I have a 10G Ethernet card on my iMac via an external Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis. So, OS X can use 10G. I have a third party software iSCSI Initiator installed, so OS X can use iSCSI. You fail to mention NFS, which OS X supports natively.
Aside from CPU upgradability, the 6 Thunderbolt ports means that this particular Mac Pro is the single most expandable Mac on the planet. You can add a TON of PCIe expansion boxes to give you a ton of slots as needed, including additional graphics cards, RAID cards, etc. Since everything is external, you also don't need to worry about upgrading the internal PS of the Pro or worry about cooling needs of the computer itself. Yes, it'll mean that everything is external, but it also means that everything is "pay as you grow" and keeps the computer itself nice and small and hopefully less expensive (we shall see).
No, it's not for everyone, but it is an interesting design and it is expandable.
There are no silencers for (military) sniper rifles. What you see that looks like one are muzzle flash suppressors. For a sniper rifle, a silencer would be pointless since they fire supersonic bullets, so dampening the initial bang does next to nothing. Suppressors are used for a lot of different tasks in the military, including snipers. There is a lawsuit right now about a military contract bid dispute right now (OPS Inc Vs. Knights Armament in a US Navy SEALS SOCOM bid awarded to Knights when OPS Inc. was cheaper) All the major vendors of US suppressors have contracts with the US military (Advanced Armament, OPS Inc, Knights, Gemtech, etc.) Advanced Armament have several suppressors designed for military contracts that are for sniper-type rifles (TITAN.338 Lapua Magnum, SPR/M4 5.56mm, 762-SD 7.62mm, Cyclone 7.62mm, CYCLOPS.50 BMG)
Using a suppressor on a sniper rifle is of great use. 1. It eliminates the muzzle noise making it more difficult for the enemy to pin point the shooter (the sonic crack from a bullet goes in all directions at once and follows the bullet until it goes subsonic.) 2. It eliminates the muzzle flash, so no visual indicator that a round has been fired 3. It eliminates the gas kicking up dirt from the shooters position, so no visual indicator that a round has been fired 4. It reduces felt recoil, making shooting faster and easier (Thereby more accurate follow up shots if needed) 5. It drops the noise to the shooter down to hearing safe levels.
Silencers (suppressors) on rifles, though they exist, are of limited use. They are of great use if you don't want to go deaf. Even with the sonic crack, the use of a good suppressor on a rifle can get the sound to the shooter and those next to him/her down to hearing-safe levels. They reduce the muzzle flash to nothing and also reduce or eliminate the gas kicking up dirt and such.
First of all, the percussive sound of the powder detonating in the cartridge isn't what gives away a sniper. It's the sound of the round breaking the sound barrier. It is the combination of the two. The Human (and animal for that matter) ear has trouble figuring out directionality of a sonic crack of a bullet. When the bullet creates the sonic boom the waves go out in all directions at once, during the time the bullet is supersonic. Couple that with the powder ignition and you can pin point the shooter. Without the muzzle blast (such as when using a suppressor) it is much more difficult to figure out directionality of the shooter. Coyote hunters who use suppressors have found that if they shoot and miss an animal, they will run in odd directions and generally freak out, sometimes running TOWARDS the shooter, as they can't tell where the noise is coming from. When not using a suppressor, they always run away from the shooter because they can pin point the danger.
Just a note, in the US, from my understanding, a Federal Firearms License (FFL) is required to purchase, own, or construct a suppressor. Even if your intentions are completely benign, as most people's are, it's not worth the risk of getting caught. I believe the FFL application fee is ~$200US. This is slightly incorrect. There is no requirement to have an FFL to purchase or own a suppressor (If you purchase a suppressor, the dealer you buy from must have a Special Operational Tax (SOT) (AKA: FFL/SOT or title 2 license or class 3 license). The $200 fee is for a tax stamp. If you do not have a tax stamp for a suppressor you are guilty of tax evasion (Funny, huh?) and owning an unlicensed NFA device. Any regular joe in a state (36 of them) that does not outlaw the devices can build or buy a suppressor if he/she files out the appropriate form(s) and gets the appropriate signatures and pays the $200 tax. It's really not too difficult, but it can be time consuming (My last transfer took 13 weeks from supplier order to my hands, 6 weeks alone for AFT approval, though some transfers now are taking 2 weeks or so.) To build a suppressor, you would fill out a "Form 1" to transfer a suppressor from a dealer you would fill out a "Form 4" You are correct though, owning/building a non-licensed NFA devices is a sure-fire way to go to federal-pound-me-in-the-a$$-prison.
