I find this to be one of the biggest problems with many self-proclaimed proponents of AGW is that they think if they prove something, then the argument is done,
Nice strawman there. I challenge you to show where "many" people who believe the science do what you describe.
Whether or not you're intending to, you're coming across as a denier.
Given that all but a vanishingly small percentage of AGW "skeptics" are really denialists who've made up their minds before seeing the facts, then continue to deny.
/Yes/, but the point is that Saturn V was expected to get stuff/beyond/ LEO, therefore it had components to let it get stuff to the moon, therefore increasing the expense.
Which is why I'm keeping my Mosin M44 as the ready gun: it's got a permanently attached bayonet, so even if I can't get to the ammo quickly enough it's still got/something/.
Mind you, it's got a couple big deficiencies as a home-defense arm. One, 7.62x54R will over-penetrate like mad. For another, it's bolt action, and furthermore a bolt that was made by the Russians in the middle of a war - the fit-and-finish is very much "just good enough".
Most people whose politics don't involve self-fellation understand that it was not, in fact, a quote. The rest of what you posted is too ridiculous to warrant a reply.
it's a great way to configure all your Windows machines without having to go and physically touch each computer.
That said, there's nothing wrong with using an AD domain controller for that purpose and then having a NAS for file storage, especially if the NAS can integrate with AD so you can get the permissions set easily.
20-30 rpm is still a high rate of fire for a bolt rifle (for aimed fire, anyway), and you forget that an AR-15 is going to have basically no felt recoil, further increasing accuracy.
The simple fact is that it's easier for J. Random to rack up a high score during a mass shooting if he's got a semi-automatic versus anything that needs to be manually cycled. In trained hands, yes, a manually-cycled weapon can kill nearly as quickly, but there are a lot fewer people out there with such training.
Here's one for you: suppressing fire. It's a whole lot easier to suppress with a higher rate of fire, such as those provided by a semi-auto with large quickly-replaceable magazines. If the shooter'd tried that with an SMLE: 1) fewer dead people because fewer rounds downrange, and 2) with more time between shots more people can escape and maybe someone will have time to tackle him.
Before you think to stereotype me, I'm a gun owner and have nearly had to shoot someone who was trying to invade my house - if he'd kicked that door down, he'd have been dead. That was with a bolt Mosin M44.
OK, but how many psycho assholes are going to be able to work a bolt like Carlos Hathcock? You have to be trained and do a lot of practice to get a good rate of fire out of bolt actions. Even common infantry back in the day couldn't do that.
I have to agree with the other poster: with incidents like these, it's hard not to look upon civilian ownership of semi-autos with a jaundiced eye.
With a bolt you usually have to lower the weapon between shots to cycle the action, or at the least have to reacquire the target. Bolts also generally re-load either one at a time or with a stripper clip, while a semi-auto generally uses a replaceable box mag.
Semi-autos are much easier to have a high rate of fire with. That would be why US infantry units had much higher firepower than their counterparts during WWII, when we had semi-auto M1s and everyone else had bolts (ignoring SMGs, which outside the Red Army were far less common).
How are you going to/enforce/ eminent domain without it leading to a shooting war? You already had the foamy people howling about secession over ending slavery. You're making a bunch of assumptions, basically Monday-morning quarterbacking Lincoln and the Union.
Naive, and a typical Internet Libertarian way of assuming that people are/rational/ and intelligent. People, in the main, are not.
Yep. Dell kept doing the same thing for years with AMD, threatening to start selling AMD-based systems to keep Intel motivated to give them sweetheart deals.
By the time Intel got tired of the tactic, the Core 2 had been released anyway so AMD was no longer the best. Kind of how Ubuntu's interface is no longer as-good-or-better than Windows' now that it's saddled with Unity.
I'm generally on your side WRT the effectiveness of individual weapons against the government, but it is not necessarily so simple.
Consider Fidel Castro. He and some buddies had a small number of relatively ineffective weapons, but they used those to raid lightly-defended government armories and get better weapons.
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It's old /and/ white. Perfect fit for the Republican ticket.
A portrait of him in a mankini?
I find this to be one of the biggest problems with many self-proclaimed proponents of AGW is that they think if they prove something, then the argument is done,
Nice strawman there. I challenge you to show where "many" people who believe the science do what you describe.
Whether or not you're intending to, you're coming across as a denier.
Excellent application of Poe's Law. I can't quite make out whether you're really a foamer or just parodying them.
Who'd have figured, right?
Given that all but a vanishingly small percentage of AGW "skeptics" are really denialists who've made up their minds before seeing the facts, then continue to deny.
/Yes/, but the point is that Saturn V was expected to get stuff /beyond/ LEO, therefore it had components to let it get stuff to the moon, therefore increasing the expense.
