What pay phone? The only 3 that still exist in the US are also covered by cameras I'm sure.
I used to think this way myself, until I started paying more attention to my surroundings.
There are actually a LOT of pay phones still in service, you just have to know where to look for them; most of the ones I've seen as of late were in gas station parking lots.
The gun rights supporters oppose training requirements for the same reason pro-choice supporters oppose any forms of restriction on abortion.
This being the second reply apparently presuming that I was referring to some sort of government-approved licensure process, I feel compelled to point out that I by no means meant to imply that either situation should require such approval.
I was merely pointing out the absolute fact that properly trained people are far less likely to misuse a tool than people who are not properly trained.
The government cannot ban X, but they can require X is only available after filling in form 3940-subsection-C in triplicate and submitting to a federal agency which has an annual budget of $50 and a two-year backlog on processing the paperwork.
I am GP, and I could not have said it better myself.
We, the American community, can train each other in the proper operation of the tool known as a "firearm" without the nanny-state looking over our shoulders, as we do with so many other specialized tools. To whit, if one wants to learn how to use the tools needed to build guitars, they apprentice with a luthier, not some government agent.
and no amount of training is going to fix that particular class of problems
A properly trained person is far less likely to try and use Dangerous Tool X when inebriated than an untrained person. Even so, we have to learn to accept that sometimes bad people do bad shit, but that's not a valid excuse for limiting the rights of the billions of not-bad people who don't do bad shit.
And... what exactly is this means you're thinking they'll have?
I'm sorry, what? That sentence makes no sense.
We're talking GATTACA kinds of manipulation of recombination, not complete genome rewrites, which are so far beyond our capacity as to still be sci-fi.
FWIW, 15 years ago we were saying that very thing about a lot of the technology that exists today - like drones, hypersonic aircraft, incredibly powerful computers that fit in a pocket, stem cells, government agencies with the ability to monitor every communication on the planet, rail guns, etc.
in 30 years I've never, ever seen a minority person mistreated because of their race.
Slight Correction: I've never seen them mistreated by any other ordinary citizen. The legal system, however... But I'm pretty sure that's a problem no matter where you hail from.
Never actually been to the "bible-belt," have you? It shows in your bigotry against those of us who actually live here, the irony of which is not lost on me.
Having moved from the Ozarks to Dallas, I can comfortably say 'bible belt my ass'. DFW is heathen by comparison to the actual bible belt.
I've lived on the Ozark Plateau my entire life, and while I know why it's considered part of the Bible Belt (lotta churches around here), I've found that it's not the cesspool of hatred and bigotry that people who have never been here claim it is. Yea, there's some bigotry, but most people tend to keep it to themselves, and in 30 years I've never, ever seen a minority person mistreated because of their race.
The Mennonites who spend every Saturday night downtown, holding a sign that says "Your cell phone is your call to HELL" in one hand and am iPhone in the other are about the worst I've ever seen, and those guys are mostly harmless.
What if eugenics stopped involving depriving people of their right to reproduce, and instead just targeted the actual genes/gene combinations that are "bad"?
Could we get the best of both worlds? Or is eugenics always wrong, on account of pre-judging people on DNA? Regardless of the ethics, I find myself getting strongly behind genetic engineering of that sort being available, at least.
Looking at the world today, and how those in power treat those who are not, do you honestly think humanity would be responsible with that kind of power? Or would powerful people try and manipulate the general public into supporting the elimination of "genetic abnormalities" that aren't directly detrimental to society at large, but rather represent a threat to their monopoly on power?
I.e., the oligarchs would absolutely love being able to stomp out dissent genetically.
Just like 10 years after hiroshima, atom bombs were a fundamental right, right?
Reductio ad absurdum aside...
To be fair, it would be pretty damn difficult to kill millions of people in seconds with a drone. At least, one that's not carrying a significant nuclear payload.
FWIW, I both support the 2nd Amendment and firmly believe that nobody is responsible enough to have nuclear weapons, governments included.
Everybody who is not properly trained in their use having a drone is a horrible idea, kind of like giving everyone who is not properly trained in their use a gun is a bad idea.
FTFY. Proper training has a tendency to fix a lot of the issues with people misusing tools, outliers notwithstanding.
Forgot to mention, I also have a TEAC reel-to-reel (don't recall the model off the top of my head) that's been getting quite a bit of attention the last couple of weeks, but once I get all my tapes ripped to digital, it'll probably go back in the display case.
All depends on what you mean when you say "tech," since tech-nically all tools count as tech-nology; to that end, I have a hand-hewn stone axe head that's probably a few hundred years old at least, and it still works fantastically.
Presuming you meant electronic tech... For me, it would be a toss-up between the DAK Mark III CB radio my grandpa gave me and my Marshall Valvestate 8080 amplifier. The DAK doesn't get a whole lot of facetime (don't have a decent place to put an antenna), but the Marshall gets a workout almost daily.