There are over 20,000 suppressors in Texas alone (Similar number in Georgia, according to the ATF provided data in the magazine "Small Arms Review") all legally owned by individuals.
The E-Rate folks just approved VoIP solutions. Before it was only centrex type services, but now they are allowing VoIP. That just went through last week or so. You may be able to afford more than you think, or even outsource the whole project as a service if needed.
That said, I have very little experience with VoIP. We have not deployed it yet as we were waiting for ERate to help a bit. I have installed and currently have a trixbox running for my personal testing and I had a cisco demo kit (call manager, unity vm, several phones) installed for a few months. As several people mentioned, regardless of solution: 1. Make sure you get good folks to iron out your dial plan. Yours shouldn't be too bad as it's one school, mine has 40 sites off of 5 different CO's, it will be a challenge. 2. Iron out the 911 stuff with your phone company. Also make sure to have analog lines and regular non-powered phones off of them just in case. Make sure the process is documented and trained. (ex. call 911 from your desk, if it doesn't work, alert the office, the office staff will call using the analog line OR dial plan will forward all 911 calls to the office staff first, if no answer, dial 911 for real, etc.) 911 MUST work in all cases. We will be migrating from ISDN phones, which have been known to go down (backhoe's, dead batteries, etc.) so our folks are trained now that if their phone is dead, contact the office which will call 911 from the fax machine or other analog line if needed. 3. The phones are the interface to the people. Don't get cheap ones. The ones that feel cheap will give a bad taste in the users mouths.
I like the trixbox solution, it was easy to set up and get working (Linksys SPA941 and Cisco 7960 hard phones, xmeeting for OS X, X-Lite for OS X and Windows softphones, Cisco 5350 for dialin-out) but I haven't done any dial plan support, just basic call in/out type stuff. HUDLite is neat as a master interface (office/receptionist staff)
The Cisco solution worked great too. It was more difficult to get running with the 5350 for call in/out and there was a delay when placing calls (took a few seconds to ramp up the H323 call to the 5350 and grab the PRI line) The integration and management of the phones was great though. Being able to provision extensions, reset phones, etc. was great. (I believe you can script similar solutions for trixbox, but it's not setup out of the box)
We will most likely be going with the cisco product because that is what we are familiar with (routers, switches, remote survivability, general integration with what we already have, etc.) and it works well. We also are very confident in our VAR in working out our dial plan, E911, etc as well as out line carrier being very familiar with the product.
Why don't you start blaming the criminals instead of the object. Much like the article that started this whole thread, blaming an inanimate object for something that is 100% the criminals doing doesn't make any sense. As for ignoring your second sentence, I wasn't ignoring it at all. Theft happens.
Oh, and a true gun-nut always reports a theft. 1. They would want their gun back (as slim as the chance would be) 2. they would not want to be charged with a crime if it's used.
Blame the criminal, prosecute the criminals and don't support catch-and-release.
Spoken like a true non-gun owner! Why don't you mosey on over to the next state and try to purchase a handgun. Guess what? You can't. Legally anyway. In some states you can't even purchase long arms either. PLUS, it's illegal to own and posess a firearm in the cities mentioned, therefore you are a criminal for having one (The rule are different for NYC, DC, etc. NYC you can own one if you have a firearm owner card and have been approved by the police, good luck there. In DC I believe you can own a shotgun, but that's about it, plus there are no gun shops, so you'd have to do to VA or MD to get one. Also, VA has a 1 gun a month rule and MD has all sorts of fun rules)
You make my point for me though. Stealing a gun is illegal, commiting a crime with a gun is illegal, etc. In those cities where the criminals KNOW that the victims will be unarmed, they have free reign over the city.
