Shaving cream and a straight edge is what I use as I can keep a straight edge sharp without issue. I know other people who use the old butterfly safety razor as they don't want to deal with a straight edge. I'm surprised that the major razor manufactures haven't changed things up as their most recent patents are probably getting close to running out or have expired.
a lot of VW Golfs on their second tranny before 50,000 KM.
Well maybe trannies just like the VW golf? Like how Subarus are supposedly cars lesbians like?
Yes that is a joke and up until last year I hadn't heard the Subaru thing until I suggested one to my sister (she wanted a car but had to have all wheel drive and be black) when she was seeking advice.
I'm driving a 13 year old vehicle with 155,000 miles on it. My jeep ceased to run with 379,000 on it and it was 19 years old, my previous car had the automatic transmission go out on it (that was a fun car to beat on so that probably had a lot to do with it's premature failure) at 260,000 mile and was 16 years old. 100,000 miles is nothing and I have even driven 1980s shit boxes with that kind of mileage (88 Ford Bronco II with 252,000, 85 Olds cutlass supreme with 257,000, 87 Buick Century with 214,000). Only one vehicle I have ever owned didn't make it over 200,000 miles and that was the 96 BMW 318ti I had but that got rear-ended and was spun into a fire hydrant and got totaled out. Sticking to the basic maintenance schedule will do wonders for vehicle longevity, as will washing and waxing the things, putting more effort into maintenance means fewer problems and the vehicle will usually suffer a catastrophic failure, or be so old and worn that even a simple repair will become a major undertaking because of rusted connectors and fittings.
For those who want to have fun with amorphous solids that have been cooled rapidly there are Prince Rupert's Drops. The bulbous end is incredibly tough a, I've pounded one into concrete with a 4lb sledge hammer, but break off the tail and they shatter into small fine shards. They are pretty easy to make with some practice, just take some soda glass (not pyrex) make a molten drop with a propane brazing torch (smaller drops are more likely to succeed), and drop into a column of water (1 quart mason jar works fairly well but a taller column of water would work better).
I'm surprised they didn't' attribute solar panels to witches, witchcraft, and the moral degradation of the youth. Maybe throw in the existence of D&D and we can call it a day, although I didn't see any mention of Obama, or terrorism so there may be a few more things that could be piled in there too.
What they should do is figure out how to sell it as a light rail project in Minnesota. We spend billions of dollars building and running those things yet they only really see use when there is a sporting event downtown. Additionally they might try selling it as a sporting arena here as we seem to be building a bunch of those things as well.
Apparently you are not aware of Diffle-Hellman. No need for me to even know the key as the computer can figure it all out. Dangle me all you want I can't provide the information you want.
Also if I were to be security paranoid where I needed to use OTPs I would be making use of hardware random number generators on a system that was not connected to the outside world (eliminates trojans and keyloggers). If you are having to deal with cameras in you private home you are basically fucked at that point anyway so I'm not going to worry about that for this discussion.
Well there are forms of encryption that cannot be broken in this universe, and others that are probable unbreakable in any universe for even messages shorter than this sentence so that is good enough for me. There is the venerable one time pad (OTP) which can be shown to be unbreakable as at best all you could get were all possible messages of that length. The really neat thing about OTPs is that they are so simple you can teach them to a child and they can understand how they work and can do them with nothing more than paper and pencil. Also if one were to try and brute force keys on symmetric key encryption you would run out of energy in the universe at around 270 bits using conventional computers, or 540 bits using quantum computers, that is assuming you have an ideal computer. Even then at 540 bits all you have done is cycled the counter and haven't done any useful decryption. Unfortunately asymmetric key encryption schemes based on prime factorization, elliptical curves, or discrete logarithms are broken using quantum computers but are still pretty strong on conventional hardware. The good news is that there are some asymmetric key algorithms that appear to be unbreakable even on quantum computers.
So to sum up I'm not really worried about things that will take longer than the heat death of the universe, and if the US government has access to substantially more energy than is available in this universe then we have bigger problems. The first that comes to mind is waste heat even with an ideal computer.
