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Topic Started: Apr 19 2010, 10:12 PM (1,167 Views)
Telosan
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Hmm, a thread referring to national pot day seems to be perfect for spamming.

Shall we start the spam war we've been talking about for months?
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Sedulius
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No. No spam wars. I will destroy you.
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Telosan
Jul 5 2010, 11:13 PM
Hmm, a thread referring to national pot day seems to be perfect for spamming.

Shall we start the spam war we've been talking about for months?
Everything above your post was completely relevant to this thread.
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Telosan
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Jul 5 2010, 11:14 PM
No. No spam wars. I will destroy you.
Oh, then how about a food fight?

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Sedulius
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Google image search, safe search on moderate, search: round can of spam

This was the first image:

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In what way is a tin of 8mm ammo relevant to spam?
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Telosan
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When the bullet passed through your skull, the flying chunks of brain matter look like Spam meat?
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Sedulius
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Good use of imagination Telo! I believe it has more with it being close to the shape of a spam can however. I wonder if they are regularly referred to as spam cans?

I ask this being that the next picture shown is titled spam can, yet it is a tin of 7.62mm ammo (almost identical to tin I own, though mine is Polish rather than Russian I believe).

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How do bullet calibers and mm compare? I've got a 50 caliber bullet and it looks pretty similar to those.
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Moderator, please delete post 62 and above.
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Jul 5 2010, 11:42 PM
Moderator, please delete post 62 and above.
Aw, snitch.

You wanted a spam food fight just as much as I did!
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Telosan
Jul 5 2010, 11:43 PM
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Jul 5 2010, 11:42 PM
Moderator, please delete post 62 and above.
Aw, snitch.

You wanted a spam food fight just as much as I did!
Responding to you would just encourage and add more spam to the mix.
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Jul 5 2010, 11:49 PM
Telosan
Jul 5 2010, 11:43 PM
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Jul 5 2010, 11:42 PM
Moderator, please delete post 62 and above.
Aw, snitch.

You wanted a spam food fight just as much as I did!
Responding to you would just encourage and add more spam to the mix.
You just now responded as you said you weren't going to respond, even though it took a conscious act with the intent to respond to type an post and click "Post Reply".

Spammer.
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50 cal is WAY bigger than those. Those are roughly 30 cal.
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Telosan
Jul 5 2010, 11:40 PM
How do bullet calibers and mm compare? I've got a 50 caliber bullet and it looks pretty similar to those.
Common calibers in inch and their metric equivalents[3][4][5][6] Caliber Metric equivalent Typical bullet diameter Common cartridges Notes
.17 4.4 mm 0.172 in .17 Remington, .17 HMR
.177 4.5 mm .177 lead, .175 BB Airgun and BB gun .177 caliber
.20, .204 5 mm 0.204 in .204 Ruger
.22, .218, .219 .220, .221, .222, .223, .224, .225, .226 5.5, 5.56, 5.7 mm 0.223-0.224 in .22 Long Rifle, .223 Remington (5.56mm NATO), 5.7 x 28 mm, .22-250 Remington
.228 none 0.228 in .228 Ackley Magnum Bullets formerly available from Barnes, in heavily constructed 70 and 90 grain weights for medium game use
.24 6 mm 0.243 in .243 Winchester, 6 mm Remington, 6mm plastic (airsoft) BBs
.25 6.35 mm 0.25 in, 6.35 mm .25 ACP, 6.35x16mmSR a.k.a .25 Auto and 6.35 mm Browning
.257 6.5 mm 0.257 in, 6.527 mm .257 Roberts, .25-06 Remington typical 25 cal, not normally called 6.5
.26 6.5 mm 0.264 in, 6.7 mm 6.5 x 55 mm cartridges commonly known as 6.5
.27 6.8 mm, 7 mm 0.277 in, 7.035 mm .270 Winchester, 6.8 SPC not called 7 mm
.28 7 mm 0.284 in, 7.213 mm 7 mm Remington Magnum, 7 x 57 mm commonly called 7 mm
.30 7.62 mm 0.308 in 30-06, .308 Winchester (7.62mm NATO) American ".30 caliber"
.30 7.62 mm 0.311 in .303 British, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R Other ".30 caliber"
.32, .327 7.65 mm 0.309 - 0.312 in .32 ACP, .32 S&W, .327 Federal Magnum .32 caliber handgun cartridges
.32, .325 8 mm 0.323 in .325 WSM, 8 mm Remington Magnum, 8mm plastic (airsoft) BBs .32 caliber rifle cartridges
.338 8.58 mm 0.338 in .338 Lapua, .338 Winchester Magnum .338 Rifle cartridge
.38, .380, .357, .35 9 mm 0.355-0.357 in .38 Special, .380 ACP, .357 Magnum, .35 Remington, 9 mm Luger, 9x18mm Makarov Generally .357 for revolvers and rifles, .355 in autoloaders
.38 10 mm 0.400 in .38-40 Old black powder cartridge
.40 10 mm 0.400 in .40 S&W, 10 mm Auto
.404 10.25 mm 0.423 in .404 Jeffery
.405 10.75 mm 0.411 in .405 Winchester
.408 10.4 mm 0.408 in .408 Chey Tac CheyTac Intervention
.41 10.25 mm 0.410 in .41 Magnum .41 Action Express
.416 10.6 mm 0.416 in .416 Barrett, .416 Remington Magnum, .416 Rigby, .416 Weatherby Magnum Long-range sniper rounds
.43 11 mm 0.43 in Sl .43 SL large
.44 10.8 mm 0.427 - 0.430 in .44 Magnum
.45 11.45 mm 0.451-0.452 in .45 ACP, 45GAP Handgun .45 calibers, .451 autos and .452 in revolvers
.45 11.6 mm 0.458 in .45-70 Government Most rifle .45 calibers
.454 11.53 mm 0.454 in .454 Casull Once considered a wildcat cartridge, becoming more common
.458, .46 11.6 mm 0.458 in .460 Weatherby, .458 Winchester Magnum
.475, .480 12 mm 0.475 in .480 Ruger, .475 Linebaugh
.50 12.7 mm 0.50 in .50 AE, .500 S&W, .50 Beowulf Barrett .50 cal, Desert Eagle, S&W X-Frame, Alexander Arms .50 Beowulf
.50 12.95 mm 0.510 in .50 BMG, 12.7 x 108 mm M2 Browning machine gun and other heavy machine guns, long range rifles typified by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing products
.68 17.5 mm 0.683-0.696 in .689 Caliber Paintball markers Typically .689 Caliber, not called 17.5mm (Not actually a firearm)
.79 20 mm 0.787 in various autocannon caliber, about the smallest caliber capable of an explosive filling