Have you ever seen a even one case of a home owner successfully defending his/her home ? Vs how many times have you seen crimes or suicides committed using guns.
Yes, there are plenty of home owners successfully defending their homes. As mentioned in my previous post, a 12 YO North Carolina boy defended his home and family against a home invasion with a firearm. As for comparing that to suicides and such, there are going to be more reports and more suicides. That said, my statement above still stands: What if the defense of ones self is not reported or not news worthy? I would suggest that firearms are used many times per day for defense, yet no shots fired and no reports given.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
I will never understand the suicide angle though. If a person truly wants to off themselves, they will, regardless of a firearm or not. "But if they didn't have a firearm, they may not be successful" you may state. So what? If they don't want to be on the planet, let them leave. And yes, I say that easily, only ever knowing one person to do that (razor blade btw). You act like if all the guns went away, no one would commit suicide and there would be no crime (ok, less crime). I would contend, it would be better to get rid of all the cars and trucks. Better for the world and you can't DUI with no car. Cars kill WAY more people than guns, are used in crime, soak up all my money AND are killing the planet.
It's a fact that following tighter gun controls in the UK, gun related deaths fell by 20%
The FBI's data also show that in 20 states that issue CCW permits (including Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, Wyoming, and others), these states have enjoyed a REDUCTION in crime as follows: 1) Violent crime rates are LOWER by 21%. 2) Homicide rates are LOWER by 33% 3) Robbery rates are LOWER by 37% and 4) Aggravated assaults are lower by 13%.
Yet cities like DC and NYC that have banned guns and disarmed victims have the worst crime and murder rates.
Oh, and in the UK, non-gun related crime is rising (stabbings, beatings, etc.)
Accidental deaths incorporates what exactly? As a conservative estimate, Murder-suicide deaths due to firearms in the US in 2005 accounted for 92% of 1200 (1104) deaths in 2005 (Violence Policy Center www.vpc.org).
Quoting the VPC on firearms... Hey, no bias there:)
When they stop counting 18 and 19 year olds in their "child" studies and stats call me.
guns are far more likely to be used for suicide than in self defence.
I see... By that conjecture, wouldn't everyone be dead by now?
Also, If a crime is deterred by a firearm and never reported, did it happen? How would you count it?
My firearms are much more likely to be used in self-defense than a suicide.
...Hence it is unlikely that guns can be used to prevent the majority of home invasions.
BS. With quick access safes around, easy yet secure access to a firearm available.
With that type of view, I might as well not even have a lock on the door to my house. Hey, they are just going to get in anyway, I might as well just give up.
Another issue is that type of guns available in the States has no real restriction : large high calibre and semi-auto weapons are available, whereas these guns are not the defence weapon of choice for the home owner, and are far more likely to be used in a crime.
BS BS BS BS!
EVERY hunting caliber is a "large caliber".
Large centerfire rifle calibers of greater than.22 (.223 probably being the smallest).308 (probably being the most popular) are popular and prolific and good choices for home protection (though there are better, like a shotgun) and better choices for hunting
They are used in crime less than handguns and junk guns as they are more difficult to conceal.
Just hazard a guess how many large caliber rifles are out there hunting every year, yet how few of those would EVER be involved in any crime.
Caliber and the looks of a weapon have NOTHING to do with what the person intends.
No real restriction my ass. Every-time you purchase a firearm you must pass a criminal check. If you don't go the legal route, guess what, you are a criminal and most likely are going to use it in a crime anyway.
Criminals do not obey laws. Be it spray paint, a crowbar or a gun.
Now, if you want an example of a firearm being used to DEFEND, well, that would be harder as the UK has disarmed it's victims. One would also be less likely to report such an action as it could be an arrest-able offense (Like force laws being what they are in the UK.)
Oh, bear in mind that if we are in a situation where the honest person could have a gun, then the criminal almost certainally has one.
You are in that situation now.