I don't think it is a lack of mental capacity it is just so many people never learned what is the correct way to handle them and their knowledge of guns comes mostly from TV. Then again I grew up in a family with strong rural roots so learning how to properly handle, operate, and store firearms was something we just grew up with, as well as how to drive a tractor, split wood, use a chain saw, milk the goats, deal with an unruly rooster, all as a child. My middle school even had a lunchtime activity of firearm safety where you could go and get your firearm safety certificate. Even bringing up requiring the most basic level (and yes getting the firearm safety certificate is the most basic level) of training and people shit themselves. Personally I would prefer a more in depth training like that found in the BSA's Rifle or Shotgun shooting merit badges but even the simplistic firearms safety certificate would be welcomed. But people still bitch because it might prevent someone from owning a firearm, even though the above mentioned items are meant for children to have a good chance with some practice and a bit effort to pass.
I was teaching a buddy of mine how to shoot one day (on my property in northern Minnesota) and he is one of those people who probably shouldn't have a gun but at least I am trying to teach him proper handling and usage. Unless he figures it out he seems likely to end up as one of the stupid who injures himself or others. The simple concept of unload the fucking thing was lost on him for a while when we would go down to examine the targets as he was confident in the safety. I heard so many times working with him "but the safety is on" it wasn't funny. For the longest time I wondered how people have accidents with firearms, I now know.
Mechanical watches can indeed be heirloom timepieces. I still wear my father's Longines Professional most days. He bought it when he was aircrew in the RAF in Cairo in 1941
Sounds not too dissimilar to my the watch I wear every day. It was my uncle's watch he got while in the US Air Force in Vietnam. It was an inexpensive watch at the time ($17.50 or $22.50 at the px I forget which) made by Benrus for the US military. The watch is over 50 years old and keeps great time for a mechanical watch (runs about 3 seconds +-1 second fast a day). Also unlike so many modern men's watches it has a really clean look with a black face, crisp white numbers, parkerized stainless steel case. My only complaint is that the self illumination no longer functions as the tritium in the hands and hour markers has gone through over 3 half lives.
I believe that draft has found it's way over Minnesota and currently explains the unseasonably warm weather. With that much hot air could anyone expect any different?
And yet no one freaks out that they have to register their vehicle with the government.
People are banned from operating motor vehicles on a regular basis for all sorts of reasons. Further, you need to be licensed and to get a license you need to demonstrate competency. Most states require you to carry insurance. You can be held liable for injury and damage even if your vehicle was driven by somebody else.
Your vehicle has to be registered and the title has to be transferred even in the event of a private sale.
Only if you plan to operate that vehicle out in public. I have a vehicle that I have never registered, is not licensed, and not insured. I also do not operate it on public roads. Also I was driving vehicle long before I ever got my state issued drivers license, and this was not just some beater vehicle out at the family farm but also high performance race cars in actual races. By the time I did get my drivers license I had been driving for half of my life and had gotten better driving instruction than I got when I did take drivers ed which was a fucking joke. I do however need a license if I want to bring my firearms out into public. For my shotgun or rifle I need to have a hunting license but then I can only bring it specific places at specific times, and if I want to use it even on private property to hunt I still need that license. For a handgun if I want to have it out in public I need to get a CCW permit. Both of these require some sort of training to show the most basic competency (not all that different from operating a motor vehicle) now and need to be renewed regularly.
Few if any people get bent out of shape over the regulations imposed on motor vehicle operation, sales, and ownership. Yet, they are much more stringent than any gun laws. We should be doing the same for guns at a minimum.
I'll take your bait. So if we decide to regulate guns like vehicles that means I now can:
Own any firearm I can afford
Can run any type of ammunition through them provided they are used only on private property (think leaded vs unleaded fuel)
Only need to have them registered if operated on public property
Can take any type of firearm (provided it is registered) onto public property
Can transport them freely from state
Need a license to have them in public, but not on public property (wait I already have to have that in most cases, a CCW or Hunting license but those are much more restrictive)
That license is recognized in every state
I need training to have on in public (already required for most CCWs or hunting license )
I can build any type of firearm I want
16 year olds can own and operate any one they want in public
I only need insurance for it if I want to take it out in public (in a case for transport is not in public just like vehicle on a car carrier are not)
Can legally import any one I want from anywhere in the world without issue (pay the appropriate duty) so long as it was made before 1967 or some date like that (I forget the exact date as I did look into importing an older vehicle years ago)
This would also likely require that all firearms be fitted with suppressors (aka silencers).
