Read the article. He's going to a minimum security prison. Guys named bruno convicted of bashing their girlfriend's skull in don't go to minimum security. His cellmate will almost certainly be another non-violent offender. Real life prison is not all like Oz.
It's more than that. I've heard that saying for years. I don't know it's origin however
The short version is that some primitive cultures, after seeing the "magical" images created by photography, believe(d) that the camera was stealing their soul as part of the making of the image.
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Is 'well' better than 'good'?
'Well' is grammatically correct in that sentence. Good is not.
a possible violation of Federal laws concerning medical records (HIPAA)
Speaking as someone who admins boxes with data that falls under HIPAA (as well as IRS data, but those are different servers), there's no "possible" about it. You don't screw around with HIPAA violations. You will get nailed good and hard.
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Oh, I knew I would be modded down for it. I've got karma to burn, so I really didn't care.
I've been seeing "should of" in writing more and more lately. Feh.
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I try not to get worked up over common spelling errors, but one thing that drives me insane is people typing "Would of." It should be "Would've", a contraction of "Would have."
"If I would have known" or "If I would've known" is fine. "If I would of known" is incorrect. Yes, "Would of" and "Would've" are pronounced almost identically. It's an easy mistake to make.
This is Grammar Nazi Union Member 34821, signing off.
If you are in the US, a quality power supply is going to cost you a decent amount of money. I was using the cost as shorthand in place of mentioning specific brands and models. I'm not sure why you felt the need to turn that in to a "Oh, you Americans" insult.
I guess I must be the weird exception that proves the rule. I've been building my own PC's since 1991. I have had exactly one hard drive fail. The rest have all worked fine until I retired them / gave them away as I upgraded.
Of course, I do have a couple of hard rules when I build. I don't cheap out on the case, the power supply, or the motherboard. Far too many people spend most of the build money on the fastest CPU and video card they can find and put it in a pretty (but cheap) case with a cheap-ass PSU. This is what is generally known as a Bad Thing. Basic Rule #1 - the case should cost you at least $75 without a PSU (and not because it's aluminum with a goofy window in the side). Rule #2 - the PSU should cost more than the case.
Use a good motherboard, too. You can put a decent CPU in it now and then buy that screamer later when the price drops a bit.
Only complete and utter congential cretins like the US telcos would think of giving monthly billable credit to kids.
They don't. Their parents have the cell phone account and supply phones to their kids. Stupid, I know. It's just like a kid running up a huge long distance bill on his parent's phone. Except that unlike my childhood they generally don't have to worry about dad beating their ass with a belt if it happens. A pity if you ask me.
Hardly surprising that the economy is falling to pieces along with the social structure:-)
The last time I checked our economy was still the envy of most of the world. At least that's what I hear from the millions of Mexicans trying to sneak in.
Honestly, mostly things look pretty decent where I live. But I suppose you can be excused: US bashing is the in thing these days - all the cool kids are doing it.
These days I usually load up on ammo at gun shows. Right now I buy 7.62x39,.308 Winchester/7.62 NATO,.223/5.56,.45ACP,.38spl/.357, and.22lr.
I also have a 9mm and.303 Enfield but both are particularly crappy guns(poor examples of the type, that is) and will probably be gotten rid of soon. The.303 No4Mk2 isn't safe to shoot (receiver is worn down - the bolt won't stay locked down when you fire it), so I may experiment with stripping it down and re-finishing it to turn into a wall-hanger historical piece.
I have my eye on a Spanish FR-8 Mauser bolt action in.308 (jokingly referred to as the world's only bolt-action assault rifle), a SIG P239 9mm, and an old Polytech M-14 clone.
Ironically enough I've bought several "evil" rifles and handguns just to piss off the anti's, but the rifles I enjoy shooting the most all happen to be relatively innocuous. A lever-action in.357 magnum, an old bolt-action Czech vz.24 Mauser that has been rebarelled to.308 Winchester and a Ruger 10/22.
Didn't you think to check your bag before you left the store?
It's an easy mistake to make, both on my part and the clerk's part. I wasn't mad at him for putting the wrong item in the bag, I was just annoyed that they wouldn't exchange it.
And they let you own/use a gun?
Let? They don't have to let me. Self defense is a basic human right. And no, they don't let me own a gun. At last count I own 6 pistols, 1 shotgun and 5 rifles. But thanks for saying that. It reminds me why people who think that way annoy me. I think I'll celebrate the New Year by buying another gun.
I wish you were at my Wal-Mart. I bought 5 boxes of.45ACP earlier this year, and when I got home one box had magically transformed into.40S&W. (IOW, the clerk stuck the wrong box in the bag and I didn't notice) I took it back and was told that they couldn't accept ammo for a return or exchange and that it was a "federal law" (translation: we don't want to do it).
