I agree, those would be valid accidents. However, the same could be said with guns. If I'm handling a loaded gun and have a stroke and it goes off and hits someone, isn't that just as much of an accident?
I could argue that if the weather was so bad then you don't belong on the road. You are intentionally placing yourself and others at risk. I live in Minnesota and I have to periodically make the decision as to whether I should go into work based on the current weather and road conditions and the ability of my car to handle it. It's a judgement call but in the end you only have yourself to blame for putting yourself at risk. So, an accident in that situation might be truly accidental in the sense that you may not have been able to see it coming and you weren't doing anything negligent at the moment but what lead to it was preventable in much the same way as not driving after drinking. Nobody considers a drunk driving accident and "accident".
Actually I'm fully trained in gun safety. I know all the rules. I learned them from my father at a young age and learned them again in the military. I've found that the average gun owner does not. So, while proper handling dictates you never point a gun at anyone you don't intend to kill and that you never have your finger inside the trigger guard until you intend to shoot, we both know that people do that shit all the time. I had a friend in high school do that shit to me with his 22 rifle and I was so mad that I was tempted to take that gun from him and beat him to death with it. He was the perfect example of an idiot who would say that "he thought the safety was on".
If you're counting on a safety for safety, you're a fucking moron. Sorry but you are.
If you can prove that's the case with guns, I'd love to see it. But I got tired of hearing about how "i thought the safety was on" as an excuse for accidental shootings.
Then there's no such thing as a car "accident" either. All car accidents are either:
1) negligent 2) intentional
People wreck cars because they are either drunk, distracted, unskilled, or generally unaware. Cars don't wreck themselves -- somebody has to fuck up for them to bang into another car.
Safeties create risk -- they do not reduce it, spanky. People are shot every year because they think the safety is on. After all, you yourself said that "mistakes are made", which proves my point, thanks bro.
Oh, and for the record, the are called "safeties".
Apparently, human psychology is completely lost on you.
Right, because there's no morons in other parts of the world. I think you need to travel more. I have yet to find a country without plenty of morons in it.
Safeties are complete bullshit. If you think a gun is ever "safe" then you're doing it wrong. I wish safeties didn't exist because it plants the idea in a person's head that a gun can ever be safe. It cannot. It can only be handled in a safe manor. So, if you think it may fire at any time then you're more likely to not make the grave error of ever believing it's safe.
Aspergers was the least of his issues. Supposedly he had problems even feeling empathy for others. He simply didn't belong around firearms.
His family didn't shoot guns. His mother bought the guns to take him out and teach him responsibility. The kid had great pride in his knowledge of proper firearms handling.
Sorry but 20 year olds are still kids in my book. They don't know shit.
Finally, the fact that he shot up a school pretty much proves I'm right. Feel free to keep arguing though.
I completely agree with you. I think there should be a $100 tax applied to every gun sale that goes to government funded health care in cases where it would present a financial hardship for the person in question (or family for minors) to pay for it themselves. People want to pass a bunch of gun laws to make themselves feel better without any concern for the people who are in severe mental distress. So sad but I can almost guarantee nothing will happen to help the mental health situation in this country.
Actually, it's still legal in several states (all red) to acquire automatic weapons. Also, there is no federal law that prevents private ownership of said weapons. Registration and a big fee is required but it's legal. Also, it's not difficult to convert many weapons to be fully automatic yet that hasn't been a problem. The same states that allow automatic weapons also usually allow silencers as well (same registration and $200 fee required).
1) This kid had mental issues since birth. He had Aspergers and difficulty dealing with others and was a problem kid his whole life.
2) The mother bought these guns to teach her kid how to shoot so he could learn about responsibility. Talk about the stupidest fucking thing you can think of to teach a mentally ill kid responsibility...
3) It's the mother's responsibility to make sure her mentally ill child does not have access to deadly weapons. You can't blame a nut for their actions when everyone knows he's got major problems. If she felt the need to have guns, she should have properly secured them such that he could not get access to them. (Maybe that should be a law?)
In short, his mom was completely irresponsible. If she weren't dead, I'd say she should be prosecuted (at least for being a complete fucking moron).