So using your thinking I would legally be able to construct a belt fed machine pistol that shoots armor piercing rounds and legally transport it to California and sell it to someone there. Provided it never goes out in public (it can be transported in a valid case) this would all be legal under your scenario.
more than likely it would be classed as a long gun as it is meant to be fired from the shoulder and use 2 hands. Also since it would still have the shoulder stock it would likely fall outside the maximum length for an hand gun so would also be classified as a long gun. Short barreled rifles also require a special tax stamp from the feds.
Long gun tells me it is either a rifle of some sort or shotgun of some sort, and not a hand gun. While not the most specific term is does describe a whole class of weapons that are meant to be fired from the shoulder and take to hands to operate. Also most firearm laws (at least in my state) are differentiated along the lines of long guns and hand guns so it isn't just some bullshit media term like "assault weapon" with a nebulous meaning.
When I hear gun culture I often wonder what people mean. From my point of view there are few separate things this could mean:
First there is the gun culture of the hunters.
Then there is the gun culture of the nuts who will go an open carry an AR because they can.
Also there is the gun culture of the people who think they will be John Wayne, (yippie kai yeah mother fucker, these may overlap with the one above)
Finally there is the is the gun culture of the gang banger.
So serious question, when you say gun culture was it a general statement encompassing everyone or one covering some subset of people?
Gun control is not an extreme position. Full societal firearms banning, confiscation, and general elimination from society is an extreme position.
Yet there are far too many people claiming that the above action should be taken. I know a number of them and they are on my wife's side of the family. Because I own a shotgun (bird hunting and deer hunting in the slug gun area), rifle (deer, bear, and elk hunting), and a magnum class revolver (personal protection from the large critters when I am out in the woods) they believe that I have effectively murdered my children. They regularly say that no one needs a firearm and that only the police and military should have them. The only thing they ever hear about firearms is when they are used in a crime or in war as none of them have really been around traditional outdoors people (hunting and fishing).
These are very stereotypical California (Marin county and San Fransisco) and Oregon (Salem) people. The best was when one was over and I had cooked venison chops for dinner. The apparently didn't know what venison was but asked if it was: cage free, antibiotic free, hormone free, organic, free range, humanely raised, etc. meat. I told them yes and after they had eaten some and really liked it asked what it was again and where I got it. I told them it was the deer I shot about 2 months previous. The look of horror and disgust on their face was priceless especially since they didn't have a problem with it up until that point.
Also I do believe that everyone who owns a firearm should be trained in the safe storage, handling, operation, and care of it.
Hell they already make little popup hunting blinds that could probably be fitted with a wire mesh instead of fabric. You could sell them for $500 each and not have to figure out how to build such a thing.
I eat meat and I do care about the environment. The big difference is that I don't eat the meat you describe, it is either meat I hunt for, or it is the half a cow I split with my father which comes from a local farmer he has known for almost 40 years. The beef isn't anything like normal beef as it is a small herd (12-14 head) on 40 acres fed a proper diet (they produce much less methane this way), and when butchered has a wonderful dark red almost purple color and glorious aroma (not too different from venison or bison).
Those are all things my employer offers although the training is something that you need to go and ask about and if it applicable to your position your manager will likely approve it. As far as matching I get a 100% match on 6% on my 401k and for share matching I get a 1 matched share for every 2 I own with the ability to put in up to 10% of my pay. I get called by recruiters and HR people all the time trying to get me to switch and I make it clear that what they are offering had better be at least as good as what I currently have and laugh at the shit offers they give me and then tell them what I currently am getting and what it would take to get be to switch. Then again the company I work for isn't an American one and I haven't worked for an American company in almost 15 years (French, Swiss, and German). Then again I get 4 weeks of vacation have 100% covered for my health insurance and 50% covered for the rest of my family, annual tuition reimbursement up to $5125 per year, other benefits, and a pretty good pay in a lower cost state. They use to have a defined benefit plan for the US employees but that ended in the early 2000s long before I started here. Just because most jobs suck balls doesn't mean all do and when searching you need to make it clear what you are looking for and you also need to always be searching.