Furrfu.
Saturn V wasn't used to boost large payloads to LEO with the exception of Skylab. False comparison.
One supposes that it might be economical if it's properly mass produced and not required to be man-rated.
Forgot about that, yes. Even outside the thing's nasty loud.
Wish I'd gotten one of those Yugo SKSs in '05 when you could get them new-in-box for $150.
Which is why I'm keeping my Mosin M44 as the ready gun: it's got a permanently attached bayonet, so even if I can't get to the ammo quickly enough it's still got /something/.
Mind you, it's got a couple big deficiencies as a home-defense arm. One, 7.62x54R will over-penetrate like mad. For another, it's bolt action, and furthermore a bolt that was made by the Russians in the middle of a war - the fit-and-finish is very much "just good enough".
Luxury. We had to create the entire universe ourselves just to make an apple pie from scratch!
They're always the wrong way up on the first try and they get loose after some use.
You're begging for a "your mom" joke here.
Dear god you are a stupid ideologue, aren't you?
Most people whose politics don't involve self-fellation understand that it was not, in fact, a quote. The rest of what you posted is too ridiculous to warrant a reply.
HEY LOOK AT THE GLENN BECK VIEWER.
And to think that I once thought my opinion of you couldn't get a whole lot lower.
"See, it was never the government who created the Internet. The Free Market (peace be upon it) did it all by its lonesome!".
Color me shocked that a Murdoch paper's using that line.
it's a great way to configure all your Windows machines without having to go and physically touch each computer.
That said, there's nothing wrong with using an AD domain controller for that purpose and then having a NAS for file storage, especially if the NAS can integrate with AD so you can get the permissions set easily.
20-30 rpm is still a high rate of fire for a bolt rifle (for aimed fire, anyway), and you forget that an AR-15 is going to have basically no felt recoil, further increasing accuracy.
The simple fact is that it's easier for J. Random to rack up a high score during a mass shooting if he's got a semi-automatic versus anything that needs to be manually cycled. In trained hands, yes, a manually-cycled weapon can kill nearly as quickly, but there are a lot fewer people out there with such training.
Now you're giving me empty platitudes?
Here's one for you: suppressing fire. It's a whole lot easier to suppress with a higher rate of fire, such as those provided by a semi-auto with large quickly-replaceable magazines. If the shooter'd tried that with an SMLE: 1) fewer dead people because fewer rounds downrange, and 2) with more time between shots more people can escape and maybe someone will have time to tackle him.
Before you think to stereotype me, I'm a gun owner and have nearly had to shoot someone who was trying to invade my house - if he'd kicked that door down, he'd have been dead. That was with a bolt Mosin M44.
OK, but how many psycho assholes are going to be able to work a bolt like Carlos Hathcock? You have to be trained and do a lot of practice to get a good rate of fire out of bolt actions. Even common infantry back in the day couldn't do that.
I have to agree with the other poster: with incidents like these, it's hard not to look upon civilian ownership of semi-autos with a jaundiced eye.
With a bolt you usually have to lower the weapon between shots to cycle the action, or at the least have to reacquire the target. Bolts also generally re-load either one at a time or with a stripper clip, while a semi-auto generally uses a replaceable box mag.
Semi-autos are much easier to have a high rate of fire with. That would be why US infantry units had much higher firepower than their counterparts during WWII, when we had semi-auto M1s and everyone else had bolts (ignoring SMGs, which outside the Red Army were far less common).
No mindless pro-gun bullshit, please.
I've heard of a programmer who, in some "can't happen" code, had it display the phrase "you are well and truly fucked".
The code happened.
How are you going to /enforce/ eminent domain without it leading to a shooting war? You already had the foamy people howling about secession over ending slavery. You're making a bunch of assumptions, basically Monday-morning quarterbacking Lincoln and the Union.
Naive, and a typical Internet Libertarian way of assuming that people are /rational/ and intelligent. People, in the main, are not.
Yep. Dell kept doing the same thing for years with AMD, threatening to start selling AMD-based systems to keep Intel motivated to give them sweetheart deals.
By the time Intel got tired of the tactic, the Core 2 had been released anyway so AMD was no longer the best. Kind of how Ubuntu's interface is no longer as-good-or-better than Windows' now that it's saddled with Unity.
I'm generally on your side WRT the effectiveness of individual weapons against the government, but it is not necessarily so simple.
Consider Fidel Castro. He and some buddies had a small number of relatively ineffective weapons, but they used those to raid lightly-defended government armories and get better weapons.
Or maybe you're so immersed in politics that you see politics everywhere you look.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
You're making the charmingly naive assumption that all the slaveowners would be willing to sell, and that it would be easy to ban further importation.
Actually, no. That's kind of a retarded assumption.