It's like the till at your local grocery store saying "GROWING YOUR OWN PRODUCE IS A CRIME. YOU ARE DEPRIVING FARMERS OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD BY GROWING VEGETABLES." for 20 seconds before the cashier can begin to scan your produce.
I've been mugged twice. Once at college, once while walking to a friend's house. He wants money; Give it to him. You have more. You don't have any more eyes or livers; Don't risk them for trinkets.
What you can do to prevent this is to make yourself look less of a target; Walk with your head up and your shoulders back, don't walk too fast, don't play with your iPhone walking down a dark alley. Hell, roll up your jumper sleeves under your jacket to make it look like you have jock's biceps. With any luck it'll be enough.
New situation; You are confronted with a drunk man waving a knife. He thinks you stole his wallet. He's not listening to reason, and he's blocking your escape. Do you get stabbed? I don't, I employ one of those life-threatening-situation-only techniques this guy taught me. The drunk gets a hospital trip and I get a day in court, but at least I'm alive.
Depending on the situation, it may be necessary to disable an attacker quickly. An aggressor who is mentally ill, or under the influence of narcotics, may not respond to verbal warnings or a well placed thump on the nose. In a situation where you are presented with a relentless, sustained, and vicious attack, a disabling blow may be the only outcome. The question is whether it is you applying or receiving it.
For what it's worth, I would have no problem popping the shoulder of a guy with a knife, or kicking the knees out of a man waving a bottle. I would say that, in a situation where there is an immediate, significant threat to your person, it would be "reasonable" to disable an attacker with one destructive blow to a joint than several sustained blows to the head. The result is the same; You are safe, they are no longer a threat.
Obviously the first thing any person should learn is de-escalation techniques (I've never been in a street fight, despite having been confronted a few times with violent people). Failing that, though, quickly ending a street brawl protects others as well as you.
In the UK, the term "creating a market" is used to justify ruining the lives of regular Jo sent the over-the-top equivalent of Goatse in a link. Here, it's List 99 and prison for viewing indecent images of a minor. List 99 and prison for both a 17 year old sending a pic of herself to her 18 year old boyfriend, and the boyfriend himself, doing exactly what they are legally allowed to do in the privacy of their own homes. You can't inform the police if you do get sent such a thing maliciously, because... Yup, List 99 and prison.
You cannot escape the outrageous leaps of idiocy people will go to when the phrase "protect the children" is intoned. I'm glad at least one place has seen sense; I just wish it was here.
PS. It is a sad fact that I am posting (for the first time on/.) anonymously, because I'm afraid that even writing this could cause problems for me on future trips to the US.
You are obviously living in fear of the US government. Why would you want to return there?
You can fix the Dilution errors by using DGPS. 2-3 cheap GPS recievers in an area can create a correction signal to give you back the accuracy. Did it daily in the 90's when I worked with the new fangled GPS based survey equipment. Plop down 2 tripods with GPS recievers and you go winder with your third. if you are inside the area your two error receivers are set you have a 1cm accuracy, outside them but within radio range and you have 10cm.
Because SA affects every GPS receiver in a given area almost equally, a fixed station with an accurately known position can measure the SA error values and transmit them to the local GPS receivers so they may correct their position fixes. This is called Differential GPS or DGPS. DGPS also corrects for several other important sources of GPS errors, particularly ionospheric delay, so it continues to be widely used even though SA has been turned off. The ineffectiveness of SA in the face of widely available DGPS was a common argument for turning off SA, and this was finally done by order of President Clinton in 2000.
Some guys tried driving a car full of explosives into Glasgow Airport a few years ago.
When the "bomb" failed to explode (simply setting the car occupants on fire), a local headbutted one of them to the floor. Official reports he was helping the man stop, drop, and roll.
That's not just politics, that's Negotiation 101, which applies to far more than politics. The difference is that in most other negotiations you don't want to be so outrageous that the other party walks away, whereas in 21st century politics that can be a bonus that makes your base happy.
Or, as I like to put it, "If you want a puppy, ask for a horse."
Maiming and killing in self defence is sometimes necessary. Unprovoked violent attacks to happen. On the rare chance that such a situation were to occur, I would like to be able to defend myself or my friends and family. Yes, you can study many martial arts and sports in the UK already, but they are of limited use in an actual street fight. There are no tap outs, there's no "soft" canvas mat, no ref to tell the guy he can't use that broken bottle to gut you.
Ultimately, however, this is not the point. This man will teach a civilian how to cause serious injuries to a person, but we let these same people point 2 tonnes of motorised steel around our roads on a daily basis, operate plant machinery which can destroy whole buildings, run our healthcare infrastructure. Learning how to do something dangerous doesn't mean they will employ that knowledge improperly. These people are still culpable for their actions.
Ultimately all the government is done is prevent the spread of knowledge.
This is why learning things on television and through wikipedia does not entitle you to practice medicine.
They just had incomplete information. GPs are only walking medical encyclopaedias. There's very little which you're likely to encounter which you couldn't diagnose yourself with a modicum of sanity and an hour on the internet. After that, it's algebra: A + B + C = X. As long as X isn't Lupus. It's never Lupus.