One must assume that the criminal will have the means to commit the crime. Once you assume otherwise (underestimate you opponent) you are dead. If a thug walks down the street with a had in his pocket, I assume that he has something there that will cause injure (be it a knife or a gun, or whatever) so I make sure to keep track of that. Oh, and 15 years ago had you been allowed to defend yourself either with a gun or with non-leathal means (Pepper spray) the thugs would probably have run off and there would have been no attacking at all, no deaths, no injuries, no nothing. You would have gone about you business and reported the crime. In the US, pat on the back, in the UK, arrested and tried for brandishing as the thugs didn't have any weapons and you did.
I personally love the UK, but I have always (and will always) question the stripping of the peoples rights to defend themselves. Time and time again, I read articles about UK citizens being arrested for using whatever means it took to defend themselves while the criminal gets to sue them for loss of wages.
And it's not just guns, I'm talking about the basic right to defend oneself. Be in Martial arts, a bat, whatever. The courts may just say "He was trained in martial arts, the criminals weren't, therefore since he was more of a danger to them, we'll throw him in jail."
You question the need for guns. I understand, they are dangerous. But time and time again, they are used for defense (properly) and just the fact that criminals will ALWAYS have them (regardless of the law) shows the overwhelming need to let the citizens own them if they wish.
There are 80,000,000 gun owners in the US yet only 1500 accidental gun deaths per year (FBI stats)
There were 3,306 accidental drownings in 2001 (CDC stats) in the US. I doubt there are 80,000,000 people who own pools, but never the less, I guess we should ban pools as well.
That's why people who cannot fight for themselves love guns. They are the pussies weapon of choice. Mine? Check my username...;-)
Yeah, tell that to the elderly defending their homes from invasions. Tell that to the women protecting themselves from thugs and rapists. Tell that to the 12 year old that defended his entire family while three thugs beat on his dad while the wife and sister were tied up during a home invasion.
Must all be pussies.
Are they still using Tandem mainframes today or did they move to Dell servers running, say SAP or something? Did Dell even have enterprise servers like they do now when Tandem was bought by Compaq (in 1997)
Do you know how long it takes to move that type of system and software to something else? I've helped implement an ERP system before and even fast-tracked it can take 1-2 years (even longer if you add in other modules like HR, payroll, manufacturing, etc)
I obviously have no knowledge of what Dell has or does, other than I have heard it mentioned several times (even by Dell employees) and also that they can and do make exceptions when they don't have a product that fills a need (For example, they are moving to corporate cellular phones like the Treo because they don't yet have an Axim with a phone in it) Palm is an obvious comepetitor, but to get the biz done they would have to choose the Treo until they have a product to fill that need. Again, that is just speaking from what I've heard.
As I remember it, Dell _had_ to switch when Apple bought NeXT. They have an internal company policy that they don't buy competitors products. Once Apple bought NeXT, WebObjects was owned by a competing computer company, no more WebObjects for the Dell store. There was also a side story that the original Dell store was online in something like two weeks and it took a team of Microsoft developers 3-6 months to re-create the site in ASP, but I can't remember the exact details. Good story at the time though.
You purposefully confuse the French Revolution with the US Civil War.
He made no mention of the US Civil war
You claim that "faith" is somehow necessary for the stability of democracy. You claim that secularism leads to terrorism and dictatorships.
He made no such claim. He stated, rightly so, that the US REVOLUTION was primarily faith based. You know, freedom from religious persecution. That was one of the kickers as I recall.
US REVOLUTION, not CIVIL WAR.
He also stated that the french civil war was secular. Which it was. It was all about who had the money and who ruled. The result of which, in the end, was a dictatorship. Napoleon took over and crowned himself Emperor. I would think that his point was more along the lines that the french civil war simply didn't stick and did not lead to more power for the people, it didn't have teeth, nothing to empower the people, therefore was easily destroyed by Napoleon. Nothing brings people together like faith, just look at the US (230 years of democracy), the people flocking to Vatican City now, the homicide bombers willing to blow themselves up for their faith. (well, I guess that brings them apart, but you get the idea, I'm sure)
You write bizarre turns of phrase like "leftist platonic view" and "rightist outlook... more aristotelian". You continue to
I would assume that "leftist platonic" would go to his view of the french civil war having a marxist lean.
confuse liberal politics with secularism; you apparently still don't
I see very much secular (definition meaning non-faith) ideals in liberal politics.