"Assault rifle" is not a marketing term, it's technical term that's almost always used incorrectly. Assault rifles are combat rifles with selective fire capability and a detachable magazine. 99.9% of all weapons that civilians have are actually assault weapons -- not rifles. That is, they have detachable magazines but no selective fire capability (they are semi-auto only). (Which I'm sure you know but just posting to educate others.)
The rest of what you said is pretty much spot on.
Sadly, what will happen is that there will be intense focus on gun legislation and almost none on mental health. This country has pretty much mastered the art of ignoring those with psychological problems. And often, even when people take it seriously, proper medical care isn't affordable. If this kid had proper medical attention, this whole thing could have been avoided. When he was in high school it was well known he had problems and they watched him to make sure everything was ok. After he graduated, there were no professionals to watch him.
Personally, I'm not against reviewing current gun laws but they better be focused on what could have actually prevented recent shootings, like what happened at Sandy Hook.
It has everything to do with Sync but I guess you didn't read the material. I use Chrome all the time and experienced no problems whatsoever. Why? I don't use Sync.
What about them? If it's for yourself, you don't need the appstore anyway. If it's for the masses, then do adds to cover your costs. There are zillions of free apps.
Because, it appears that, only the apps in Apple's app store actually make money. The issue isn't whether it costs $99 a year or $9 a year. The issue is whether you will make money on the app your publishing. Some make millions, so $99 is nothing for them. Frankly, Apple couldn't care less about how much money you make per year. Post your apps wherever you like, but the stats show that all the money is in the Apple app store.
I care. And if someone providing information makes them a "pointless waste of life", what does that say about you as a person? Mom didn't love you enough as a child? Or are you just abjectly lacking intellectual curiosity? Honestly, I don't care; but the bottom line is that you're a fucking dick and if there were a choice in this world between having people who were all dicks vs people providing potentially more info than I needed, I'll take the latter every time.
And no, I don't care if you think I'm a pointless waste of life too.
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I agree, those would be valid accidents. However, the same could be said with guns. If I'm handling a loaded gun and have a stroke and it goes off and hits someone, isn't that just as much of an accident?
I could argue that if the weather was so bad then you don't belong on the road. You are intentionally placing yourself and others at risk. I live in Minnesota and I have to periodically make the decision as to whether I should go into work based on the current weather and road conditions and the ability of my car to handle it. It's a judgement call but in the end you only have yourself to blame for putting yourself at risk. So, an accident in that situation might be truly accidental in the sense that you may not have been able to see it coming and you weren't doing anything negligent at the moment but what lead to it was preventable in much the same way as not driving after drinking. Nobody considers a drunk driving accident and "accident".
Actually I'm fully trained in gun safety. I know all the rules. I learned them from my father at a young age and learned them again in the military. I've found that the average gun owner does not. So, while proper handling dictates you never point a gun at anyone you don't intend to kill and that you never have your finger inside the trigger guard until you intend to shoot, we both know that people do that shit all the time. I had a friend in high school do that shit to me with his 22 rifle and I was so mad that I was tempted to take that gun from him and beat him to death with it. He was the perfect example of an idiot who would say that "he thought the safety was on".
If you're counting on a safety for safety, you're a fucking moron. Sorry but you are.
If you can prove that's the case with guns, I'd love to see it. But I got tired of hearing about how "i thought the safety was on" as an excuse for accidental shootings.
Then there's no such thing as a car "accident" either. All car accidents are either:
1) negligent
2) intentional
People wreck cars because they are either drunk, distracted, unskilled, or generally unaware. Cars don't wreck themselves -- somebody has to fuck up for them to bang into another car.
Safeties create risk -- they do not reduce it, spanky. People are shot every year because they think the safety is on. After all, you yourself said that "mistakes are made", which proves my point, thanks bro.
Oh, and for the record, the are called "safeties".
Apparently, human psychology is completely lost on you.
Right, because there's no morons in other parts of the world. I think you need to travel more. I have yet to find a country without plenty of morons in it.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong!
Safeties are complete bullshit. If you think a gun is ever "safe" then you're doing it wrong. I wish safeties didn't exist because it plants the idea in a person's head that a gun can ever be safe. It cannot. It can only be handled in a safe manor. So, if you think it may fire at any time then you're more likely to not make the grave error of ever believing it's safe.
Fuck you. Aspergers was only one of his mental problems. He had trouble feeling empathy for others.
You can't blame psycos for their own actions since they are not in control of them.