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Shaving cream and a straight edge is what I use as I can keep a straight edge sharp without issue. I know other people who use the old butterfly safety razor as they don't want to deal with a straight edge. I'm surprised that the major razor manufactures haven't changed things up as their most recent patents are probably getting close to running out or have expired.
a lot of VW Golfs on their second tranny before 50,000 KM.
Well maybe trannies just like the VW golf? Like how Subarus are supposedly cars lesbians like?
Yes that is a joke and up until last year I hadn't heard the Subaru thing until I suggested one to my sister (she wanted a car but had to have all wheel drive and be black) when she was seeking advice.
I'm driving a 13 year old vehicle with 155,000 miles on it. My jeep ceased to run with 379,000 on it and it was 19 years old, my previous car had the automatic transmission go out on it (that was a fun car to beat on so that probably had a lot to do with it's premature failure) at 260,000 mile and was 16 years old. 100,000 miles is nothing and I have even driven 1980s shit boxes with that kind of mileage (88 Ford Bronco II with 252,000, 85 Olds cutlass supreme with 257,000, 87 Buick Century with 214,000). Only one vehicle I have ever owned didn't make it over 200,000 miles and that was the 96 BMW 318ti I had but that got rear-ended and was spun into a fire hydrant and got totaled out. Sticking to the basic maintenance schedule will do wonders for vehicle longevity, as will washing and waxing the things, putting more effort into maintenance means fewer problems and the vehicle will usually suffer a catastrophic failure, or be so old and worn that even a simple repair will become a major undertaking because of rusted connectors and fittings.
For those who want to have fun with amorphous solids that have been cooled rapidly there are Prince Rupert's Drops. The bulbous end is incredibly tough a, I've pounded one into concrete with a 4lb sledge hammer, but break off the tail and they shatter into small fine shards. They are pretty easy to make with some practice, just take some soda glass (not pyrex) make a molten drop with a propane brazing torch (smaller drops are more likely to succeed), and drop into a column of water (1 quart mason jar works fairly well but a taller column of water would work better).
I'm surprised they didn't' attribute solar panels to witches, witchcraft, and the moral degradation of the youth. Maybe throw in the existence of D&D and we can call it a day, although I didn't see any mention of Obama, or terrorism so there may be a few more things that could be piled in there too.
What they should do is figure out how to sell it as a light rail project in Minnesota. We spend billions of dollars building and running those things yet they only really see use when there is a sporting event downtown. Additionally they might try selling it as a sporting arena here as we seem to be building a bunch of those things as well.
Apparently you are not aware of Diffle-Hellman. No need for me to even know the key as the computer can figure it all out. Dangle me all you want I can't provide the information you want.
Also if I were to be security paranoid where I needed to use OTPs I would be making use of hardware random number generators on a system that was not connected to the outside world (eliminates trojans and keyloggers). If you are having to deal with cameras in you private home you are basically fucked at that point anyway so I'm not going to worry about that for this discussion.
I thought Chuck was the evil asshole with malicious intent and Eve was just a little bitch that like eavesdropping.
Then I'll just publish a book .
Well there are forms of encryption that cannot be broken in this universe, and others that are probable unbreakable in any universe for even messages shorter than this sentence so that is good enough for me. There is the venerable one time pad (OTP) which can be shown to be unbreakable as at best all you could get were all possible messages of that length. The really neat thing about OTPs is that they are so simple you can teach them to a child and they can understand how they work and can do them with nothing more than paper and pencil. Also if one were to try and brute force keys on symmetric key encryption you would run out of energy in the universe at around 270 bits using conventional computers, or 540 bits using quantum computers, that is assuming you have an ideal computer. Even then at 540 bits all you have done is cycled the counter and haven't done any useful decryption. Unfortunately asymmetric key encryption schemes based on prime factorization, elliptical curves, or discrete logarithms are broken using quantum computers but are still pretty strong on conventional hardware. The good news is that there are some asymmetric key algorithms that appear to be unbreakable even on quantum computers.
So to sum up I'm not really worried about things that will take longer than the heat death of the universe, and if the US government has access to substantially more energy than is available in this universe then we have bigger problems. The first that comes to mind is waste heat even with an ideal computer.