In favor of Java 1.4.x and the Java Plugin. They already support that on the Mac instead of Jinit. There is still a lot of HTML code that doesn't like Moz though.
Very little to do with the database, apps 11i...
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Oracle has a complete end-to-end ERP/CRM application called Applicaitons 11i which uses a combination of java applets (delivered through Forms Server 6i) JSP's (delivered through apache) etc. The problem is that some of their HTML code makes windows IE only calls (even though they officially support the Mac running IE) using the object tag instead of applet tags, etc. Also, they have a ton of other web apps (Discoverer, their iAS application server and portal server, etc.) all with IE only stuff in them.
10/6/1997 - Sybase's Chief Exec Says Microsoft Faces "Crossroads Crisis" - TechWeb, by Steve Burke (Negative Comments from Dell CEO Michael Dell)
Relevant Quote: Faced with a similar question on what he would do if he were acting chief executive Steve Jobs, Dell chief executive Michael Dell said, "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."
Of course now, Sybase has released several OS X products. Super funny.
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I have a 10G Ethernet card on my iMac via an external Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis. So, OS X can use 10G.
I have a third party software iSCSI Initiator installed, so OS X can use iSCSI.
You fail to mention NFS, which OS X supports natively.
Aside from CPU upgradability, the 6 Thunderbolt ports means that this particular Mac Pro is the single most expandable Mac on the planet.
You can add a TON of PCIe expansion boxes to give you a ton of slots as needed, including additional graphics cards, RAID cards, etc.
Since everything is external, you also don't need to worry about upgrading the internal PS of the Pro or worry about cooling needs of the computer itself.
Yes, it'll mean that everything is external, but it also means that everything is "pay as you grow" and keeps the computer itself nice and small and hopefully less expensive (we shall see).
No, it's not for everyone, but it is an interesting design and it is expandable.
I would consider getting a large sand blasting cabinet.
http://www.zoombak.com/
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/09/12/2133216.shtml
I posted in that thread too...
Anyone read up on Kibo?
All the major vendors of US suppressors have contracts with the US military (Advanced Armament, OPS Inc, Knights, Gemtech, etc.)
Advanced Armament have several suppressors designed for military contracts that are for sniper-type rifles (TITAN
Using a suppressor on a sniper rifle is of great use.
1. It eliminates the muzzle noise making it more difficult for the enemy to pin point the shooter (the sonic crack from a bullet goes in all directions at once and follows the bullet until it goes subsonic.)
2. It eliminates the muzzle flash, so no visual indicator that a round has been fired
3. It eliminates the gas kicking up dirt from the shooters position, so no visual indicator that a round has been fired
4. It reduces felt recoil, making shooting faster and easier (Thereby more accurate follow up shots if needed)
5. It drops the noise to the shooter down to hearing safe levels.
There are over 20,000 suppressors in Texas alone (Similar number in Georgia, according to the ATF provided data in the magazine "Small Arms Review") all legally owned by individuals.
Chris
The E-Rate folks just approved VoIP solutions. Before it was only centrex type services, but now they are allowing VoIP. That just went through last week or so. You may be able to afford more than you think, or even outsource the whole project as a service if needed.
That said, I have very little experience with VoIP. We have not deployed it yet as we were waiting for ERate to help a bit. I have installed and currently have a trixbox running for my personal testing and I had a cisco demo kit (call manager, unity vm, several phones) installed for a few months. As several people mentioned, regardless of solution:
1. Make sure you get good folks to iron out your dial plan. Yours shouldn't be too bad as it's one school, mine has 40 sites off of 5 different CO's, it will be a challenge.
