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  1. Re:Prison Sentences on "Accidental" Download Sending 22-Year-Old Man To Prison · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A peaceful little woman is unlikely to want to carry a gun around, much less use one. Would she even be capable of using it, against say, her own violent husband, when even trained soldiers in war often can't bring themsalves to shoot the enemy while under direct fire?

    A violent perpetrator is much more likely to carry a gun with him, as part of his toolset for doing nasty things.

    So much for an equaliser.

  2. Re:Why are people getting so worked up on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kilimanjaro has been retreating since the 1800s.

    Yeah, once the industrial age had got started in earnest.
    And in the past 50 years the industrial age has really grown, and so have the consequences.

  3. Skype phone on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    Would a Skype phone do the job? Okay, so IP telephony doesn't have the reliability of a fixed land line, but for everyday use it should be fine.

    Skype can:
    - on my computer, access my contacts list in Outlook
    - keep a list of recent events (calls and conversations)
    - do voicemail
    - do call forwarding

    My question is:
    Are there any Skype phones that can talk to a contacts list on some specified computer? (I assume not.)