass image for themselves.

Nowdays, more young people are trying pot than cigarretes, DESPITE the fact that pot is illegal and more expensive. Furthermore, studies have shown that kids binge drink more often at the ages of 16-17 when alcohol is less available to them, than they do at ages 18+ when its legal to drink. Finally, even though pot is quasi-legal and widely available in Amserdam, the prevalance of use is not greater there than in a culturally similar American city.

So your assumption that legalization = increased use just doesn't hold up.

Assumption #2: Cigarettes and alchohol are safer than illegal drugs, its only b/c they are more widely used that their are more problems

Despite the overwhelming proportion of all substance-related deaths that are a result of drinking and smoking, you do have a point that obviously you have to adjust for the number of people that drink or smoke vs. the number that use other drugs.

Even adjusting for this number, however, you'll likely find that of all the drugs that one can possibly use, legal or illegal, alcohol and tobacco are among the worst:

- tobacco is the most addictive substance known to man, more so than heroin, crystal meth, or cocaine

- alcohol is about as addictive than cocaine, and four times more addictive than LSD, ecstasy, or pot

- trying to stop heavy drinking can result in withdrawal symptoms leading to death, one of the few drugs for which this is true

So, your second assumption is false as well - the reason why alcohol and tobacco cause so many deaths is not only because they are widely used, but because they are all also two of the very worst drugs available, both legal or otherwise.

A distinction is drawn between hard drugs (which bear "unacceptable" risks; e.g. cocaine, heroin and ecstasy) and soft drugs such as the psychedelic psilocybin mushrooms as well as cannabis products: hashish and marijuana (as defined in the Dutch Opium Act). The distinction is drawn on whether the substance is only psychologically addictive (i.e. producing no worse effect than moderate craving when withdrawn) or also physically addictive (i.e. there is solid proof the drug could cause dangerous withdrawal symptoms and/or lasting physical damage). One of the main aims of this policy is to separate the markets for soft and hard drugs so that soft drug users are less likely to come into contact with hard drugs. This policy also aims to take the soft drug market out of the hands of the criminals, thus reducing crime.

Originally posted by NAMASTÉ...

le pot est légal à amsterdam, je sais pas comment est la situation là-bas par contre. est-ce qu'il a toujours été légal ou il a été légalisé? est-ce que les autres drogues sont légales?