Sorry, wanted it in table form. First number is so-called caliber, though, in reality, caliber really has to do wil barrel length of naval artillary pieces.

Selo: The wwII ammo box was called a "Spam Can" because it resembled a larger version of the standard issue field supplyed can of Spam.
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Jul 5 2010, 11:42 PM
Moderator, please delete post 62 and above.
Mod Warning

Don't spam. Fo-serious.

Warnings will be given out and enforced. Frodo.
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My warning level went up. :unsure:
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Jul 6 2010, 03:15 PM
My warning level went up. :unsure:
Everyone who made an emoticon post, posted a single punctuation mark, posted a picture of spam, or posted a racial slur had their warn level increased. No preferential treatment. No exceptions. No informal warnings.

Do. Not. Spam.

Providing you don't make more dozens spammy posts, you can expect your warning to go away after a week or so. Re-offenders can expect the forum rules to be properly enforced.
Edited by Nag Ehgoeg, Jul 6 2010, 04:18 PM.
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Companies don't test for alcohol...

But guess what they do when they see you holding a beer at a raging party in your profile picture on Facebook while Joe Shmoe is holding a basketball? They hire Joe Schmoe.

...

The legality is a reason they test for it (liability), but it isn't the only reason. The majority of people in the United States don't have a favorable opinion of weed, the majority of people in the United States don't want it legalized...

Even if weed is legal... When I'm running a small business and I see two drug tests in front of me with two different results for weed, I'm hiring the clean one if all else is equal... Weed isn't the worst thing in the world, but someone telling me they smoke weed tells me something about the person, and it's not positive, even if it isn't a terribly influential negative. I still think it's a big enough negative for some companies that it is worth their $ to test job candidates, even if it's legal. (Plus... The liability an employee creates for a company by smoking weed isn't negated when weed becomes legal...... The risk the company is taking would still be there, that of course being the employee messes something up do to the influence of the drug.)

Hell, you'd be surprised how many people do fail the urine tests.... :unsure: :rolleyes: A sure-fire way to know if someone is too stupid to work for me? If they are too stupid to pass a drug test. :lol:

...

All that said, I'm for the legalization of weed. I'd still drug test at my company after it's legalized too... Would it be an automatic fail? Yes. I told you to get a drug test, what did you think that meant!
Drug testing costs money, and companies don't like to spend money, stereotypically. If the legality is no longer a problem, I'm sure a number of companies would drop the tests, in order to save money, etc.
It's money well spent when you consider how much more likely drug-free employees are to work out in the long run... Companies don't have to spend the money now, but many still do.

BTW, I passed my drug test. ^^ :smoking:

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Edit: It varies by company, but some DO see it as a very big deal... The employees you interact with might not, but when does any given employee in a large company tell you exactly what the company is all about?
Section 11304 of Prop 19(http://70.32.87.43/documents/initiative.pdf):

(c) No person shall be punished, fined, discriminated against, or be denied any right or privilege for lawfully engaging in any conduct permitted by this Act or authorized pursuant to Section 11301 of this Act. Provided however, that the existing right of an employer to address consumption that actually impairs job performance by an employee shall not be affected.


So, I guess unless there is actual job impairment, then the employer cannot discriminate for the consumption of weed.
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Yeah, I figured something like that would be there, but it was pretty useless to argue that unless I wanted to pull the actual text, which I didn't. You still wouldn't be able to get high on the job, but the law itself would be quite foolish if it still allowed employers to discriminate against you for something which was not illegal.
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Jul 13 2010, 01:17 PM
Yeah, I figured something like that would be there, but it was pretty useless to argue that unless I wanted to pull the actual text, which I didn't. You still wouldn't be able to get high on the job, but the law itself would be quite foolish if it still allowed employers to discriminate against you for something which was not illegal.
Drinking is not illegal, but if a Pilot tests positive, he's gone. Surgeons too!
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Because if they test positive, they've been drinking on the job or right before they got to work. In either case, it's impairing your ability to do your job. You can't test positive for going on a bender a month ago, which is handy since it has no bearing on your ability to do your job currently.
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Plus a pilot's job is something that requires extreme attention.
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Jul 13 2010, 05:43 PM
Plus a pilot's job is something that requires extreme attention.
You'd be surprised.
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Jul 13 2010, 06:28 PM
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Jul 13 2010, 05:43 PM
Plus a pilot's job is something that requires extreme attention.
You'd be surprised.
One of my aunts got a pilot license out of boredom. Yes, it took her 2 years to get it, but she claims it was really easy. When she took me up in a plane, she was able to spend an unexpected amount of time turned around in her seat talking to me. 'Course, I spent most of our conversation staring forward to make sure we weren't about to die.
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