2. Iron out the 911 stuff with your phone company. Also make sure to have analog lines and regular non-powered phones off of them just in case. Make sure the process is documented and trained. (ex. call 911 from your desk, if it doesn't work, alert the office, the office staff will call using the analog line OR dial plan will forward all 911 calls to the office staff first, if no answer, dial 911 for real, etc.) 911 MUST work in all cases. We will be migrating from ISDN phones, which have been known to go down (backhoe's, dead batteries, etc.) so our folks are trained now that if their phone is dead, contact the office which will call 911 from the fax machine or other analog line if needed.
3. The phones are the interface to the people. Don't get cheap ones. The ones that feel cheap will give a bad taste in the users mouths.
I like the trixbox solution, it was easy to set up and get working (Linksys SPA941 and Cisco 7960 hard phones, xmeeting for OS X, X-Lite for OS X and Windows softphones, Cisco 5350 for dialin-out) but I haven't done any dial plan support, just basic call in/out type stuff. HUDLite is neat as a master interface (office/receptionist staff)
The Cisco solution worked great too. It was more difficult to get running with the 5350 for call in/out and there was a delay when placing calls (took a few seconds to ramp up the H323 call to the 5350 and grab the PRI line) The integration and management of the phones was great though. Being able to provision extensions, reset phones, etc. was great. (I believe you can script similar solutions for trixbox, but it's not setup out of the box)
We will most likely be going with the cisco product because that is what we are familiar with (routers, switches, remote survivability, general integration with what we already have, etc.) and it works well. We also are very confident in our VAR in working out our dial plan, E911, etc as well as out line carrier being very familiar with the product.
Chris
Boo Hoo? what are you 12?
Why don't you start blaming the criminals instead of the object. Much like the article that started this whole thread, blaming an inanimate object for something that is 100% the criminals doing doesn't make any sense. As for ignoring your second sentence, I wasn't ignoring it at all. Theft happens.
Oh, and a true gun-nut always reports a theft. 1. They would want their gun back (as slim as the chance would be) 2. they would not want to be charged with a crime if it's used.
Blame the criminal, prosecute the criminals and don't support catch-and-release.
Spoken like a true non-gun owner! Why don't you mosey on over to the next state and try to purchase a handgun. Guess what? You can't. Legally anyway. In some states you can't even purchase long arms either. PLUS, it's illegal to own and posess a firearm in the cities mentioned, therefore you are a criminal for having one (The rule are different for NYC, DC, etc. NYC you can own one if you have a firearm owner card and have been approved by the police, good luck there. In DC I believe you can own a shotgun, but that's about it, plus there are no gun shops, so you'd have to do to VA or MD to get one. Also, VA has a 1 gun a month rule and MD has all sorts of fun rules)
You make my point for me though. Stealing a gun is illegal, commiting a crime with a gun is illegal, etc. In those cities where the criminals KNOW that the victims will be unarmed, they have free reign over the city.
Have you ever seen a even one case of a home owner successfully defending his/her home ? Vs how many times have you seen crimes or suicides committed using guns.
Yes, there are plenty of home owners successfully defending their homes. As mentioned in my previous post, a 12 YO North Carolina boy defended his home and family against a home invasion with a firearm. As for comparing that to suicides and such, there are going to be more reports and more suicides. That said, my statement above still stands: What if the defense of ones self is not reported or not news worthy? I would suggest that firearms are used many times per day for defense, yet no shots fired and no reports given.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
I will never understand the suicide angle though. If a person truly wants to off themselves, they will, regardless of a firearm or not. "But if they didn't have a firearm, they may not be successful" you may state. So what? If they don't want to be on the planet, let them leave. And yes, I say that easily, only ever knowing one person to do that (razor blade btw).
You act like if all the guns went away, no one would commit suicide and there would be no crime (ok, less crime). I would contend, it would be better to get rid of all the cars and trucks. Better for the world and you can't DUI with no car. Cars kill WAY more people than guns, are used in crime, soak up all my money AND are killing the planet.
It's a fact that following tighter gun controls in the UK, gun related deaths fell by 20%
:)
...Hence it is unlikely that guns can be used to prevent the majority of home invasions.
