I think Charlton Heston may well have appreciated being considered an extremist.
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -Barry Goldwater
Yes, but the military isn't there to train truck drivers. It's there first, foremost, and only to kill people and break things. If you want to force job skills on people, force job skills on people, but the military isn't the organization for it.
So very true! I have a answering machine at home, and I will NEVER use phone company voice mail. When I walk in the door, I see the blinking light on the phone and know I have a message. The big problem with voice mail is that people don't remember to check it! Also, if they're on the phone, I don't want to be directed to voice mail, I want a busy signal. With a busy signal, it's you know they're home, and you can poll until they're off the phone. Voice mail on my phone at work is OK, because it's more like an answering machine. I have a blinking light that tells me there's a message.
Yeah, that's right you rich motherfuckers, the police and military are all poor and middle class to, who do you really think they'd side with? The guy with lots of money who says "I'll give you $100,000 to shut his mouth permanently".
Why? When was the last time an article that mattered was hacked? Who cares that some loser changed the article on Sinbad, saying that he had died? It wasn't true and it got corrected. Really, who gets their breaking news from Wikipedia? Wikipedia is not a news site. It's an encyclopedia. I go to Wikipedia to read about Ada or Egypt or subatomic particles, things like that. One of the things I like best about Wikipedia is that if there is controversy on a subject, I'll know it. There are links that say "look at the discussion page for this article". A hard copy encyclopedia won't give you that. Because anyone can edit it, all sides on a subject must come together to hash out the basic truths of an issue and the points of controversy get aired. I certainly don't want some "authority" who may be a complete partisan asshole having final say on a topic.
In the 1970's the Japanese musical instrument manufacturers had taken to attending musical instrument manufacturing conventions. They would wear a tie tack which measured 1 cm. on a side. They would pose either holding or standing next to an instrument they desired to copy and have their pictures taken. The photos would be blown up to full size using the tie tack as a reference point. Later, these instruments would appear on the market as excellent external copies. However, the internal structures often left much to be desired.
And if you don't care about making a good copy, if all you want is to make cheap knock-offs that look good, why buy when you can take a picture?
All it does is count pixels. Take the picture with the known size block in it, then count how many pixels the block takes up: that's your dots per inch -- for objects the same distance away as the known size image.
I read somewhere that the Japanese (I think) used to do this at musical instrument trade shows, by wearing a 1 cm square tie tack and taking photos of each other holding instruments. They could get the dimensions of the instrument from the photos that way, and make great cheap knock-offs.
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Because it cost the manufacturers a lot of money to add to a gun, increasing the cost of guns.
They're defragmenting the city! And I live in the middle of nowhere but I get my mail delivered practically to my door. It's called a rural route.
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Are you seriously quoting Arthur Kellerman? I'll see your link to a partisan anti-gun website, and raise you four links that discredit his research. http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdgaga.html http://home.comcast.net/~dsmjd/tux/dsmjd/rkba/kellerman.htm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,7217,00.html Arthur Kellerman also thinks you shouldn't be allowed to have an automated defibrillator in your home. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20040806/lifesaving-machine-over-counter He doesn't give a rat's ass if you live or die, as long as you aren't allowed to take care of yourself. Have you ever noticed that these anti-gun groups are all about preventing gun violence, but they never cry about any other type of violence? I've decided that they really don't care if you get murdered or raped or mugged, as long as it's not done with a gun.
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I think Charlton Heston may well have appreciated being considered an extremist. "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -Barry Goldwater
Hang a sign on your door that says "I am not the prev! He's in A7!"
Yes, but the military isn't there to train truck drivers. It's there first, foremost, and only to kill people and break things. If you want to force job skills on people, force job skills on people, but the military isn't the organization for it.
Arnica Montana does work. I've seen it work on horses and little kids.
So very true! I have a answering machine at home, and I will NEVER use phone company voice mail. When I walk in the door, I see the blinking light on the phone and know I have a message. The big problem with voice mail is that people don't remember to check it! Also, if they're on the phone, I don't want to be directed to voice mail, I want a busy signal. With a busy signal, it's you know they're home, and you can poll until they're off the phone. Voice mail on my phone at work is OK, because it's more like an answering machine. I have a blinking light that tells me there's a message.
Why? When was the last time an article that mattered was hacked? Who cares that some loser changed the article on Sinbad, saying that he had died? It wasn't true and it got corrected. Really, who gets their breaking news from Wikipedia? Wikipedia is not a news site. It's an encyclopedia. I go to Wikipedia to read about Ada or Egypt or subatomic particles, things like that. One of the things I like best about Wikipedia is that if there is controversy on a subject, I'll know it. There are links that say "look at the discussion page for this article". A hard copy encyclopedia won't give you that. Because anyone can edit it, all sides on a subject must come together to hash out the basic truths of an issue and the points of controversy get aired. I certainly don't want some "authority" who may be a complete partisan asshole having final say on a topic.
Maybe he was trying to point out that all modern cars have daytime running lights which in many instances is just having your headlights on.
All it does is count pixels. Take the picture with the known size block in it, then count how many pixels the block takes up: that's your dots per inch -- for objects the same distance away as the known size image. I read somewhere that the Japanese (I think) used to do this at musical instrument trade shows, by wearing a 1 cm square tie tack and taking photos of each other holding instruments. They could get the dimensions of the instrument from the photos that way, and make great cheap knock-offs.