#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2004, 2005

California suspends marijuana ID card program until legal implications are made clear
posted by kp at 2005-07-10 18:55

kp: "Announcing this, California state health director Sandra Shewry said that officials are concerned that the state can be held liable for abetting federal crimes. Ms Shewry said that she was concerned about the effect the Supreme Court ruling would have on the patients, their families as well as the California Department of Health Services on what she called the "unintended potential consequences of issuing medical marijuana ID cards."

Superb info on different types of displays (LCD, CRT, Plasma, something else)
posted by simmo at 2005-07-10 09:58

simmo: does not mention difference in potential XRay hazard level of CRT vs other displays
simmo: or power consumption
simmo: "plasma is a type of digital CRT" .. so I guess it also has an xray gun inside?
simmo: LCD "essentially emmission free"
simmo: the viewsonic blurb also gives power use comparisons

Ariel Atom - looks like a concept car, but surprisingly cheap.
posted by ^matthew at 2005-07-10 03:53

rik: the fastest production road-legal car from a factory, currently. aparently. something like that. according to Top Gear, anyway.
rik: so descriptive, aren't i?

Pirate Bay Legal Threat Responses
posted by burtonator at 2005-07-10 03:26

burtonator: funny
burtonator: Hello and thank you for contacting us. We have shut down the website in question. Oh wait, just kidding. We haven't, since the site in question is fully legal. Unlike certain other countries, such as the one you're in, we have sane copyright laws here. But we also have polar bears roaming the streets and attacking people :-(.

NSFW
posted by cryptomail at 2005-07-10 00:31

cryptomail: GTA Pr0n scene