I would die first before moving to texas. most of my friend also feel the same.
... and since the worldview of you and your friends equals 100% of tech employees.../sarc
the outright racism and bible-belt feel just is not compatible with many techies' view of what a good living area should offer.
Never actually been to the "bible-belt," have you? It shows in your bigotry against those of us who actually live here, the irony of which is not lost on me.
General Mills... has quietly added language to its website to alert consumers that they give up their right to sue the company if they download coupons, or 'join' it in social media communities
It might even be worse than that, according to an interview I heard on NPR earlier - the language of General Mills' new terms appears to include merely purchasing any of their products as a method of forcing you to waive your right to sue.
Of course, they also said one could "opt-out" by sending an email to the company... Anybody got a list of everybody's email addresses?
Sadly there is no supremely high-tech activity at work in this patent like sending out a flash and scanning for feedback from lenses, instead it is basically an automated anti-glasshole ready to punch anyone who is idly passing by with a recording device, but will completely miss the person with a hidden camera recording them for some time from arms length.
Yea, seems an expensive and obtuse solution for a problem $10 worth of wire and high-intensity IR LEDs can fix.
That reminds me, pick up an IR filter element for my hipster coat button cam...
Which, in turn, reminds me to ask - do we know if Glass has an IR filter built into it? IF so, then my high-powered IR LED system won't be very effective against them (although, it will still be highly effective against traditional security cameras).
I can't imagine any issues with carrying something like that in close proximity to your genitals...
Side note, RE: EMF pumps - I love how a Google search of that term brings up nothing but "ghost" sucker, er, I mean hunter, equipment sales sites. Nothing funnier to me than droves of people doing their damnedest to prove P.T. Barnum right.
Does your mommy know you're using her computer to talk to strangers?
oh, and btw, continuing the practice of attacking me, personally? Only serves to prove my contention that you have the mental maturity of a pre-adolescent child who didn't get his way.
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Nothing landed at 600 kilotons. That event would have been noticed, so I'm not sure about the purpose of the hyperbole.
Between 1 and 7,000,000 people who read OP's post got the point.
What pay phone? The only 3 that still exist in the US are also covered by cameras I'm sure.
I used to think this way myself, until I started paying more attention to my surroundings.
There are actually a LOT of pay phones still in service, you just have to know where to look for them; most of the ones I've seen as of late were in gas station parking lots.
First I thought my account got hacked; then I thought, 'have I been sleep-posting again?'
Then I looked at your UID.
While I appreciate that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, I'm going to have to ask you to stop impersonating me.
The gun rights supporters oppose training requirements for the same reason pro-choice supporters oppose any forms of restriction on abortion.
This being the second reply apparently presuming that I was referring to some sort of government-approved licensure process, I feel compelled to point out that I by no means meant to imply that either situation should require such approval.
I was merely pointing out the absolute fact that properly trained people are far less likely to misuse a tool than people who are not properly trained.
The government cannot ban X, but they can require X is only available after filling in form 3940-subsection-C in triplicate and submitting to a federal agency which has an annual budget of $50 and a two-year backlog on processing the paperwork.
Proof in the pudding: the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
I am GP, and I could not have said it better myself.
We, the American community, can train each other in the proper operation of the tool known as a "firearm" without the nanny-state looking over our shoulders, as we do with so many other specialized tools. To whit, if one wants to learn how to use the tools needed to build guitars, they apprentice with a luthier, not some government agent.
outliers notwithstanding
Drunk people are not "outliers" ...
No, but sociopaths are.
and no amount of training is going to fix that particular class of problems
A properly trained person is far less likely to try and use Dangerous Tool X when inebriated than an untrained person. Even so, we have to learn to accept that sometimes bad people do bad shit, but that's not a valid excuse for limiting the rights of the billions of not-bad people who don't do bad shit.
And... what exactly is this means you're thinking they'll have?
I'm sorry, what? That sentence makes no sense.
We're talking GATTACA kinds of manipulation of recombination, not complete genome rewrites, which are so far beyond our capacity as to still be sci-fi.
FWIW, 15 years ago we were saying that very thing about a lot of the technology that exists today - like drones, hypersonic aircraft, incredibly powerful computers that fit in a pocket, stem cells, government agencies with the ability to monitor every communication on the planet, rail guns, etc.
in 30 years I've never, ever seen a minority person mistreated because of their race.
Slight Correction: I've never seen them mistreated by any other ordinary citizen. The legal system, however... But I'm pretty sure that's a problem no matter where you hail from.
Never actually been to the "bible-belt," have you? It shows in your bigotry against those of us who actually live here, the irony of which is not lost on me.
