I party. People know I party. People have evidence that I party. YTF am I supposed to hide that? How about employers stop being prudes and hire humans. I can't stand the fact that the only way to make it through an interview these days is to lie and spout buzzwords. Why is corporate quick to hire squeaky-clean idiots over human beings that have had human experiences?
1. No chips, electronics, RFID tags. I want my gun to be functional following a nuclear strike, solar flare, airburst meteor, a bath, etc.
2. Zombies rarely travel in herds of 3 or less. I need full magazines.
In all seriousness, if you can make a gun safer by some mechanical means without impacting reliability, I'd probably be for it. I've heard enough stories of people accidentally shooting themselves that I'm cautious to the point of paranoia about clearing the chamber when I clean my glock. I'm also not entirely opposed to electronics on a gun as an option. I'd totally buy an assault rifle with an led display. However, I'm strongly opposed to any electronics required by regulation. I was kinda serious about that whole EMP thing. There should always be a choice. If I had kids in the house, I might consider a chipped gun; but that should be an option to consider, not a mandate from the top. As far as limiting the number of rounds a gun can hold...meh. I'd rather spend time and effort on trying to keep people from shooting up schools at all, rather than worrying about how to limit the number of shots fired when someone does go looney. It's the difference between treating a disease and treating a symptom. Safety is never absolute. To strive for absolute safety would be foolish; diminishing returns and whatnot. Tragedy is a part of living and will never be completely eliminated. We can try to mitigate risk, but in most cases you'll find the safety gained is largely ephemeral, while the freedoms lost will never be regained.
Not that I ever read the TOS before agreeing to them, but I always just kinda assumed it would have some sort of broad language saying "you relinquish all rights to everything, ever". Isn't that pretty much what they all say?
Agreed. Guns are made for killing. I don't see why that's a bad thing. Sometimes people need to be killed. As long as bad guys have guns, good guys should have them too. Maybe we should improve our system of determining who's a good guy and who's a bad guy, but we definitely don't need to ban guns. That will definitely only leave them in the hands of the bad guys. Guns are a force multiplier; They can be used to level the playing field. If a 250lb guy with a knife attacks a 90lb girl, she damn well better have a gun. Unfortunately, this does mean one crazy guy with lots of bullets can do a bunch of damage. However, taking away guns doesn't fix crazy. This evil bastard probably could have done just as much damage by rigging an explosive, setting the hallways on fire, or taping a kitchen knife to a broomstick. Crazy fucks will do crazy shit. Treat the disease not the symptom.
I see what you're saying. I kinda have my doubts that a buffer overflow on the CC decoder will really let you inject a bunch of code though. More likely the CC will wig out and display a black screen or just cause the TV to freeze. I thought you were talking more along the lines of the insane poster that you were replying to, worrying about TCP/IP connections or something coming into your TV. If you really believed the TV had a cable modem to spy on you and beam subliminal advertising into your shows, you could filter out that "other" traffic that's separated by frequency-division multiplexing.
Couldn't you just throw a resistor in line to block the "other" frequencies? That's essentially what the cable guy is doing when he's hooking up your service.
you seem to be under the impression that a smart tv can't function as a dumb one. My smart tv was cheaper than anything else on the market at the time I bought it. If someday in the future the updates stop flowing, I just unplug the ethernet cable and buy a box.
I'm still trying to get everything migrated to Windows 7. After that I'll be looking for a linux distro that works for the people that don't really require windows apps. This whole Microsoft Blue thing has me convinced I shouldn't have all my eggs in the windows basket.
winning a debate is not about convincing your opponent; we all know that pretty much never happens. It's about convincing the rest of the audience that your viewpoint is the more rational of the two.
I tend to just say whatever I want and let people delete me if needed. I probably don't need to be friends with all my aunts and 8yo cousins. When some debate arises, I don't mind; I just win. All the work friends probably keep me from posting too many pot legalization videos and such, but that's what Tumblr is for.
I thought human's divergent evolution from other primates was largely caused by the merging of two chromosomes. That's why we have 23 and all other great apes have 24. That seems like a fairly definitive difference.
I didn't have this problem in school, and neither did any other kids while I was around. Why? I'm a huge nerd, but I also overproduce testosterone. Sure I always won first place in the science fair, but I was also an offensive lineman. I was president of the NHS, but I could also grow a beard at 13. Bullies didn't dare out the nerds because doing so would have put them at odds with me. Besides that, the 'popular' kids at my school were pretty receptive to odd-ducks. Quirkiness was encouraged. We realized that we were all kinda dorks; no use in singling out one group or another. Granted, I went to a very small school, so I'm sure my HS experience was the exception rather than the norm. However, it seems our school was a pretty good model. Pop culture is moving somewhat in the right direction with nerd culture becoming more accepted and Zooey Deschanel popping up everywhere. Just add a sprinkling of nerds on roids and the problem should fix itself within a few years.
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IDK. I've seen no shortage of employed idiots.
i'd take risky over unqualified any day.
I party. People know I party. People have evidence that I party. YTF am I supposed to hide that? How about employers stop being prudes and hire humans. I can't stand the fact that the only way to make it through an interview these days is to lie and spout buzzwords. Why is corporate quick to hire squeaky-clean idiots over human beings that have had human experiences?
