Obama wants to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. So do the rest of us. i.e., so do I, and I'm a member of the NRA.
That's the fly in the ointment, if they make possession of firearms a crime, then anyone who has one is a criminal.
There is nothing wrong (i.e., against the 2nd Amendment) with enforcing gun control laws. It's gun control, not gun banning. I am not a felon (and neither are you, I assume?) so I have nothing to fear from them.
Take jobs for example: the hiring manager (especially in big corporations) sometimes HAS to hire or at least evaluate somebody of the so-called 'minority' (whether that is non-caucasian or female) whether or not they do fill the requirements so they get to present 'non-discriminating' numbers to the government.
This is a crock of shit. People who are best qualified get the jobs, end of story. Underachieving white men like to tell themselves that they lost out because of quotas or whatever else they think it is because they don't want to face the reality that sometimes women and brown people are better educated or more prepared for the job that they wanted.
Sure, it's possible to cobble together an app in VB without understanding data structures or execution times, but when the app performs like a dog or is a resource hog don't put all of the blame on the computers.
My PDA is more powerful than the computers that NASA used to send the Apollo astronauts to the moon. Tight code isn't easy. In fact, it's pretty damned difficult to write. It's as much an art as it is a science to write tight, efficient AND reliable code. Reading the "Macros" chapter in an Excel book isn't going to prepare you to create fast executing code.
Too many people are going into the field because "teh computars" is where they believe that the money is. You need to actually care about the science portion of Computer Science to be any good at it.
The best and the brightest graduating in the next few years have a lot of very good options for internships right and for full time positions when they finish in a couple years.
As an adult I decided to go back to finish the degree that I did not get as a younger man. I now have an internship making about $12k more than I was earning in a regular job before I went back to school. I now am getting paid to do the kind of work that I did as a hobby before.
The indication is that I'll be offered a sweet position when I finish the BS degree.
I am frustrated at how many people persuing CS degrees don't properly understand basic data structures. Arrays, stacks, queues, vectors binary trees and the like are not really thought about as much as they should be. In too many places CS is becoming increasingly about a little bit of "CS theory" and a lot of "MS Applications".
Want to save CS? Put "Computer Science" back into it.
Having a CS degree is better than having no degree. I am 31 and when I was 18 I got kicked out of college for academic reasons. In my mid 20s I went back part time, one class here and one class there, then recently started going to school full time. I have two AS degrees and am working on a BS in CS. In the past 4 years I have increased my income by $12k/year. I anticipate at least another $12k/year when I have the BS.
I never realized how goofy it sounds to say it, but I have two ASs but now I want a BS in CS.
Just because a game is original and innovative doesn't mean that it's any good.
I used to have a game called KKND. Krush, Kill 'N Destroy was among the first RTS games to incorporate reactive pseudo 3d landscapes and the concept of unit rank and improvement through experience. It was original and very innovative, but it wasn't as much fun as Red Alert 2 that came out later.
I agree with your post, but I do find one flaw in your logic.
2. All providers must use standard protocols
You'd need to specify who defines the standards, how do you prevent/battle corruption in the standards body, and how do you prevent secret "standards" from being adopted?
Ohhh... this stuff would make fabulous condoms. They could recover the entire R&D budget in three weekends.
Maybe you have no problem wrapping your penis in a material strong enough to liquify it, but I don't think that most of the rest of us would be quite so willing to risk it.
Juvenile deliquency is the product of pent-up frustrations, stored-up resentments and bottled-up fears. It is not the product of cartoons and captions. But the comics are a handy, obvious and uncomplicated scapegoat. If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic causes of delinquency as parental ignorance, indifference and cruelty, they might discover that comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island of Jack the Giant Killer.
The Koran? Hindu beliefs? Various Native (North and South) American legends? Buddhist Teachings?
The Norse believed that the end would be a snow storm that covered the entire world. Fimbulvetr or "The winter of winters" will blanket the world with snow, right before Ragnarok.
It's my belief that straight ethanol and E85 are the way to go. Ethanol is carbon neutral and E85 is a good compromise in places where it's too cold to burn straignt ethanol as a motor vehicle fuel.
Whether or not one likes or dislikes SUVs, or thinks people should be able to be told what types of vehicles they should or shouldn't be driving, or think subjective judgments can be simplistically made about what other people "need" or don't need, it's still an excellent step forward.
This is quite true. Regardless of who likes it, people are still going to buy and drive SUVs. It's a good thing to make them more fuel efficient.
LK
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If they could though they'd be able to prove it easily, where they have encountered one fisherman there are likely to be a lot more and in places where there are special fishing spots around lakes they will probably be in exactly the same place.
There's a lot of ocean out there. And even if the fish return to the same place, the fishermen most likely have moved on.
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Obama wants to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. So do the rest of us. i.e., so do I, and I'm a member of the NRA.
That's the fly in the ointment, if they make possession of firearms a crime, then anyone who has one is a criminal.
There is nothing wrong (i.e., against the 2nd Amendment) with enforcing gun control laws. It's gun control, not gun banning. I am not a felon (and neither are you, I assume?) so I have nothing to fear from them.
Were you awake during the Clinton administration?
LK
most terrorists we fear these days are the Muslim Jihadists like Bin Laden
I guess that all depends on how you define "we".
I have much more to fear from "law enforcement" than I ever will from any muslim.
LK
Take jobs for example: the hiring manager (especially in big corporations) sometimes HAS to hire or at least evaluate somebody of the so-called 'minority' (whether that is non-caucasian or female) whether or not they do fill the requirements so they get to present 'non-discriminating' numbers to the government.
