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  1. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    According to the framers of the constitution, it means well trained.

    http://www.lectlaw.com/files/g...

    It also has been held by the Supreme Court as the meaning of that phrase.

    Also, the phrase isn't worded the way you think.

    In order to have a well regulated (trained) militia (all able bodied men between x and y ages), EVERYONE should be allowed to own arms without restriction.

    That is my paraphrasing, but if you read the ammendment, it is pretty much what they were saying. Also, it has been held up by the Supreme Court that it applies to ALL weapons that would be used by the military, so if you can afford it, you are supposed to be able to own Nukes, or Tanks, or Fighter Jets.

    It is kind of funny, but yeah, you can actually own tanks and fighter jets and most conventional arms, though nukes are not allowed for other reasons.

  2. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Even better than that, the military is actually forbidden from operating on US soil, so any order to bomb US territory except to defend from an invader is actually an illegal order.

  3. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Funny, because many of the firearms used in the revolutionary war were privately owned firearms, not state owned as the state didn't exactly exist.

  4. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

    Paying taxes on something does not constitute a lack of ownership. In Massachusetts, (unless it has changed) they pay a yearly tax on cars they own, does that mean they are renting them from the state?

  5. Re: Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Did you know, you can legally own a flamethrower in many states?

    It was excepted from many restrictions due to the use as a brush clearing device for farmers, but it is a very effective self defense weapon as well!

  6. Re:Are they running Windows 8? on City of Munich Struggling With Basic Linux Functionality · · Score: 1

    That can be accomplished by looking through the icons. Are you trying to claim that somehow this is worse than any other OS? Did Windows 7 tell you which application you should run for graphics editing? Does Linux?

  7. Re:"There are no programs for text editing" on City of Munich Struggling With Basic Linux Functionality · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Pico. I know it is an abomination, but it is a text editor.

  8. Re:Are they running Windows 8? on City of Munich Struggling With Basic Linux Functionality · · Score: 1

    "Windows Key" then begin typing the name of the application you are looking for. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

  9. Re:Metabolic rate doesn't vary that much on MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity · · Score: 1

    Meth suppresses the appetite. That's why you lose weight on it.

    That is half of the equation, it also raises your metabolic rate (your heart rate goes up, you tend to get jittery, you move more).

    Have you ever taken an amphetamine? I have, legally for ADHD.

  10. Re: I volunteer as tribute. on MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity · · Score: 1

    Having a baby isn't a good comparison. ;)

  11. Re:I volunteer as tribute. on MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity · · Score: 2

    Yes, you should watch the biggest loser, you know, the show where they kick people off because they just aren't losing weight despite all that exercise and reduced diet. It is interesting that when you have factors choosing for you how much you get the chosen result.

  12. Re:I volunteer as tribute. on MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity · · Score: 2

    I would say from experience, quitting smoking is easier than losing weight.

    Though Chantix helped, it was not the whole picture, and finally quitting was very difficult.

  13. Re:Kind of serious? on Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016 · · Score: 1

    If the Boston-Washington one follows the same path I take to get to Mass from Maryland, it would go down the 95 corridor, to the Jersey Turnpike, through New York, and up 95 again. This travels through several states:

    DC
    Maryland
    Pennsylvania (very short, but there)
    Delaware
    New Jersey
    New York
    Connecticut
    Massachusetts

    I know that DC, MD, NY, and MA are all D states, not sure about the rest, but that many D states will be just as bad as CA.

  14. Re: Never will be built in the USA on Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016 · · Score: 1

    That would have worked just as well the other direction, that might be a clue to you that you are a partisan moron.

    Not with the Democrats in charge.

    You will notice that when Obama had the white house, and the Democrats had both houses of congress, nothing much got done either.

    In fact, it took them losing the house before even passing the ACA, which they did after the voters had already spoken on what they wanted.

