I figured the new logo would be a stylized graphic of Balmer bending a customer over a table and shoving an apple up the customers ass. Of course, I did poorly at marketing.
The apple goes in the mouth, Balmer is shoving something else up the customers ass.
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Hmm... so, rail guns wouldn't be regulated, as they use magnetism/electricity to motivate the projectile? Interesting...
Finally, the GCA, 18 U.S.C. 922(r), specifically states the following:
It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the[GCA]Section 925(d)(3).as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes . Also, 27 C.F.R. 478.39 states:
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
Note use of the words, 'from imported parts.'
Nothing in either of those paragraphs makes the indication that machining a full-auto rifle yourself is verboten.
The 1st amendment is about GOVERNMENT suppression of speech. Corporations can do as they well please.
Considering that the two become more and more indistinguishable from one another as the days roll on, perhaps it's time we reconsider that particular limitation.
"From: Doe, John [US/CORPHQ]
Sent: Fri 2/13/2012 6:35PM
Help I have a small grease fire! I am contemplating dousing it with water. Any advice? --JD"
If I can tell that idiot to use baking soda instead of water, he will stand a much better chance at saving himself and others a lot of time, money, and effort as opposed to ignoring it until monday.
Perhaps, but conversely, if you ignore the request, you stand a much better chance of never having to deal with that particular moron ever again!
It can't be difficult to build a powerful Wi-Fi jammer. Like almost anything wireless, this sounds like a dangerous thing to develop reliance on.
Screw that, MITM those bastards and send them all bad coordinates.
Or is this one of those closed "look how perfect everything works in a lab environment, which of course translates to identical real world results!" type of trials?
I don't want a $1.99 app making guesses. That's no better than snake oil.
What do you think doctors do?
Granted, it's typically an educated guess, but a guess nonetheless.
Having had suffered from gallbladder disease for a decade, and having "doctors" throw every pill under the sun at the problem (without doing any real diagnosis), my trust in their assumed omniscience is lacking.
FDA gets involved, and a $1.99 app will be $1,999. Seriously, look at MRI machines. They can cost millions of dollars. This technology is 30 years old. By now a unit should cost a mere $50,000.
In the U.S. an MRI can cost upwards of a $1,000. In India it costs $50-$100.
No we need less FDA regulation, not more.
Once had to have both an MRI and a CT scan - same clinic, same expense (~$3000 each).
I called to ask why the MRI was so expensive, and they told me "Because it's new technology."
I also asked why the CT scan was so expensive - they told me "Because it's old technology."
Call it a hunch, but I doubt regulation has much to do with it.
The opinion of Rep. D-bag Akin does not, repeat, does not reflect the opinion of Missourians in general. Believe me, we're far more appalled by his statements than you can possibly imagine.
On the bright side, Akin's commission of political seppuku has pretty much guaranteed that he will lose to incumbent McCaskill in the election, so there's little chance of him getting elected.
Since we're just talking about simple voice recording, surely the hardware requirements would be minimal? I mean, if 12k is good enough for phone conversations...
IMO, cops don't count as emergency responders, as they pretty much always show up far too late to be of any assistance. Plus, (and this pretty much goes without saying) cops cannot, repeat, cannot be trusted with access to the devices and networks of private citizens - they will abuse the privilege, guaranteed.
I don't have a problem allowing EMT's and firefighters to piggyback off my system (with explicit, incidental permission of course), but LEO's can suck hind teet.
As far as I know, you could put a linux-box there with pulseaudio and make the input device network-available. You could record then with any pulseaudio-system anywhere.
"Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" !="Marketing".
I can't believe you needed that explaining to you.
As "Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" doesn't come up in the conversation until your post, I honestly have no idea what you're going on about... responded to wrong thread, perhaps?
Scratch that, found it (damn find/replace...).
Doesn't change the fact that you're spouting pedantic nonsense, though.
"Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" !="Marketing".
I can't believe you needed that explaining to you.
As "Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" doesn't come up in the conversation until your post, I honestly have no idea what you're going on about... responded to wrong thread, perhaps?