This is a crock of shit. People who are best qualified get the jobs, end of story. Underachieving white men like to tell themselves that they lost out because of quotas or whatever else they think it is because they don't want to face the reality that sometimes women and brown people are better educated or more prepared for the job that they wanted.
LK
Sure, it's possible to cobble together an app in VB without understanding data structures or execution times, but when the app performs like a dog or is a resource hog don't put all of the blame on the computers.
My PDA is more powerful than the computers that NASA used to send the Apollo astronauts to the moon. Tight code isn't easy. In fact, it's pretty damned difficult to write. It's as much an art as it is a science to write tight, efficient AND reliable code. Reading the "Macros" chapter in an Excel book isn't going to prepare you to create fast executing code.
Too many people are going into the field because "teh computars" is where they believe that the money is. You need to actually care about the science portion of Computer Science to be any good at it.
LK
The best and the brightest graduating in the next few years have a lot of very good options for internships right and for full time positions when they finish in a couple years.
As an adult I decided to go back to finish the degree that I did not get as a younger man. I now have an internship making about $12k more than I was earning in a regular job before I went back to school. I now am getting paid to do the kind of work that I did as a hobby before.
The indication is that I'll be offered a sweet position when I finish the BS degree.
LK
I am frustrated at how many people persuing CS degrees don't properly understand basic data structures. Arrays, stacks, queues, vectors binary trees and the like are not really thought about as much as they should be. In too many places CS is becoming increasingly about a little bit of "CS theory" and a lot of "MS Applications".
Want to save CS? Put "Computer Science" back into it.
LK
Having a CS degree is better than having no degree. I am 31 and when I was 18 I got kicked out of college for academic reasons. In my mid 20s I went back part time, one class here and one class there, then recently started going to school full time. I have two AS degrees and am working on a BS in CS. In the past 4 years I have increased my income by $12k/year. I anticipate at least another $12k/year when I have the BS.
I never realized how goofy it sounds to say it, but I have two ASs but now I want a BS in CS.
LK
Just because a game is original and innovative doesn't mean that it's any good.
I used to have a game called KKND. Krush, Kill 'N Destroy was among the first RTS games to incorporate reactive pseudo 3d landscapes and the concept of unit rank and improvement through experience. It was original and very innovative, but it wasn't as much fun as Red Alert 2 that came out later.
LK
I agree with your post, but I do find one flaw in your logic.
2. All providers must use standard protocols
You'd need to specify who defines the standards, how do you prevent/battle corruption in the standards body, and how do you prevent secret "standards" from being adopted?
LK
but not for Vista, for the discounted and rebate items. I picked up a 250GB HDD for $109-30.
Of the 100 or so people I stood in line with, I only saw two talking to the Microsoft Rep.
LK
You mean that it wasn't Bush?
LK
Ohhh... this stuff would make fabulous condoms. They could recover the entire R&D budget in three weekends.
Maybe you have no problem wrapping your penis in a material strong enough to liquify it, but I don't think that most of the rest of us would be quite so willing to risk it.
LK
Perhaps not "Innocent", but certainly "not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt".
LK
But I wish they wouldn't assume that we all have a G.W.Bush I.Q.
Yeah really! Many of us are too smart to graduate from an Ivy League University and be elected President, twice.
LK
They're cross platform, less error prone, and in many cases charge about the same price as popular tax prep software costs.
I guess it depends on how complex your taxes are. In my case there's no compelling reason not to use TaxAct, it's free.
I have never seen an accountant willing to match that price.
LK
Where were you in the 1980's?
We sent the military to Panama to arrest their President for drug trafficing. He wasn't in the US at the time that he committed his alleged crimes.
LK
very time anyone even hints that they have been silenced, it makes the front page of every newspaper.
Getting in the newspaper doesn't feed your children.
A scientist who can't practice his or her craft will be homeless and starving in short order.
LK
fears. It is not the product of cartoons and captions. But the comics are a handy, obvious and
uncomplicated scapegoat. If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic
causes of delinquency as parental ignorance, indifference and cruelty, they might discover that
comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island of Jack the Giant Killer.
-Colliers Magazine 1949
Video games are today's comic books.
LK
Ask a Native American who the biggest thieves are.
LK
But what do other opposing sources say?
The Koran?
Hindu beliefs?
Various Native (North and South) American legends?
Buddhist Teachings?
The Norse believed that the end would be a snow storm that covered the entire world. Fimbulvetr or "The winter of winters" will blanket the world with snow, right before Ragnarok.
They can have my IP. I just use whatever wide-open wireless network is available. Often, that's my town's free wireless program. Have fun, MPAA.
Do you spoof your MAC? They have that too.
LK
I think that you mean "Don't try to steal their shit."
If you're downloading a fake file, you're not really stealing anything.
LK
It's my belief that straight ethanol and E85 are the way to go. Ethanol is carbon neutral and E85 is a good compromise in places where it's too cold to burn straignt ethanol as a motor vehicle fuel.
Whether or not one likes or dislikes SUVs, or thinks people should be able to be told what types of vehicles they should or shouldn't be driving, or think subjective judgments can be simplistically made about what other people "need" or don't need, it's still an excellent step forward.
This is quite true. Regardless of who likes it, people are still going to buy and drive SUVs. It's a good thing to make them more fuel efficient.
LK
If they could though they'd be able to prove it easily, where they have encountered one fisherman there are likely to be a lot more and in places where there are special fishing spots around lakes they will probably be in exactly the same place.
There's a lot of ocean out there. And even if the fish return to the same place, the fishermen most likely have moved on.
LK
Sure, you can make money from it (PerezHilton), but you'll never have any credibility as a real journalist.
I have two words for you sir, Matt Drudge.
Sure, corrupt politicians and mainstream media bigwigs may hate him, but he has credibility as a journalist with everyone else.
LK