  15. Re:Horseshit on Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016 · · Score: 1

    you'd be dead in seconds from your lungs imploding

    I think you have that backwards. Imploding would be if the vacuum was in the lungs. Exploding happens when there is air in the lung and it is exposed to vacuum. As the other poster mentioned though, it depends. If you exhale the whole time, you might actually be undamaged.

  16. Re:Dear leftists and liberals of EU, on Now Google Must Censor Search Results About "Right To Be Forgotten" Removals · · Score: 1

    sarah palin is so smart, she quit her job halfway through.

    Would you have been happier if she had kept the job while on the campaign trail? It isn't like she would be very effective at her job while on the road.

    sarah palin is the world's foremost expert on raising celibate children

    I don't know what this has to do with anything. You teach your children how they should behave, it doesn't mean that they do everything they are taught. I am guessing you don't have any children.

    donald trump is so smart, he thinks his dead casinos were a "good investment"

    Not every investment works out, and Trump understands that. Sometimes you have to close a business that isn't working out, it happens. Trying to hold it against him makes me wonder if you have EVER failed at ANYTHING in your life. Considering it was 4 bankruptcies out of hundreds of businesses, he has a better track record than most of us. Most successful people fail most of the time, just look at hitters in baseball for a good example, in baseball 30% success is damn good. Why do you hold someone to such a higher degree than you would hold yourself to?

  17. Re:Dear leftists and liberals of EU, on Now Google Must Censor Search Results About "Right To Be Forgotten" Removals · · Score: 1

    Two highly intelligent people that the Democrats love to badmouth. Interesting that you bring them up.

  18. Re:Colleges are not for education on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1

    It seems to be going ok for all the countries which have this type of program. Germany is the only one I know of where they allow foreign students to also use the free universities though, so why not take advantage of it while it is available?

    I am also looking into working at a university in their IT department as many of them have free tuition programs for employees and their families. Is this also socialism?

  19. Re:Colleges are not for education on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1

    The other option for my kids would be the military. Would you prefer that?

    The German people welcome the foreign students, they feel the possibility of bringing talent into their job market (that decides to stay after college) is worth paying for the college. Also, there is taxes spent while in college, and paying for room and board. It isn't a complete zero-sum thing.

  20. Re:"growing focus on data centers' water use" on Startup Builds Prototype For Floating Data Center · · Score: 1

    The water used in cooling datacenters is water that if not used for that purpose would be being treated and dumped back into rivers, not already treated water like comes from your tap.

  21. Re:Totally different meaning of Software Piracy on Startup Builds Prototype For Floating Data Center · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't knowing what a cleat is be more important than a yardarm?

  22. Re:"growing focus on data centers' water use" on Startup Builds Prototype For Floating Data Center · · Score: 2

    I believe that the chillers used in data centers spray water over a radiator allowing the water to evaporate, the evaporating water draws heat away causing a performance increase to the warm side of the AC unit.

    Usually however, they use grey water for this purpose as the water doesn't need to be clean, any water (except black water) will work. This is why the concerns over the NSA Utah data center's water usage are laughable, it is using grey water, not clean water, so it is water that otherwise would be being treated and dumped into a river.

  23. Re:We are stupid on Regionally Encoded Toner Cartridges 'to Serve Customers Better' · · Score: 1

    Yes, the two YouTube videos showcase two different methods. The older versions of my HL-3070CW used a gear which you had to reset. My version has a hidden menu you can reset the print count in. The main difference I saw was that my cartridge doesn't have a gear to reset, the slot is unoccupied.

    I have not yet replaced the original cartridges though, so when I buy a full sized cartridge, things might change.

  24. Re:We are stupid on Regionally Encoded Toner Cartridges 'to Serve Customers Better' · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of mentioning Brother because their bubble jet printers have always been good, but then I remembered the crap I went through because my laser printer decided the cartridge had printed enough and needed to be replaced.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    At least it was better than the previous revision (of the same model)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  25. Re:OT: Metric pixel density? on Regionally Encoded Toner Cartridges 'to Serve Customers Better' · · Score: 1

    I was wondering how many dots there were per meter.