I argued for a bit and eventually gave up and just gave the box to a friend of mine who owns a.40. I wasn't going to get into a huge argument over $10. Now I don't buy ammo at WM anymore - I'd rather spend a few extra $ at the local independantly owned gunstore and get decent service.
Yes, they did. My first x86 box (prior to that I was running an Apple//e) had an AMD 80286 running at 16Mhz. Intel 286's topped out at 12Mhz. That extra 4Mhz made a noticeable difference when playing Wing Commander. If anyone cares, the stats on that box were -
286-16 Trident VGA card with 512KB of RAM. 1MB of RAM socketed on the motherboard with DIP chips. (Upgradeable via SIPPS, if anyone remembers those.) Seagate ST157A 40MB hard drive 3.5" 1.44MB FDD 5.25" 1.2MB FDD 14" Samtron VGA monitor Kraft KC-3 joystick (I still have that in a box somewhere...) 2400bps internal modem. Panasonic 24pin dot matrix printer
Actually you were both right. The show you watched on The History Channel(I watched it as well) is called "Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy."
You can buy it on DVD here: (or at the other site of your choice)
Oswald was such a notoriously bad shot that his coworkers (when he worked at a factory in Russia) would shoot something for him on hunts, so he wouldn't look bad to his girlfriend.
This is a commonly repeated falsehood. Oswald was rated "Sharpshooter" in the Marines. He was able to place repeated shots in a small target at 200 yards, rather more than the 60 yards beteween him and Kennedy.
Yes, there is. If we want to be obnoxious enough about it. If a country ignores our IP laws we simply refuse to deal with them. "Yes, we have this nice new medication that cures (pick ailment) but you can't have any. And no, we won't tell you how to make it either." Knowledge is power.
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Read the article. He's going to a minimum security prison. Guys named bruno convicted of bashing their girlfriend's skull in don't go to minimum security. His cellmate will almost certainly be another non-violent offender. Real life prison is not all like Oz.
It's more than that. I've heard that saying for years. I don't know it's origin however
The short version is that some primitive cultures, after seeing the "magical" images created by photography, believe(d) that the camera was stealing their soul as part of the making of the image.
Is 'well' better than 'good'?
'Well' is grammatically correct in that sentence. Good is not.
There's a difference between criticism and ad hominem attacks based on stereotypes.
Not on Slashdot there isn't.
We've had a redneck buffoon for a president since 1992. Why change now.
a possible violation of Federal laws concerning medical records (HIPAA)
Speaking as someone who admins boxes with data that falls under HIPAA (as well as IRS data, but those are different servers), there's no "possible" about it. You don't screw around with HIPAA violations. You will get nailed good and hard.
Oh, I knew I would be modded down for it. I've got karma to burn, so I really didn't care.
I've been seeing "should of" in writing more and more lately. Feh.
I try not to get worked up over common spelling errors, but one thing that drives me insane is people typing "Would of." It should be "Would've", a contraction of "Would have."
"If I would have known" or "If I would've known" is fine. "If I would of known" is incorrect. Yes, "Would of" and "Would've" are pronounced almost identically. It's an easy mistake to make.
This is Grammar Nazi Union Member 34821, signing off.
If you are in the US, a quality power supply is going to cost you a decent amount of money. I was using the cost as shorthand in place of mentioning specific brands and models. I'm not sure why you felt the need to turn that in to a "Oh, you Americans" insult.
I guess I must be the weird exception that proves the rule. I've been building my own PC's since 1991. I have had exactly one hard drive fail. The rest have all worked fine until I retired them / gave them away as I upgraded.
Of course, I do have a couple of hard rules when I build. I don't cheap out on the case, the power supply, or the motherboard. Far too many people spend most of the build money on the fastest CPU and video card they can find and put it in a pretty (but cheap) case with a cheap-ass PSU. This is what is generally known as a Bad Thing. Basic Rule #1 - the case should cost you at least $75 without a PSU (and not because it's aluminum with a goofy window in the side). Rule #2 - the PSU should cost more than the case.
Use a good motherboard, too. You can put a decent CPU in it now and then buy that screamer later when the price drops a bit.
If there was press about it then you should be able to supply a link documenting it.
Only complete and utter congential cretins like the US telcos would think of giving monthly billable credit to kids.
:-)
They don't. Their parents have the cell phone account and supply phones to their kids. Stupid, I know. It's just like a kid running up a huge long distance bill on his parent's phone. Except that unlike my childhood they generally don't have to worry about dad beating their ass with a belt if it happens. A pity if you ask me.
Hardly surprising that the economy is falling to pieces along with the social structure
The last time I checked our economy was still the envy of most of the world. At least that's what I hear from the millions of Mexicans trying to sneak in.