.22 (.223 probably being the smallest) .308 (probably being the most popular) are popular and prolific and good choices for home protection (though there are better, like a shotgun) and better choices for hunting
The FBI's data also show that in 20 states that issue CCW permits (including Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, Wyoming, and others), these states have enjoyed a REDUCTION in crime as follows: 1) Violent crime rates are LOWER by 21%. 2) Homicide rates are LOWER by 33% 3) Robbery rates are LOWER by 37% and 4) Aggravated assaults are lower by 13%.
Yet cities like DC and NYC that have banned guns and disarmed victims have the worst crime and murder rates.
Oh, and in the UK, non-gun related crime is rising (stabbings, beatings, etc.)
Accidental deaths incorporates what exactly? As a conservative estimate, Murder-suicide deaths due to firearms in the US in 2005 accounted for 92% of 1200 (1104) deaths in 2005 (Violence Policy Center www.vpc.org).
Quoting the VPC on firearms... Hey, no bias there
When they stop counting 18 and 19 year olds in their "child" studies and stats call me.
guns are far more likely to be used for suicide than in self defence.
I see... By that conjecture, wouldn't everyone be dead by now?
Also, If a crime is deterred by a firearm and never reported, did it happen? How would you count it?
My firearms are much more likely to be used in self-defense than a suicide.
BS. With quick access safes around, easy yet secure access to a firearm available.
With that type of view, I might as well not even have a lock on the door to my house. Hey, they are just going to get in anyway, I might as well just give up.
Another issue is that type of guns available in the States has no real restriction : large high calibre and semi-auto weapons are available, whereas these guns are not the defence weapon of choice for the home owner, and are far more likely to be used in a crime.
BS BS BS BS!
EVERY hunting caliber is a "large caliber".
Large centerfire rifle calibers of greater than
They are used in crime less than handguns and junk guns as they are more difficult to conceal.
Just hazard a guess how many large caliber rifles are out there hunting every year, yet how few of those would EVER be involved in any crime.
Caliber and the looks of a weapon have NOTHING to do with what the person intends.
No real restriction my ass. Every-time you purchase a firearm you must pass a criminal check. If you don't go the legal route, guess what, you are a criminal and most likely are going to use it in a crime anyway.
Criminals do not obey laws. Be it spray paint, a crowbar or a gun.
UK Student dies in home invasion from gun shot to the head (Yes, I'm assuming you are from the UK)
Now, if you want an example of a firearm being used to DEFEND, well, that would be harder as the UK has disarmed it's victims. One would also be less likely to report such an action as it could be an arrest-able offense (Like force laws being what they are in the UK.)
Oh, bear in mind that if we are in a situation where the honest person could have a gun, then the criminal almost certainally has one.
You are in that situation now.
One must assume that the criminal will have the means to commit the crime. Once you assume otherwise (underestimate you opponent) you are dead. If a thug walks down the street with a had in his pocket, I assume that he has something there that will cause injure (be it a knife or a gun, or whatever) so I make sure to keep track of that.
Oh, and 15 years ago had you been allowed to defend yourself either with a gun or with non-leathal means (Pepper spray) the thugs would probably have run off and there would have been no attacking at all, no deaths, no injuries, no nothing. You would have gone about you business and reported the crime. In the US, pat on the back, in the UK, arrested and tried for brandishing as the thugs didn't have any weapons and you did.
UK Home invasion article
I personally love the UK, but I have always (and will always) question the stripping of the peoples rights to defend themselves. Time and time again, I read articles about UK citizens being arrested for using whatever means it took to defend themselves while the criminal gets to sue them for loss of wages.
And it's not just guns, I'm talking about the basic right to defend oneself. Be in Martial arts, a bat, whatever. The courts may just say "He was trained in martial arts, the criminals weren't, therefore since he was more of a danger to them, we'll throw him in jail."
You question the need for guns. I understand, they are dangerous. But time and time again, they are used for defense (properly) and just the fact that criminals will ALWAYS have them (regardless of the law) shows the overwhelming need to let the citizens own them if they wish.
There are 80,000,000 gun owners in the US yet only 1500 accidental gun deaths per year (FBI stats)
There were 3,306 accidental drownings in 2001 (CDC stats) in the US. I doubt there are 80,000,000 people who own pools, but never the less, I guess we should ban pools as well.