I don't think it is a lack of mental capacity it is just so many people never learned what is the correct way to handle them and their knowledge of guns comes mostly from TV. Then again I grew up in a family with strong rural roots so learning how to properly handle, operate, and store firearms was something we just grew up with, as well as how to drive a tractor, split wood, use a chain saw, milk the goats, deal with an unruly rooster, all as a child. My middle school even had a lunchtime activity of firearm safety where you could go and get your firearm safety certificate. Even bringing up requiring the most basic level (and yes getting the firearm safety certificate is the most basic level) of training and people shit themselves. Personally I would prefer a more in depth training like that found in the BSA's Rifle or Shotgun shooting merit badges but even the simplistic firearms safety certificate would be welcomed. But people still bitch because it might prevent someone from owning a firearm, even though the above mentioned items are meant for children to have a good chance with some practice and a bit effort to pass.
I was teaching a buddy of mine how to shoot one day (on my property in northern Minnesota) and he is one of those people who probably shouldn't have a gun but at least I am trying to teach him proper handling and usage. Unless he figures it out he seems likely to end up as one of the stupid who injures himself or others. The simple concept of unload the fucking thing was lost on him for a while when we would go down to examine the targets as he was confident in the safety. I heard so many times working with him "but the safety is on" it wasn't funny. For the longest time I wondered how people have accidents with firearms, I now know.
For some reason I find this too funny. I think I need that on a shirt.
Mechanical watches can indeed be heirloom timepieces. I still wear my father's Longines Professional most days. He bought it when he was aircrew in the RAF in Cairo in 1941
Sounds not too dissimilar to my the watch I wear every day. It was my uncle's watch he got while in the US Air Force in Vietnam. It was an inexpensive watch at the time ($17.50 or $22.50 at the px I forget which) made by Benrus for the US military. The watch is over 50 years old and keeps great time for a mechanical watch (runs about 3 seconds +-1 second fast a day). Also unlike so many modern men's watches it has a really clean look with a black face, crisp white numbers, parkerized stainless steel case. My only complaint is that the self illumination no longer functions as the tritium in the hands and hour markers has gone through over 3 half lives.
I believe that draft has found it's way over Minnesota and currently explains the unseasonably warm weather. With that much hot air could anyone expect any different?
And yet no one freaks out that they have to register their vehicle with the government. People are banned from operating motor vehicles on a regular basis for all sorts of reasons. Further, you need to be licensed and to get a license you need to demonstrate competency. Most states require you to carry insurance. You can be held liable for injury and damage even if your vehicle was driven by somebody else. Your vehicle has to be registered and the title has to be transferred even in the event of a private sale.
Only if you plan to operate that vehicle out in public. I have a vehicle that I have never registered, is not licensed, and not insured. I also do not operate it on public roads. Also I was driving vehicle long before I ever got my state issued drivers license, and this was not just some beater vehicle out at the family farm but also high performance race cars in actual races. By the time I did get my drivers license I had been driving for half of my life and had gotten better driving instruction than I got when I did take drivers ed which was a fucking joke. I do however need a license if I want to bring my firearms out into public. For my shotgun or rifle I need to have a hunting license but then I can only bring it specific places at specific times, and if I want to use it even on private property to hunt I still need that license. For a handgun if I want to have it out in public I need to get a CCW permit. Both of these require some sort of training to show the most basic competency (not all that different from operating a motor vehicle) now and need to be renewed regularly.
Few if any people get bent out of shape over the regulations imposed on motor vehicle operation, sales, and ownership. Yet, they are much more stringent than any gun laws. We should be doing the same for guns at a minimum.
I'll take your bait. So if we decide to regulate guns like vehicles that means I now can:
Own any firearm I can afford
Can run any type of ammunition through them provided they are used only on private property (think leaded vs unleaded fuel)
Only need to have them registered if operated on public property
Can take any type of firearm (provided it is registered) onto public property
Can transport them freely from state
Need a license to have them in public, but not on public property (wait I already have to have that in most cases, a CCW or Hunting license but those are much more restrictive)
That license is recognized in every state
I need training to have on in public (already required for most CCWs or hunting license )
I can build any type of firearm I want
16 year olds can own and operate any one they want in public
I only need insurance for it if I want to take it out in public (in a case for transport is not in public just like vehicle on a car carrier are not)
Can legally import any one I want from anywhere in the world without issue (pay the appropriate duty) so long as it was made before 1967 or some date like that (I forget the exact date as I did look into importing an older vehicle years ago)
This would also likely require that all firearms be fitted with suppressors (aka silencers).