Gypsy tears work way better, and at a fraction of the price.
1. No chips, electronics, RFID tags. I want my gun to be functional following a nuclear strike, solar flare, airburst meteor, a bath, etc. 2. Zombies rarely travel in herds of 3 or less. I need full magazines. In all seriousness, if you can make a gun safer by some mechanical means without impacting reliability, I'd probably be for it. I've heard enough stories of people accidentally shooting themselves that I'm cautious to the point of paranoia about clearing the chamber when I clean my glock. I'm also not entirely opposed to electronics on a gun as an option. I'd totally buy an assault rifle with an led display. However, I'm strongly opposed to any electronics required by regulation. I was kinda serious about that whole EMP thing. There should always be a choice. If I had kids in the house, I might consider a chipped gun; but that should be an option to consider, not a mandate from the top. As far as limiting the number of rounds a gun can hold...meh. I'd rather spend time and effort on trying to keep people from shooting up schools at all, rather than worrying about how to limit the number of shots fired when someone does go looney. It's the difference between treating a disease and treating a symptom. Safety is never absolute. To strive for absolute safety would be foolish; diminishing returns and whatnot. Tragedy is a part of living and will never be completely eliminated. We can try to mitigate risk, but in most cases you'll find the safety gained is largely ephemeral, while the freedoms lost will never be regained.
I think anyone with a triple digit IQ already knew this.
I know all the new porn sites are scrambling to get their .xxx domains registered, but I still say ".cum" just sounds better.
Not that I ever read the TOS before agreeing to them, but I always just kinda assumed it would have some sort of broad language saying "you relinquish all rights to everything, ever". Isn't that pretty much what they all say?
Agreed. Guns are made for killing. I don't see why that's a bad thing. Sometimes people need to be killed. As long as bad guys have guns, good guys should have them too. Maybe we should improve our system of determining who's a good guy and who's a bad guy, but we definitely don't need to ban guns. That will definitely only leave them in the hands of the bad guys. Guns are a force multiplier; They can be used to level the playing field. If a 250lb guy with a knife attacks a 90lb girl, she damn well better have a gun. Unfortunately, this does mean one crazy guy with lots of bullets can do a bunch of damage. However, taking away guns doesn't fix crazy. This evil bastard probably could have done just as much damage by rigging an explosive, setting the hallways on fire, or taping a kitchen knife to a broomstick. Crazy fucks will do crazy shit. Treat the disease not the symptom.
Do you people really still beat off to images? I haven't been that desperate since the advent of 56kbps.
I see what you're saying. I kinda have my doubts that a buffer overflow on the CC decoder will really let you inject a bunch of code though. More likely the CC will wig out and display a black screen or just cause the TV to freeze. I thought you were talking more along the lines of the insane poster that you were replying to, worrying about TCP/IP connections or something coming into your TV. If you really believed the TV had a cable modem to spy on you and beam subliminal advertising into your shows, you could filter out that "other" traffic that's separated by frequency-division multiplexing.
Couldn't you just throw a resistor in line to block the "other" frequencies? That's essentially what the cable guy is doing when he's hooking up your service.
you seem to be under the impression that a smart tv can't function as a dumb one. My smart tv was cheaper than anything else on the market at the time I bought it. If someday in the future the updates stop flowing, I just unplug the ethernet cable and buy a box.
while we're at it: You damn kids get off my lawn!
more likely we'll give them $35B to "beef up security" at these bases.
I thought you were supposed to conk the guard and take the keys when they open the cell to check on you. That's an important step.
maybe most of the rest of the mass was stripped by some sort of galactic near-collision.
You mean to tell me you guys don't have your cases rigged with thermite?
I'm still trying to get everything migrated to Windows 7. After that I'll be looking for a linux distro that works for the people that don't really require windows apps. This whole Microsoft Blue thing has me convinced I shouldn't have all my eggs in the windows basket.
winning a debate is not about convincing your opponent; we all know that pretty much never happens. It's about convincing the rest of the audience that your viewpoint is the more rational of the two.
I tend to just say whatever I want and let people delete me if needed. I probably don't need to be friends with all my aunts and 8yo cousins. When some debate arises, I don't mind; I just win. All the work friends probably keep me from posting too many pot legalization videos and such, but that's what Tumblr is for.
Whoosh!!
Are we seriously trying to bring about the zombie apocalypse now?
I thought human's divergent evolution from other primates was largely caused by the merging of two chromosomes. That's why we have 23 and all other great apes have 24. That seems like a fairly definitive difference.
I didn't have this problem in school, and neither did any other kids while I was around. Why? I'm a huge nerd, but I also overproduce testosterone. Sure I always won first place in the science fair, but I was also an offensive lineman. I was president of the NHS, but I could also grow a beard at 13. Bullies didn't dare out the nerds because doing so would have put them at odds with me. Besides that, the 'popular' kids at my school were pretty receptive to odd-ducks. Quirkiness was encouraged. We realized that we were all kinda dorks; no use in singling out one group or another. Granted, I went to a very small school, so I'm sure my HS experience was the exception rather than the norm. However, it seems our school was a pretty good model. Pop culture is moving somewhat in the right direction with nerd culture becoming more accepted and Zooey Deschanel popping up everywhere. Just add a sprinkling of nerds on roids and the problem should fix itself within a few years.