As for social structure, I can't entirely disagree with you. Things would probably be better if we weren't turning in to such a nanny state.
Honestly, mostly things look pretty decent where I live. But I suppose you can be excused: US bashing is the in thing these days - all the cool kids are doing it.
Try ordering biscuits with jelly for breakfast over there sometime and watch the strange looks you get.
These days I usually load up on ammo at gun shows. Right now I buy 7.62x39, .308 Winchester/7.62 NATO, .223/5.56, .45ACP, .38spl/.357, and .22lr.
.303 Enfield but both are particularly crappy guns(poor examples of the type, that is) and will probably be gotten rid of soon. The .303 No4Mk2 isn't safe to shoot (receiver is worn down - the bolt won't stay locked down when you fire it), so I may experiment with stripping it down and re-finishing it to turn into a wall-hanger historical piece.
.308 (jokingly referred to as the world's only bolt-action assault rifle), a SIG P239 9mm, and an old Polytech M-14 clone.
.357 magnum, an old bolt-action Czech vz.24 Mauser that has been rebarelled to .308 Winchester and a Ruger 10/22.
I also have a 9mm and
I have my eye on a Spanish FR-8 Mauser bolt action in
Ironically enough I've bought several "evil" rifles and handguns just to piss off the anti's, but the rifles I enjoy shooting the most all happen to be relatively innocuous. A lever-action in
Didn't you think to check your bag before you left the store?
It's an easy mistake to make, both on my part and the clerk's part. I wasn't mad at him for putting the wrong item in the bag, I was just annoyed that they wouldn't exchange it.
And they let you own/use a gun?
Let? They don't have to let me. Self defense is a basic human right. And no, they don't let me own a gun. At last count I own 6 pistols, 1 shotgun and 5 rifles. But thanks for saying that. It reminds me why people who think that way annoy me. I think I'll celebrate the New Year by buying another gun.
I wish you were at my Wal-Mart. I bought 5 boxes of .45ACP earlier this year, and when I got home one box had magically transformed into .40S&W. (IOW, the clerk stuck the wrong box in the bag and I didn't notice) I took it back and was told that they couldn't accept ammo for a return or exchange and that it was a "federal law" (translation: we don't want to do it).
.40. I wasn't going to get into a huge argument over $10. Now I don't buy ammo at WM anymore - I'd rather spend a few extra $ at the local independantly owned gunstore and get decent service.
I argued for a bit and eventually gave up and just gave the box to a friend of mine who owns a
Yes, they did. My first x86 box (prior to that I was running an Apple //e) had an AMD 80286 running at 16Mhz. Intel 286's topped out at 12Mhz. That extra 4Mhz made a noticeable difference when playing Wing Commander. If anyone cares, the stats on that box were -
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286-16
Trident VGA card with 512KB of RAM.
1MB of RAM socketed on the motherboard with DIP chips. (Upgradeable via SIPPS, if anyone remembers those.)
Seagate ST157A 40MB hard drive
3.5" 1.44MB FDD
5.25" 1.2MB FDD
14" Samtron VGA monitor
Kraft KC-3 joystick (I still have that in a box somewhere
2400bps internal modem.
Panasonic 24pin dot matrix printer
For which I seem to recall paying about $1200.
a) Nobody's forcing you to upgrade. I still haven't had Steve Ballmer show up on my doorstep with an Uzi yet.
b) The list you give is mostly patches. There are four base OS' on that list and 6 patches, all of which are free.
c) If it bothers you, feel free to run an unpatched OS of your choice, whether it be Windows, MacOS or one of the many *nix variants.
The threat may be incurable bacterial infections we have no cure for.
In the dictionary, under "redundant" it says "see redundant."
(this post guaranteed to be modded "redundant")
Thank you. Apparently the hoplophobes think I'm "overrated." Tch tch. Insecure aren't they?
The only reason to dial 911 in this sort of situation is to say "Yes, I've been shot at. No, I'm okay. They left after I shot back."
Actually you were both right. The show you watched on The History Channel(I watched it as well) is called "Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy."
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You can buy it on DVD here: (or at the other site of your choice)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?j=1&id=13
Oswald was such a notoriously bad shot that his coworkers (when he worked at a factory in Russia) would shoot something for him on hunts, so he wouldn't look bad to his girlfriend.
This is a commonly repeated falsehood. Oswald was rated "Sharpshooter" in the Marines. He was able to place repeated shots in a small target at 200 yards, rather more than the 60 yards beteween him and Kennedy.
I've been in a PBEM Champions RPG for 6 years.
Yes, there is. If we want to be obnoxious enough about it. If a country ignores our IP laws we simply refuse to deal with them. "Yes, we have this nice new medication that cures (pick ailment) but you can't have any. And no, we won't tell you how to make it either." Knowledge is power.