So using your thinking I would legally be able to construct a belt fed machine pistol that shoots armor piercing rounds and legally transport it to California and sell it to someone there. Provided it never goes out in public (it can be transported in a valid case) this would all be legal under your scenario.
more than likely it would be classed as a long gun as it is meant to be fired from the shoulder and use 2 hands. Also since it would still have the shoulder stock it would likely fall outside the maximum length for an hand gun so would also be classified as a long gun. Short barreled rifles also require a special tax stamp from the feds.
Long gun tells me it is either a rifle of some sort or shotgun of some sort, and not a hand gun. While not the most specific term is does describe a whole class of weapons that are meant to be fired from the shoulder and take to hands to operate. Also most firearm laws (at least in my state) are differentiated along the lines of long guns and hand guns so it isn't just some bullshit media term like "assault weapon" with a nebulous meaning.
When I hear gun culture I often wonder what people mean. From my point of view there are few separate things this could mean:
First there is the gun culture of the hunters.
Then there is the gun culture of the nuts who will go an open carry an AR because they can.
Also there is the gun culture of the people who think they will be John Wayne, (yippie kai yeah mother fucker, these may overlap with the one above)
Finally there is the is the gun culture of the gang banger.
So serious question, when you say gun culture was it a general statement encompassing everyone or one covering some subset of people?
Gun control is not an extreme position. Full societal firearms banning, confiscation, and general elimination from society is an extreme position.
Yet there are far too many people claiming that the above action should be taken. I know a number of them and they are on my wife's side of the family. Because I own a shotgun (bird hunting and deer hunting in the slug gun area), rifle (deer, bear, and elk hunting), and a magnum class revolver (personal protection from the large critters when I am out in the woods) they believe that I have effectively murdered my children. They regularly say that no one needs a firearm and that only the police and military should have them. The only thing they ever hear about firearms is when they are used in a crime or in war as none of them have really been around traditional outdoors people (hunting and fishing).
These are very stereotypical California (Marin county and San Fransisco) and Oregon (Salem) people. The best was when one was over and I had cooked venison chops for dinner. The apparently didn't know what venison was but asked if it was: cage free, antibiotic free, hormone free, organic, free range, humanely raised, etc. meat. I told them yes and after they had eaten some and really liked it asked what it was again and where I got it. I told them it was the deer I shot about 2 months previous. The look of horror and disgust on their face was priceless especially since they didn't have a problem with it up until that point.
Also I do believe that everyone who owns a firearm should be trained in the safe storage, handling, operation, and care of it.
Hell they already make little popup hunting blinds that could probably be fitted with a wire mesh instead of fabric. You could sell them for $500 each and not have to figure out how to build such a thing.
It at least has some basis in reality.
I eat meat and I do care about the environment. The big difference is that I don't eat the meat you describe, it is either meat I hunt for, or it is the half a cow I split with my father which comes from a local farmer he has known for almost 40 years. The beef isn't anything like normal beef as it is a small herd (12-14 head) on 40 acres fed a proper diet (they produce much less methane this way), and when butchered has a wonderful dark red almost purple color and glorious aroma (not too different from venison or bison).
Those are all things my employer offers although the training is something that you need to go and ask about and if it applicable to your position your manager will likely approve it. As far as matching I get a 100% match on 6% on my 401k and for share matching I get a 1 matched share for every 2 I own with the ability to put in up to 10% of my pay. I get called by recruiters and HR people all the time trying to get me to switch and I make it clear that what they are offering had better be at least as good as what I currently have and laugh at the shit offers they give me and then tell them what I currently am getting and what it would take to get be to switch. Then again the company I work for isn't an American one and I haven't worked for an American company in almost 15 years (French, Swiss, and German). Then again I get 4 weeks of vacation have 100% covered for my health insurance and 50% covered for the rest of my family, annual tuition reimbursement up to $5125 per year, other benefits, and a pretty good pay in a lower cost state. They use to have a defined benefit plan for the US employees but that ended in the early 2000s long before I started here. Just because most jobs suck balls doesn't mean all do and when searching you need to make it clear what you are looking for and you also need to always be searching.