... If you live in a place where you feel you need to carry a gun, it's too late for you. That's not civilization, it's pathetic.
That's reality, in every place that people live. Most crowds that you see anywhere, have several people carrying loaded guns. It's just that some people can pretend that they don't know that. Suit yourself, but don't be hitting me.
That is true here in the US as well. There are a whole lot of police and not that many actually are involved in shootings.
This is true. A policeman's job is mostly psychology and knowing all the laws. Firearms are not what they do, day to day.
Contrary to popular opinion, the civilian gun enthusiests are often better trained, on firearms, than the police or miitary, because they train and compete for fun.
I don't believe that report. But even if I did, disarming the citizens would be so much more dangerous, that it would not matter.
It's like taking your child out of the wading pool because it is dangerous, when there are copperhead snakes coiled up next to the outside of the pool.
Just because something is dangerous, doesn't mean that what you want to do isn't -more- dangerous.
That's true but in the case of Washington declaring war on the general population you may find it interesting to know that in officers training you are taught about"illegal orders" and how to counter them....
That is good to hear.
I was impressed with the words of the oath. It is not to the Admiral or the President first, but to the Constitution.
But many bad things seem to be the actions of civilians working for 3-letter agencies. I hope we never have to have a battle between them and our military. They are sneaky! 8-P
Actually, that was a case where the military, itself, was divided, as was the rest of the country. It would have been a very different fight if the whole military had sided with the Union and the Confederacy had to put together militias with civilian owned weapons.
Actually, they just about did. The Confederate forces that routed the federals, in the initial battles, were civilian trained and equiped militia. And so were many of the federal units, but their training was more flashy and less practical.
All over the country, militia units had their own uniforms and military kit. The units were treated as social gathering areas, just like many volunteer rescue units are, in rural areas today. And their training is very professional.
The reason that Australia enacted that gun ban, is that their government still goes by the traditions of a hundred years ago. When, the documented population was mostly transported "criminals" from England and its colonies. The idea that the citizens are "wild savage criminals" is taken for granted there, even by the citizens.
I do not care to be taken for a "wild savage criminal", thank you very much! 8-(
... These are long-standing, long-stifled proposals. The Orlando incident merely served to give a bunch of Senators the kick in the ass to push for some of them again.
No, it gave a bunch of vampires the excuse to dance on the graves of the dead. 8-(
The gun-ban proposals are well known and well argued, and known to be useless and only something for "feel-good". But they keep throwing them up anyway just to fool the incautious.
The phrase "well regulated" means using the same ammunition and equipment as the military, so that they could be easily re-supplied during an emergency.
It has nothing to do with what we now call "regulations", which is a corruption of the original meaning.
... But I'm not aware of anyone saying that they "want to take our guns."
Have I missed something? Because I wouldn't be in favor of anyone taking our guns.
Yes, Democrat politicians have been incautious enough to say it out loud in public events, that were recorded. Just search, or maybe go to the NRA-ILA website.
Members of groups, that want to ban all weapons, say it regularly.
"I would be ready to say to mom and pop America, just turn them all in." (Or something like that, I think it was Pelosi.)
The developers must be sufficiently experienced that they can manage themselves. You can coordinate and advise, but you can't do classical "management" if you are not there. If they are good, you are good. But if someone hired the cheapest that could be found, then you are "up the preverbial polluted waterway without a means of propulsion".
In most big companies, matrix management does not work. But if you have good people, almost anything can work. 8-)
He's talking about the 1980's, when US car manufacturers were still expecting people to buy a new car -every- year. I was there, that's how it was.
The reason they had so much trouble was that the overseas manufacturers were starting to make cars that would last almost ten years. It was a big difference, but the US car makers did not realize that their monopoly was about to be broken. A lot of us thought they got what they deserved.
But that was then. The US cars now are much better. And, the foreign cars are having trouble with car computers controlling everything, when they are designed by the lowest bidder! Yikes! Bug Farms.
The guns are not to punish the criminal, they are to protect the police. Police have walked into traps before, where everything seemed peaceful. Police should always be armed.
For that matter, citizens should always be armed.;-)
"Guns are around bad things happening, therefore gun have evil spirits in them. Therefore if you have guns the evil spirits will get into you. So destroy all of the guns, and people that have touched them!!!"
If you don't know what is in any of the other chips, or even what is in the rest of that chip, then worrying about one extra block that you can't even prove is there, is wasted effort. 8-P
They are wrong, text is way faster. People who have practiced a bit can read 4 or 5 times faster than a video runs. And, text is way easier to search and index.
Most of the people I know skip any article that lacks a text transcript. Video is too klunky.
The thing video is good for is moving images of things that do not need a text description, like sunsets, music and ships and planes. And maybe video game streams. But you can't spend your whole life being entertained, or it will be a very short life.
Civilian gun people actually tend to be better trained in the safe handling and accurate use, than police or soldiers.
"Hobbyists tend to be better trained than professionals".
Yes, actually. Hobbyists enjoy the subject enough to study it without being paid. Professionals often only train on what they are paid to do every day.
The police do a job that does not often involve firearms. It is not their fault, their job is usually about psychology and negotiation, and remembering a long list of (random) laws. Many only fire their guns once a year at the qualification. And their experience is about 6 years, on average.
A civilian might have less training, but they might also be a participent in competitions and a veteran of the wars over a span of 20 years or so.
Keep in mind, just because you don't know something, does not mean that no one else knows. 8-)
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... Specifically, the AR-15 should certainly be banned because it's capable of firing dozens of rounds per minute.
So does a bomb or IED, but laws against them didn't seem to make much difference.
... If you live in a place where you feel you need to carry a gun, it's too late for you. That's not civilization, it's pathetic.
That's reality, in every place that people live. Most crowds that you see anywhere, have several people carrying loaded guns. It's just that some people can pretend that they don't know that. Suit yourself, but don't be hitting me.
That is true here in the US as well. There are a whole lot of police and not that many actually are involved in shootings.
This is true. A policeman's job is mostly psychology and knowing all the laws. Firearms are not what they do, day to day.
Contrary to popular opinion, the civilian gun enthusiests are often better trained, on firearms, than the police or miitary, because they train and compete for fun.
I don't believe that report. But even if I did, disarming the citizens would be so much more dangerous, that it would not matter.
It's like taking your child out of the wading pool because it is dangerous, when there are copperhead snakes coiled up next to the outside of the pool.
Just because something is dangerous, doesn't mean that what you want to do isn't -more- dangerous.
That's true but in the case of Washington declaring war on the general population you may find it interesting to know that in officers training you are taught about"illegal orders" and how to counter them. ...
That is good to hear.
I was impressed with the words of the oath. It is not to the Admiral or the President first, but to the Constitution.
But many bad things seem to be the actions of civilians working for 3-letter agencies. I hope we never have to have a battle between them and our military. They are sneaky! 8-P
Actually, that was a case where the military, itself, was divided, as was the rest of the country. It would have been a very different fight if the whole military had sided with the Union and the Confederacy had to put together militias with civilian owned weapons.
Actually, they just about did. The Confederate forces that routed the federals, in the initial battles, were civilian trained and equiped militia. And so were many of the federal units, but their training was more flashy and less practical.
All over the country, militia units had their own uniforms and military kit. The units were treated as social gathering areas, just like many volunteer rescue units are, in rural areas today. And their training is very professional.
Bear arms? Pfft. In Russia, you have right to whole bear.
In U.S., we have the right to arm the bears! 8-)
The reason that Australia enacted that gun ban, is that their government still goes by the traditions of a hundred years ago. When, the documented population was mostly transported "criminals" from England and its colonies. The idea that the citizens are "wild savage criminals" is taken for granted there, even by the citizens.
I do not care to be taken for a "wild savage criminal", thank you very much! 8-(
Documenting of laws lets people know what is illegal, as agreed by majority.
But laws are not actually to stop criminals, laws are to give the police the right to arrest criminals after they have broken the law.
Laws can not really stop anything. But they do sometimes produce windfall profits for smugglers.
... These are long-standing, long-stifled proposals. The Orlando incident merely served to give a bunch of Senators the kick in the ass to push for some of them again.
No, it gave a bunch of vampires the excuse to dance on the graves of the dead. 8-(
The gun-ban proposals are well known and well argued, and known to be useless and only something for "feel-good". But they keep throwing them up anyway just to fool the incautious.
The phrase "well regulated" means using the same ammunition and equipment as the military, so that they could be easily re-supplied during an emergency.
It has nothing to do with what we now call "regulations", which is a corruption of the original meaning.
... But I'm not aware of anyone saying that they "want to take our guns."
Have I missed something? Because I wouldn't be in favor of anyone taking our guns.
Yes, Democrat politicians have been incautious enough to say it out loud in public events, that were recorded. Just search, or maybe go to the NRA-ILA website.
Members of groups, that want to ban all weapons, say it regularly.
"I would be ready to say to mom and pop America, just turn them all in." (Or something like that, I think it was Pelosi.)
My question is: Is a ship without a sail still "sailing"?
No, it's just "under weigh". But old forms persist...
A terrorist is a criminal who tries to terrorise people, in order to get what they want.
A mugger is technically a terrorist, but a second story burgler or an embezzler is usually not.
The developers must be sufficiently experienced that they can manage themselves. You can coordinate and advise, but you can't do classical "management" if you are not there. If they are good, you are good. But if someone hired the cheapest that could be found, then you are "up the preverbial polluted waterway without a means of propulsion".
In most big companies, matrix management does not work. But if you have good people, almost anything can work. 8-)
He's talking about the 1980's, when US car manufacturers were still expecting people to buy a new car -every- year. I was there, that's how it was.
The reason they had so much trouble was that the overseas manufacturers were starting to make cars that would last almost ten years. It was a big difference, but the US car makers did not realize that their monopoly was about to be broken. A lot of us thought they got what they deserved.
But that was then. The US cars now are much better. And, the foreign cars are having trouble with car computers controlling everything, when they are designed by the lowest bidder! Yikes! Bug Farms.
The guns are not to punish the criminal, they are to protect the police. Police have walked into traps before, where everything seemed peaceful.
Police should always be armed.
For that matter, citizens should always be armed. ;-)
Yes.
If you find something in a path in the woods, and no owner is around, and you take it, then it is stealing because it did not belong to you.
Other definitions are an artifact of the big cities, where picking someone's pocket as they walk by is just good clean fun. 8-P
That's actually the interesting part, more so than whether or not I can invent an "independent" encryption implementation. ...
Nothing in this world is absolute.
But making it just a little bit more secure can save your life. 8-)
Lack of perfection is not an excuse for failing to try...
These several new theories that claim to disprove the old theories, are even crazier than the old theories. 8-)
The truth is "we don't know". But they can't say that, because the public punishes anyone who says that, even if it is the truth.
And, if it gets several orders of magnitude better output than simple EM thrusters, then it doesn't matter if it is. We still get the added thrust.
It's the new form of superstition.
"Guns are around bad things happening, therefore gun have evil spirits in them. Therefore if you have guns the evil spirits will get into you. So destroy all of the guns, and people that have touched them!!!"
Yeah, real smart... 8-P
If you don't know what is in any of the other chips, or even what is in the rest of that chip, then worrying about one extra block that you can't even prove is there, is wasted effort. 8-P
Human brains process it absurdly well considering there's nothing really built-in for it.
A claim like that requires either a citation or a sound, persuasive argument.
We can read text 4 or 5 times faster than a video. Is that enough for you? 8-)
They are wrong, text is way faster. People who have practiced a bit can read 4 or 5 times faster than a video runs. And, text is way easier to search and index.
Most of the people I know skip any article that lacks a text transcript. Video is too klunky.
The thing video is good for is moving images of things that do not need a text description, like sunsets, music and ships and planes. And maybe video game streams. But you can't spend your whole life being entertained, or it will be a very short life.
... Let's review:
"Hobbyists tend to be better trained than professionals".
Yes, actually. Hobbyists enjoy the subject enough to study it without being paid. Professionals often only train on what they are paid to do every day.
The police do a job that does not often involve firearms. It is not their fault, their job is usually about psychology and negotiation, and remembering a long list of (random) laws. Many only fire their guns once a year at the qualification. And their experience is about 6 years, on average.
A civilian might have less training, but they might also be a participent in competitions and a veteran of the wars over a span of 20 years or so.
Keep in mind, just because you don't know something, does not mean that no one else knows. 8-)