Drink two shots if it's a para-neoplastic syndrome, though.
And of course we get the shafting we deserve because we're too preoccupied watching The Voice to learn about any other candidate.
FTFY.
You get the government you elect. There are alternatives to Republican / Democrat. Get your collective asses off of the sofa, away from the propaganda networks, and be a good patriot by creating a better government.
I can guarantee you that, while in the store looking at the competitors products, their definition will be great, but as soon as you get home you'll notice just how different normal use is from "normal use".
I know at least one Top-5 university will withhold a degree until full repayment of any money loaned by the university is repaid. This doesn't apply to student loans, just "emergency" loans from the finance dept, typically agreed when a student drinks themselves into poverty and can't pay rent for the month, buys a £400 coat and can't afford noodles etc.
You're also overextended and weakened financially from a protracted war in the Middle East. Yes, Russia is a poor nation, but China is their next door neighbour, holder of significant amounts of US debt, and also not so happy about your decadent western ideals.
Cut out the first, and you'll likely lose a lot of talent.
You're right. Those thousands of college football players who fail to turn pro will drastically reduce the pool of burger flippers and grocery baggers.
I have too, but I'm looking into Linux clients in the workplace. Pinta isn't there yet, and Paint.Mono is buggy and abandoned (no updates since early 2009).
Gimp = Perjorative term for a disabled person. Gimp = Sex slave.
You're deliberately missing the point. It's not about offending someone's sensibilities, it's about the bad connotations of the word. Would it hurt so much to rename it "GNU Licensed Image Development Environment" or similar? Then I might be able to convince the boss to actually consider it as an alternative to MSPaint.
Are their any good online resources for rolling out Linux clients on a Windows domain? Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, anything... I'm not particular familiar with any distro, so learning to administer any of them would be of benefit. I've no real need to use MS products in my environment, and am just aching for an excuse to switch.
Maybe by the time the switch is complete, OD will match AD in functionality. Win-win.
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It's like the till at your local grocery store saying "GROWING YOUR OWN PRODUCE IS A CRIME. YOU ARE DEPRIVING FARMERS OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD BY GROWING VEGETABLES." for 20 seconds before the cashier can begin to scan your produce.
I've been mugged twice. Once at college, once while walking to a friend's house. He wants money; Give it to him. You have more. You don't have any more eyes or livers; Don't risk them for trinkets.
What you can do to prevent this is to make yourself look less of a target; Walk with your head up and your shoulders back, don't walk too fast, don't play with your iPhone walking down a dark alley. Hell, roll up your jumper sleeves under your jacket to make it look like you have jock's biceps. With any luck it'll be enough.
New situation; You are confronted with a drunk man waving a knife. He thinks you stole his wallet. He's not listening to reason, and he's blocking your escape. Do you get stabbed? I don't, I employ one of those life-threatening-situation-only techniques this guy taught me. The drunk gets a hospital trip and I get a day in court, but at least I'm alive.
Depending on the situation, it may be necessary to disable an attacker quickly. An aggressor who is mentally ill, or under the influence of narcotics, may not respond to verbal warnings or a well placed thump on the nose. In a situation where you are presented with a relentless, sustained, and vicious attack, a disabling blow may be the only outcome. The question is whether it is you applying or receiving it.
For what it's worth, I would have no problem popping the shoulder of a guy with a knife, or kicking the knees out of a man waving a bottle. I would say that, in a situation where there is an immediate, significant threat to your person, it would be "reasonable" to disable an attacker with one destructive blow to a joint than several sustained blows to the head. The result is the same; You are safe, they are no longer a threat.
Obviously the first thing any person should learn is de-escalation techniques (I've never been in a street fight, despite having been confronted a few times with violent people). Failing that, though, quickly ending a street brawl protects others as well as you.
Really? I'd be interested in hearing how about you would go about improving their attacks. Please, do continue.
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In the UK, the term "creating a market" is used to justify ruining the lives of regular Jo sent the over-the-top equivalent of Goatse in a link. Here, it's List 99 and prison for viewing indecent images of a minor. List 99 and prison for both a 17 year old sending a pic of herself to her 18 year old boyfriend, and the boyfriend himself, doing exactly what they are legally allowed to do in the privacy of their own homes. You can't inform the police if you do get sent such a thing maliciously, because... Yup, List 99 and prison.
You cannot escape the outrageous leaps of idiocy people will go to when the phrase "protect the children" is intoned. I'm glad at least one place has seen sense; I just wish it was here.
PS. It is a sad fact that I am posting (for the first time on /.) anonymously, because I'm afraid that even writing this could cause problems for me on future trips to the US.
You are obviously living in fear of the US government. Why would you want to return there?
You can fix the Dilution errors by using DGPS. 2-3 cheap GPS recievers in an area can create a correction signal to give you back the accuracy. Did it daily in the 90's when I worked with the new fangled GPS based survey equipment. Plop down 2 tripods with GPS recievers and you go winder with your third. if you are inside the area your two error receivers are set you have a 1cm accuracy, outside them but within radio range and you have 10cm.
