The worst part for me is that he bases his gun-grab on how many violent criminals kill each other during illegal activity, then adds in the number of suicides by gun (and I thought the left supports a person's right to end their life on their own terms), and tries to claim that legal gun owners are just as likely to die by a gun, even their own gun, as those first two groups.
As Mark Twain's saying goes: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I remember when my state was considering making a law requiring seatbelt use. The politicians swore up and down that they would only make a low level traffic offence, and that no one would ever be pulled over for simply not wearing a seatbelt. How many years did it take for them to make it a primary offence that lets a police officer pull over someone for not utilizing a personal safety device?
Does that statistic rely on the large number of inner city drug dealers who are shot while illegally dealing drugs?
Because I'm pretty sure it does, and that removing that group from the equation lowers her chances of being murdered quite a bit. Assuming she isn't an inner city drug dealer, of course.
I thought there was an option to block posts or submissions from a particular user. Maybe I'm thinking of another forum site, or just remembering something that was removed years ago.
Well, the fossil fuels on earth are simply the remains of ancient life in the form of the carbon atoms they were made of. The carbon would still be there if it had never been in dinosaurs or giant ferns.
As long as Mars also has stores of carbon, it will burn just as well as Earth's coal, despite never having been dinosaur shit.
We are living in a 3D world, not in a 2D world. An observed planet does not need to be in the plane of our solar system. It does not matter if the observed planet cuts over its sun from left to right... our plane... or from top to bottom..
I think he meant if we are looking at the "north pole" of the other star, then any planets moving around it will not pass between it and us.
I don't think I have ever met anyone who can't name the siblings and step siblings, paternity claims and such aside.
My mom remarried when I was a teenager. My "new dad" was older and had several children from his previous two marriages. To this day, I don't really know how many step-siblings I actually have, much less what their names are.
One problem I would have with micropayments at random sites is how the payment is made. I'm not going to give every site my credit card info, I use Paypal for what I get off ebay, but wouldn't want to use that on every random site either. I don't use Bitcoins, Appple Pay, Google Wallet, or any of the other electronic payment programs, and I'm not going to start just to access those same sites.
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The worst part for me is that he bases his gun-grab on how many violent criminals kill each other during illegal activity, then adds in the number of suicides by gun (and I thought the left supports a person's right to end their life on their own terms), and tries to claim that legal gun owners are just as likely to die by a gun, even their own gun, as those first two groups.
As Mark Twain's saying goes: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Look at the seatbelt laws.
I remember when my state was considering making a law requiring seatbelt use. The politicians swore up and down that they would only make a low level traffic offence, and that no one would ever be pulled over for simply not wearing a seatbelt. How many years did it take for them to make it a primary offence that lets a police officer pull over someone for not utilizing a personal safety device?
Does that statistic rely on the large number of inner city drug dealers who are shot while illegally dealing drugs?
Because I'm pretty sure it does, and that removing that group from the equation lowers her chances of being murdered quite a bit. Assuming she isn't an inner city drug dealer, of course.
Do you have a source for that 50% claim? I've looked around and see it at 10% for the stores and 20% for at home.
Even Phillips executives hate to be called cows.
I thought there was an option to block posts or submissions from a particular user. Maybe I'm thinking of another forum site, or just remembering something that was removed years ago.
But scrapping slashdot is always an option.
In fact the low gravity of the destination could help the mobility and self-sufficiency of old people and make falls less serious.
"Hello, I've fallen and bounced right back up."
Well, the fossil fuels on earth are simply the remains of ancient life in the form of the carbon atoms they were made of. The carbon would still be there if it had never been in dinosaurs or giant ferns.
As long as Mars also has stores of carbon, it will burn just as well as Earth's coal, despite never having been dinosaur shit.
What? There was no such project in the one and only Highlander movie, which was titled simple "Highlander" and was released in 1986.
As in the story, so it is in reality: There can be only one.
Not if the 'habitable place' on Mars equals zero, which at this moment it does.
I figured so, but the joke wrote itself. :^)
Don't let the air lock hit you in the ass on your way out.
Yes, because you are the grand arbiter of what constitutes acceptable Science Fiction.
Following "Starts with a Bang"'s personal page, he only has one comment posted, to fix a type on one of his submissions last year.
Time to block his posts.
We are living in a 3D world, not in a 2D world. ... our plane ... or from top to bottom. .
An observed planet does not need to be in the plane of our solar system. It does not matter if the observed planet cuts over its sun from left to right
I think he meant if we are looking at the "north pole" of the other star, then any planets moving around it will not pass between it and us.
I can't believe it! You found my missing unicorn!
By the way, his name is Schrödinger.
I don't think I have ever met anyone who can't name the siblings and step siblings, paternity claims and such aside.
My mom remarried when I was a teenager. My "new dad" was older and had several children from his previous two marriages. To this day, I don't really know how many step-siblings I actually have, much less what their names are.
The semitic tribes are certainly darker than my northern European complexion. And they are ones who are the original "made in his image" group.
It makes more sense than "the nexus of filaments of dark matter" does. What the fuck is a filament of dark matter?
It worked for the print version for decades.
One problem I would have with micropayments at random sites is how the payment is made. I'm not going to give every site my credit card info, I use Paypal for what I get off ebay, but wouldn't want to use that on every random site either. I don't use Bitcoins, Appple Pay, Google Wallet, or any of the other electronic payment programs, and I'm not going to start just to access those same sites.
My point was that he should have spelled out that name. I have no idea what group he was referring to.
And anyone who uses words like "gub'mint" seems like a moron nut type.
Buuurrrnnnn!!
What does the American Medical Association have to do with toy helicopters?