If not, you may want to consider being more clear about your message prior to emitting childish derision, so that the reader can decipher your pedantry.
Forget the regular gun. A dart gun loaded we Succinylcholine. A powerful paralytic. Roid ranger goes down hard, no dead bodies, no fighting, no risk to bystanders or neighbors. Just bag and tag. You want to keep him breathing (he can't breath without help) and keep him alive until the welcome wagon arrives. Nonlethal, completely effective, and after a few hours, leaves no trace in the blood stream. The perfect asshole management technology. Everyone should have one.
Yea, until the doped out assbag sues you for intentional infliction of emotional distress, or some such bullshit.
Just like pretty much every other piece of consumer electronics. How easy is it to upgrade your Blu-Ray player, or replace components in your clock radio?
My clock radio doesn't cost 2-3 times as much as a comparably specced clock radio, just because it sports a certain trademark.
This used to be the sort of thing that Apple Fanboys used to like to brag about: getting more useful life out of a machine.
Ironically, TFA even mentions that in the second paragraph, referring to an old Power Mac 8500 circa 1995:
This longevity is noteworthy enough, but even better is that with its upgrades it could have been considered nearly state-of-the-art for most of its life. With memory finally maxed out at 1GB (for a machine that first shipped with 16MB), high-speed SCSI-3 drives, FireWire and a G4 CPU upgrade, it could even be induced to run Mac OS X 10.5. (No, I didn't do that myself, but it can be done.)
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I figured the new logo would be a stylized graphic of Balmer bending a customer over a table and shoving an apple up the customers ass. Of course, I did poorly at marketing.
The apple goes in the mouth, Balmer is shoving something else up the customers ass.
Squeal!
Presumably, a $500 office chair.
Ah, thanks for the clarification (an interesting aside, ever look at the list of what the gov't considers a "destructive device?" Good for a chuckle).
Still wondering about the rail gun, though...
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following: (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Hmm... so, rail guns wouldn't be regulated, as they use magnetism/electricity to motivate the projectile? Interesting...
Finally, the GCA, 18 U.S.C. 922(r), specifically states the following: It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the[GCA]Section 925(d)(3).as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes . Also, 27 C.F.R. 478.39 states:
.
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes
Note use of the words, 'from imported parts.'
Nothing in either of those paragraphs makes the indication that machining a full-auto rifle yourself is verboten.
I'd happily chip in on that one.
is a freaking fat joke.
Not quite - jokes are funny.
This sort of shit is anything but.
The 1st amendment is about GOVERNMENT suppression of speech. Corporations can do as they well please.
Considering that the two become more and more indistinguishable from one another as the days roll on, perhaps it's time we reconsider that particular limitation.
Maybe because it's senseless, unprovable, he-said she-said bullshit?
And what do you want to bet that the backdoor came from an unfriendly foreign power in the form of an intern or a contract programmer?
Meh; gross incompetence is far more likely, considering history...
It's a free country, choose your master wisely.
Mind = blown
Well said, nothing to add.
"From: Doe, John [US/CORPHQ] Sent: Fri 2/13/2012 6:35PM Help I have a small grease fire! I am contemplating dousing it with water. Any advice? --JD"
If I can tell that idiot to use baking soda instead of water, he will stand a much better chance at saving himself and others a lot of time, money, and effort as opposed to ignoring it until monday.
Perhaps, but conversely, if you ignore the request, you stand a much better chance of never having to deal with that particular moron ever again!
It can't be difficult to build a powerful Wi-Fi jammer. Like almost anything wireless, this sounds like a dangerous thing to develop reliance on.
Screw that, MITM those bastards and send them all bad coordinates.
Or is this one of those closed "look how perfect everything works in a lab environment, which of course translates to identical real world results!" type of trials?
I don't want a $1.99 app making guesses. That's no better than snake oil.
What do you think doctors do?
Granted, it's typically an educated guess, but a guess nonetheless.