Because SA affects every GPS receiver in a given area almost equally, a fixed station with an accurately known position can measure the SA error values and transmit them to the local GPS receivers so they may correct their position fixes. This is called Differential GPS or DGPS. DGPS also corrects for several other important sources of GPS errors, particularly ionospheric delay, so it continues to be widely used even though SA has been turned off. The ineffectiveness of SA in the face of widely available DGPS was a common argument for turning off SA, and this was finally done by order of President Clinton in 2000.
Herp the derps?
Some guys tried driving a car full of explosives into Glasgow Airport a few years ago.
When the "bomb" failed to explode (simply setting the car occupants on fire), a local headbutted one of them to the floor. Official reports he was helping the man stop, drop, and roll.
This is how you deal with terrorists.
"It's never Lupus" is a quote from House. "Para-neoplastic Syndrome" is a classic wave-hands-in-the-air diagnosis in pretty much every episode.
I am not a doctor, but I watch a comedian play one on TV.
That's not just politics, that's Negotiation 101, which applies to far more than politics. The difference is that in most other negotiations you don't want to be so outrageous that the other party walks away, whereas in 21st century politics that can be a bonus that makes your base happy.
Or, as I like to put it, "If you want a puppy, ask for a horse."
Maiming and killing in self defence is sometimes necessary. Unprovoked violent attacks to happen. On the rare chance that such a situation were to occur, I would like to be able to defend myself or my friends and family. Yes, you can study many martial arts and sports in the UK already, but they are of limited use in an actual street fight. There are no tap outs, there's no "soft" canvas mat, no ref to tell the guy he can't use that broken bottle to gut you.
Ultimately, however, this is not the point. This man will teach a civilian how to cause serious injuries to a person, but we let these same people point 2 tonnes of motorised steel around our roads on a daily basis, operate plant machinery which can destroy whole buildings, run our healthcare infrastructure. Learning how to do something dangerous doesn't mean they will employ that knowledge improperly. These people are still culpable for their actions.
Ultimately all the government is done is prevent the spread of knowledge.
Ah, The Register; IT's equivalent of The Sun.
It's nice having a UK IT news source. I just wished they stuck to IT more often.
This is why learning things on television and through wikipedia does not entitle you to practice medicine.
They just had incomplete information. GPs are only walking medical encyclopaedias. There's very little which you're likely to encounter which you couldn't diagnose yourself with a modicum of sanity and an hour on the internet. After that, it's algebra: A + B + C = X. As long as X isn't Lupus. It's never Lupus.
Drink two shots if it's a para-neoplastic syndrome, though.
And of course we get the shafting we deserve because we're too preoccupied watching The Voice to learn about any other candidate.
FTFY.
You get the government you elect. There are alternatives to Republican / Democrat. Get your collective asses off of the sofa, away from the propaganda networks, and be a good patriot by creating a better government.
By the manufacturers definition of "normal use".
I can guarantee you that, while in the store looking at the competitors products, their definition will be great, but as soon as you get home you'll notice just how different normal use is from "normal use".
I know at least one Top-5 university will withhold a degree until full repayment of any money loaned by the university is repaid. This doesn't apply to student loans, just "emergency" loans from the finance dept, typically agreed when a student drinks themselves into poverty and can't pay rent for the month, buys a £400 coat and can't afford noodles etc.
You're also overextended and weakened financially from a protracted war in the Middle East. Yes, Russia is a poor nation, but China is their next door neighbour, holder of significant amounts of US debt, and also not so happy about your decadent western ideals.
This might not be just willy-waving.
Ihre papiere bitte?
Now, feel free to carry on with a sensible discussion of the merits and pitfalls without resulting to overused memes and trolling.
Cut out the first, and you'll likely lose a lot of talent.
You're right. Those thousands of college football players who fail to turn pro will drastically reduce the pool of burger flippers and grocery baggers.
I have too, but I'm looking into Linux clients in the workplace. Pinta isn't there yet, and Paint.Mono is buggy and abandoned (no updates since early 2009).
Gimp = Perjorative term for a disabled person.
Gimp = Sex slave.
You're deliberately missing the point. It's not about offending someone's sensibilities, it's about the bad connotations of the word. Would it hurt so much to rename it "GNU Licensed Image Development Environment" or similar? Then I might be able to convince the boss to actually consider it as an alternative to MSPaint.
No VM necessary; I have Mint 11 as my desktop OS, just not linked to the domain. I've no great need to move away from it; It does what I need it to.
I guess learning about the other stuff comes from reading the documentation... Always a thrill! Thanks for your post.
Are their any good online resources for rolling out Linux clients on a Windows domain? Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, anything... I'm not particular familiar with any distro, so learning to administer any of them would be of benefit. I've no real need to use MS products in my environment, and am just aching for an excuse to switch.
Maybe by the time the switch is complete, OD will match AD in functionality. Win-win.
The only thing that comes from heavy drinking before sex is soreness, and I don't mean a hangover.
I guess you're not a Star Trek fan.