That's why people who cannot fight for themselves love guns. They are the pussies weapon of choice. Mine? Check my username... ;-)
Yeah, tell that to the elderly defending their homes from invasions. Tell that to the women protecting themselves from thugs and rapists. Tell that to the 12 year old that defended his entire family while three thugs beat on his dad while the wife and sister were tied up during a home invasion.
Must all be pussies.
Also see page 30 of Dell feb 2000 migration
Are they still using Tandem mainframes today or did they move to Dell servers running, say SAP or something? Did Dell even have enterprise servers like they do now when Tandem was bought by Compaq (in 1997)
Do you know how long it takes to move that type of system and software to something else? I've helped implement an ERP system before and even fast-tracked it can take 1-2 years (even longer if you add in other modules like HR, payroll, manufacturing, etc)
I obviously have no knowledge of what Dell has or does, other than I have heard it mentioned several times (even by Dell employees) and also that they can and do make exceptions when they don't have a product that fills a need (For example, they are moving to corporate cellular phones like the Treo because they don't yet have an Axim with a phone in it) Palm is an obvious comepetitor, but to get the biz done they would have to choose the Treo until they have a product to fill that need. Again, that is just speaking from what I've heard.
As I remember it, Dell _had_ to switch when Apple bought NeXT. They have an internal company policy that they don't buy competitors products. Once Apple bought NeXT, WebObjects was owned by a competing computer company, no more WebObjects for the Dell store. There was also a side story that the original Dell store was online in something like two weeks and it took a team of Microsoft developers 3-6 months to re-create the site in ASP, but I can't remember the exact details. Good story at the time though.
He made no mention of the US Civil war
He made no such claim.
He stated, rightly so, that the US REVOLUTION was primarily faith based. You know, freedom from religious persecution. That was one of the kickers as I recall.
US REVOLUTION, not CIVIL WAR.
He also stated that the french civil war was secular. Which it was. It was all about who had the money and who ruled. The result of which, in the end, was a dictatorship. Napoleon took over and crowned himself Emperor. I would think that his point was more along the lines that the french civil war simply didn't stick and did not lead to more power for the people, it didn't have teeth, nothing to empower the people, therefore was easily destroyed by Napoleon. Nothing brings people together like faith, just look at the US (230 years of democracy), the people flocking to Vatican City now, the homicide bombers willing to blow themselves up for their faith. (well, I guess that brings them apart, but you get the idea, I'm sure)
I would assume that "leftist platonic" would go to his view of the french civil war having a marxist lean.
I see very much secular (definition meaning non-faith) ideals in liberal politics.
Must be the AC's day off.
In favor of Java 1.4.x and the Java Plugin. They already support that on the Mac instead of Jinit. There is still a lot of HTML code that doesn't like Moz though.
Oracle has a complete end-to-end ERP/CRM application called Applicaitons 11i which uses a combination of java applets (delivered through Forms Server 6i) JSP's (delivered through apache) etc. The problem is that some of their HTML code makes windows IE only calls (even though they officially support the Mac running IE) using the object tag instead of applet tags, etc. Also, they have a ton of other web apps (Discoverer, their iAS application server and portal server, etc.) all with IE only stuff in them.
1607
April 26- Captain Christopher Newport and Company arrive
1611
Captain Newport's last voyage to Newport's News bringing Sir Thomas Dale who was responsible for reorganizing the colony
1619
Nov. 11- Records of the Virginia Company of London identify the colonists settlement as Newport's News
Now, where they got the "News" part from I'm not exactly sure.
To post something post-drinking-night-out, pre-asprin!
10/6/1997 - Sybase's Chief Exec Says Microsoft Faces "Crossroads Crisis" - TechWeb, by Steve Burke (Negative Comments from Dell CEO Michael Dell) Relevant Quote: Faced with a similar question on what he would do if he were acting chief executive Steve Jobs, Dell chief executive Michael Dell said, "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."
Of course now, Sybase has released several OS X products. Super funny.
If music crappiness is up 100%, MTV's crappiness must be up 1000.