Aspergers was the least of his issues. Supposedly he had problems even feeling empathy for others. He simply didn't belong around firearms.
His family didn't shoot guns. His mother bought the guns to take him out and teach him responsibility. The kid had great pride in his knowledge of proper firearms handling.
Sorry but 20 year olds are still kids in my book. They don't know shit.
Finally, the fact that he shot up a school pretty much proves I'm right. Feel free to keep arguing though.
I completely agree with you. I think there should be a $100 tax applied to every gun sale that goes to government funded health care in cases where it would present a financial hardship for the person in question (or family for minors) to pay for it themselves. People want to pass a bunch of gun laws to make themselves feel better without any concern for the people who are in severe mental distress. So sad but I can almost guarantee nothing will happen to help the mental health situation in this country.
Actually, it's still legal in several states (all red) to acquire automatic weapons. Also, there is no federal law that prevents private ownership of said weapons. Registration and a big fee is required but it's legal. Also, it's not difficult to convert many weapons to be fully automatic yet that hasn't been a problem. The same states that allow automatic weapons also usually allow silencers as well (same registration and $200 fee required).
What, your not going to look at Canada? They don't have anywhere near the gun problems we do and they have LOTS of guns.
She was extremely irresponsible. This kid had issues since birth.
You are wrong on several counts:
1) This kid had mental issues since birth. He had Aspergers and difficulty dealing with others and was a problem kid his whole life.
2) The mother bought these guns to teach her kid how to shoot so he could learn about responsibility. Talk about the stupidest fucking thing you can think of to teach a mentally ill kid responsibility...
3) It's the mother's responsibility to make sure her mentally ill child does not have access to deadly weapons. You can't blame a nut for their actions when everyone knows he's got major problems. If she felt the need to have guns, she should have properly secured them such that he could not get access to them. (Maybe that should be a law?)
In short, his mom was completely irresponsible. If she weren't dead, I'd say she should be prosecuted (at least for being a complete fucking moron).
"Assault rifle" is not a marketing term, it's technical term that's almost always used incorrectly. Assault rifles are combat rifles with selective fire capability and a detachable magazine. 99.9% of all weapons that civilians have are actually assault weapons -- not rifles. That is, they have detachable magazines but no selective fire capability (they are semi-auto only). (Which I'm sure you know but just posting to educate others.)
The rest of what you said is pretty much spot on.
Sadly, what will happen is that there will be intense focus on gun legislation and almost none on mental health. This country has pretty much mastered the art of ignoring those with psychological problems. And often, even when people take it seriously, proper medical care isn't affordable. If this kid had proper medical attention, this whole thing could have been avoided. When he was in high school it was well known he had problems and they watched him to make sure everything was ok. After he graduated, there were no professionals to watch him.
Personally, I'm not against reviewing current gun laws but they better be focused on what could have actually prevented recent shootings, like what happened at Sandy Hook.
You know, the NSA doesn't allow the really juicy stuff to be physically accessible via the internet (like the military).
It has everything to do with Sync but I guess you didn't read the material. I use Chrome all the time and experienced no problems whatsoever. Why? I don't use Sync.
The other possibility is that they tried to DDOS youtube and failed, so this was the best they could come up with.
Sorry but I lost the point of this conversation.
A developer like you? I don't know anything about you so I couldn't possibly answer that question. How many people use your app?
What about them? If it's for yourself, you don't need the appstore anyway. If it's for the masses, then do adds to cover your costs. There are zillions of free apps.
Because, it appears that, only the apps in Apple's app store actually make money. The issue isn't whether it costs $99 a year or $9 a year. The issue is whether you will make money on the app your publishing. Some make millions, so $99 is nothing for them. Frankly, Apple couldn't care less about how much money you make per year. Post your apps wherever you like, but the stats show that all the money is in the Apple app store.
I care. And if someone providing information makes them a "pointless waste of life", what does that say about you as a person? Mom didn't love you enough as a child? Or are you just abjectly lacking intellectual curiosity? Honestly, I don't care; but the bottom line is that you're a fucking dick and if there were a choice in this world between having people who were all dicks vs people providing potentially more info than I needed, I'll take the latter every time.
And no, I don't care if you think I'm a pointless waste of life too.
Only if the servers are hosted in the EU. I guarantee you this is happening all the time with people from the EU.