Having had suffered from gallbladder disease for a decade, and having "doctors" throw every pill under the sun at the problem (without doing any real diagnosis), my trust in their assumed omniscience is lacking.
Someone grab the duct tape and shut this guy up.
FDA gets involved, and a $1.99 app will be $1,999. Seriously, look at MRI machines. They can cost millions of dollars. This technology is 30 years old. By now a unit should cost a mere $50,000.
In the U.S. an MRI can cost upwards of a $1,000. In India it costs $50-$100.
No we need less FDA regulation, not more.
Once had to have both an MRI and a CT scan - same clinic, same expense (~$3000 each).
I called to ask why the MRI was so expensive, and they told me "Because it's new technology."
I also asked why the CT scan was so expensive - they told me "Because it's old technology."
Call it a hunch, but I doubt regulation has much to do with it.
The opinion of Rep. D-bag Akin does not, repeat, does not reflect the opinion of Missourians in general. Believe me, we're far more appalled by his statements than you can possibly imagine.
On the bright side, Akin's commission of political seppuku has pretty much guaranteed that he will lose to incumbent McCaskill in the election, so there's little chance of him getting elected.
Would have suggested that right away but didn't know whether it packs enough bang.
Me either, but I did find a discussion thread where some fellas managed to get pulseaudio running w/ VLC Of course, that's only playback...
Since we're just talking about simple voice recording, surely the hardware requirements would be minimal? I mean, if 12k is good enough for phone conversations...
IMO, cops don't count as emergency responders, as they pretty much always show up far too late to be of any assistance. Plus, (and this pretty much goes without saying) cops cannot, repeat, cannot be trusted with access to the devices and networks of private citizens - they will abuse the privilege, guaranteed.
I don't have a problem allowing EMT's and firefighters to piggyback off my system (with explicit, incidental permission of course), but LEO's can suck hind teet.
As far as I know, you could put a linux-box there with pulseaudio and make the input device network-available. You could record then with any pulseaudio-system anywhere.
This, this, this.
Raspberry Pi, anyone?
"Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" !="Marketing".
I can't believe you needed that explaining to you.
As "Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" doesn't come up in the conversation until your post, I honestly have no idea what you're going on about... responded to wrong thread, perhaps?
Scratch that, found it (damn find/replace...).
Doesn't change the fact that you're spouting pedantic nonsense, though.
"Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" !="Marketing".
I can't believe you needed that explaining to you.
As "Bring a product to market at a reasonable cost" doesn't come up in the conversation until your post, I honestly have no idea what you're going on about... responded to wrong thread, perhaps?
If not, you may want to consider being more clear about your message prior to emitting childish derision, so that the reader can decipher your pedantry.
Forget the regular gun. A dart gun loaded we Succinylcholine. A powerful paralytic. Roid ranger goes down hard, no dead bodies, no fighting, no risk to bystanders or neighbors. Just bag and tag. You want to keep him breathing (he can't breath without help) and keep him alive until the welcome wagon arrives. Nonlethal, completely effective, and after a few hours, leaves no trace in the blood stream. The perfect asshole management technology. Everyone should have one.
Yea, until the doped out assbag sues you for intentional infliction of emotional distress, or some such bullshit.
Good luck finding a Macbook Pro with 32GB RAM, dual Geforce 675M SLI and 1.5TB SSD RAID. See? I can play the same game as you.
Pre-emptive response to the inevitable, "Dur, that's not a portable computer"- Two words:
Ben
Heck
Just like pretty much every other piece of consumer electronics. How easy is it to upgrade your Blu-Ray player, or replace components in your clock radio?
My clock radio doesn't cost 2-3 times as much as a comparably specced clock radio, just because it sports a certain trademark.
Yet, Apple is demonized in almost every news article.
... except for when they're touted as the glorious messiah, come to save us from 1000 years of pc damnation.
Which is about every other article. So, 50/50.
This used to be the sort of thing that Apple Fanboys used to like to brag about: getting more useful life out of a machine.
Ironically, TFA even mentions that in the second paragraph, referring to an old Power Mac 8500 circa 1995: