I imagine it also helped playing somewhat familiar tunes in what could be felt were unfamiliar places (for people who grew up in a world without elevators). You know, tunes that you know you've heard somewhere before but have to think a little bit about to recall where.
And a dog will probably bring some perspective into your life, make you care a little less about all that stuff.
So what you're saying is, after all your nice things have been either chewed up, knocked over, or peed on by your dog it won't bother you as much when they get stolen?
Military surplus smoke grenades could quickly make your home very uncomfortable for a burglar. You'd probably end up doing more damage to the carpet and walls than the burglar could steal though.
He's not really worried about a violent break in while he's home, I think those are vanishingly rare and probably a result of bad timing/casing.
In the US burglars try their best to only go to houses when no one is home because owners can defend themselves. In Europe and Australia burglars are more likely to enter occupied dwellings than they are in the US because they know self defense is illegal there and they can have fun with the cowardly homeowners.
Only problem with this line of thinking, if he quits making cars then the battery market dries up.
Except that VW, BMW, GM, and others are beginning to produce cars with these batteries. If Tesla expands battery production enough they could make money not only from their own vehicle sales, but also get a cut of the profit from each of their competitors cars sold because they made the batteries.
Think like how Microsoft gets a cut of each Android device sold. "If our products sell, we win! If our competitors products sell, we win!"
I doubt too many miscreants will be put off by a window decal advising them that you own a glockenspiel.
Wait a minute, he may be on to something. Notice how "Gangsta Rap" is prevalent among thieves, but you've never heard of "Glockenspiel Rap". Perhaps it serves as a really effective deterrent.
He's no more responsible for any acts committed by criminals than the gun itself is responsible for "causing" murders. You may as well say that if you don't shoot a burglar in your home and instead let him escape you're responsible for any homes he breaks into in the future because you could have stopped him.
The only people responsible for crimes are the criminals committing them.
Weld together a stout metal rack mount enclosure with a big combination lock, either press bolts into the basement floor to anchor it or fill the bottom with a few hundred pounds of lead bars or sand. Odds are if your equipment requires more than 20 minutes with an angle grinder to steal they're probably going to just leave it.
Maybe it's time for antitrust regulation to be used against ISPs that have used predatory business practices to eliminate competition from smaller ISPs in their regions in order to maintain monopolies over the areas they service?
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Probably better they give people a chance to migrate off of it before they release the major exploit that was found to the public.
The Swiss love their robot mowers even though they only need them 6 months a year
Incredible what happens when you don't have easy access to a limitless amount of cheap labor.
Then just give them more. There's a lethal dose of heroin for everyone.
With the possible exception of Keith Richards.
Slugs apprently frequent this thing (hard to call it a running wheel when's a slug).
I wish there was a video of this I could speed up 20x, loop, and add music to.
Have you ever made a massive, expensive mistake?
Glances woefully down at wedding ring...
+5 insightful
The problem with centralized control is that the center can give any commands it wants...
Somebody probably should have told that to the Bolsheviks...
I imagine it also helped playing somewhat familiar tunes in what could be felt were unfamiliar places (for people who grew up in a world without elevators). You know, tunes that you know you've heard somewhere before but have to think a little bit about to recall where.
And a dog will probably bring some perspective into your life, make you care a little less about all that stuff.
So what you're saying is, after all your nice things have been either chewed up, knocked over, or peed on by your dog it won't bother you as much when they get stolen?
Military surplus smoke grenades could quickly make your home very uncomfortable for a burglar. You'd probably end up doing more damage to the carpet and walls than the burglar could steal though.
http://forcetoknow.com/wp-cont...
Boston Dynamics makes a Big Dog that might be useful at repelling intruders.
Pretty much any German music will do the job, Polka, Techno, Glockenspiel Rap...all effective 'person with a sense of hearing' deterrents.
Except for repelling Germans obviously but then Germans aren't really a demographic known for committing burglaries.
He's not really worried about a violent break in while he's home, I think those are vanishingly rare and probably a result of bad timing/casing.
In the US burglars try their best to only go to houses when no one is home because owners can defend themselves. In Europe and Australia burglars are more likely to enter occupied dwellings than they are in the US because they know self defense is illegal there and they can have fun with the cowardly homeowners.
Only problem with this line of thinking, if he quits making cars then the battery market dries up.
Except that VW, BMW, GM, and others are beginning to produce cars with these batteries. If Tesla expands battery production enough they could make money not only from their own vehicle sales, but also get a cut of the profit from each of their competitors cars sold because they made the batteries.
Think like how Microsoft gets a cut of each Android device sold. "If our products sell, we win! If our competitors products sell, we win!"
It helped that initially Lotus made most of the car. Lotus has been making cars for some time.
They also survive very well after getting shot, apparently, for some reason.
If they're anything like Turkeys it's because their central nervous system is roughly the size of a quarter so it's difficult to hit anything vital.
Wait a minute, he may be on to something. Notice how "Gangsta Rap" is prevalent among thieves, but you've never heard of "Glockenspiel Rap". Perhaps it serves as a really effective deterrent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_...
Actually classical music has been used as a repellent against young thugs with some success.
He's no more responsible for any acts committed by criminals than the gun itself is responsible for "causing" murders. You may as well say that if you don't shoot a burglar in your home and instead let him escape you're responsible for any homes he breaks into in the future because you could have stopped him.
The only people responsible for crimes are the criminals committing them.
Also sign that says, "beware of dragon"
I thought it was "live in a quiet neighborhood"?
Weld together a stout metal rack mount enclosure with a big combination lock, either press bolts into the basement floor to anchor it or fill the bottom with a few hundred pounds of lead bars or sand. Odds are if your equipment requires more than 20 minutes with an angle grinder to steal they're probably going to just leave it.
You gotta watch out for that Doug.
The other decal seems to indicate that Doug does have a Glock...
If you go from just eleven thousand to twenty thousand, what does that tell you? That's more. That's fair, right?
Given who is speaking I had to do some fact checking before accepting it as truth.
Yes, but most people don't use Bank of America to send nude pictures of themselves or set up questionably legal deals.
Don't judge me.
Maybe it's time for antitrust regulation to be used against ISPs that have used predatory business practices to eliminate competition from smaller ISPs in their regions in order to maintain monopolies over the areas they service?
I won hands down - technology people are the arrogant asses.
Though you would never guess that by reading slashdot comments.