I for one, would love to know what fake food (and tap water!) are *really* made of before I welcome our pharmochemical overlords. Publishing spectral analysis of the alphabetical array of mysterious multisyllabic additives currently adorning the shelves of every major grocery chain in the country would be awesome indeed.<br>
<br>Is it illegal *anywhere* to test dubious substances? Aren't most substances dubious until a reasonable accounting of their origin can be determined?<br><br>- Jamie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM, john arclight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arclight@gmail.com">arclight@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Maybe you can offer to test moonshine that people bring in. Manitoba<br>
has hillbillies like the US does, right?<br>
<br>
Is it illegal where you are to test pills and other dubious substances<br>
people bring samples of?<br>
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Andrew Orr <<a href="mailto:andrew@andreworr.ca">andrew@andreworr.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey everyone,<br>
><br>
> Our hackerspace[1] got offered a mass spectrometer, but we have to figure<br>
> out what kinds of thing we'll use it for before we can get it. The guy who<br>
> is donating it doesn't want it to sit idle or be put in storage or whatever.<br>
><br>
> So my question to you lot is: What kinds of projects / use cases does a mass<br>
> spectrometer have in a hackerspace?<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> -Andrew<br>
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