Having moved from the Ozarks to Dallas, I can comfortably say 'bible belt my ass'. DFW is heathen by comparison to the actual bible belt.
I've lived on the Ozark Plateau my entire life, and while I know why it's considered part of the Bible Belt (lotta churches around here), I've found that it's not the cesspool of hatred and bigotry that people who have never been here claim it is. Yea, there's some bigotry, but most people tend to keep it to themselves, and in 30 years I've never, ever seen a minority person mistreated because of their race.
The Mennonites who spend every Saturday night downtown, holding a sign that says "Your cell phone is your call to HELL" in one hand and am iPhone in the other are about the worst I've ever seen, and those guys are mostly harmless.
What if eugenics stopped involving depriving people of their right to reproduce, and instead just targeted the actual genes/gene combinations that are "bad"?
Could we get the best of both worlds? Or is eugenics always wrong, on account of pre-judging people on DNA? Regardless of the ethics, I find myself getting strongly behind genetic engineering of that sort being available, at least.
Looking at the world today, and how those in power treat those who are not, do you honestly think humanity would be responsible with that kind of power? Or would powerful people try and manipulate the general public into supporting the elimination of "genetic abnormalities" that aren't directly detrimental to society at large, but rather represent a threat to their monopoly on power?
I.e., the oligarchs would absolutely love being able to stomp out dissent genetically.
Just like 10 years after hiroshima, atom bombs were a fundamental right, right?
Reductio ad absurdum aside...
To be fair, it would be pretty damn difficult to kill millions of people in seconds with a drone. At least, one that's not carrying a significant nuclear payload.
FWIW, I both support the 2nd Amendment and firmly believe that nobody is responsible enough to have nuclear weapons, governments included.
Everybody who is not properly trained in their use having a drone is a horrible idea, kind of like giving everyone who is not properly trained in their use a gun is a bad idea.
FTFY. Proper training has a tendency to fix a lot of the issues with people misusing tools, outliers notwithstanding.
Dice ranked Missouri as the fastest growing state in regards to tech jobs last year.
Not hard to grow fast when you don't have all that many to begin with. Plus a lot of the tech jobs in Missouri are in Kansas City.
And Monett - Jack Henry pretty much has that place on lockdown, jobs-wise.
Forgot to mention, I also have a TEAC reel-to-reel (don't recall the model off the top of my head) that's been getting quite a bit of attention the last couple of weeks, but once I get all my tapes ripped to digital, it'll probably go back in the display case.
All depends on what you mean when you say "tech," since tech-nically all tools count as tech-nology; to that end, I have a hand-hewn stone axe head that's probably a few hundred years old at least, and it still works fantastically.
Presuming you meant electronic tech... For me, it would be a toss-up between the DAK Mark III CB radio my grandpa gave me and my Marshall Valvestate 8080 amplifier. The DAK doesn't get a whole lot of facetime (don't have a decent place to put an antenna), but the Marshall gets a workout almost daily.
That's a fact.
Nobody dealin' with that winter, for rent.
Funny, because Detroit isn't that far removed from St. Louis weather-wise, and STL is the tech hub of the midwest.
Slashdot's corporate masters will like this tidbit: Dice ranked Missouri as the fastest growing state in regards to tech jobs last year.
Of course, there's plenty of good reasons why tech companies wouldn't want to base out of Detroit, but the weather sure ain't one of them.
I would die first before moving to texas. most of my friend also feel the same.
... and since the worldview of you and your friends equals 100% of tech employees... /sarc
the outright racism and bible-belt feel just is not compatible with many techies' view of what a good living area should offer.
Never actually been to the "bible-belt," have you? It shows in your bigotry against those of us who actually live here, the irony of which is not lost on me.
yeah, that will stand up in court.
It has for AT&T, Verizon, EA, Dropbox, etc. Why would General Mills' be treated any different than the other Corporate Masters?
General Mills... has quietly added language to its website to alert consumers that they give up their right to sue the company if they download coupons, or 'join' it in social media communities
It might even be worse than that, according to an interview I heard on NPR earlier - the language of General Mills' new terms appears to include merely purchasing any of their products as a method of forcing you to waive your right to sue.
Of course, they also said one could "opt-out" by sending an email to the company... Anybody got a list of everybody's email addresses?
"Everybody" as in, every-fucking-body.
Why wouldn't it be foreshadowing if, at some point in the future, the bullied kid in the story got a gun and shot his bullies?
You mean, aside from the fact that 'foreshadowing' refers to a literary device that doesn't apply to real situations?
Because nobody knows the future, which is kind of a requirement of foreshadowing.
"Rationalize" does not mean rational; it is actually quite the opposite.
True statement.
Sadly there is no supremely high-tech activity at work in this patent like sending out a flash and scanning for feedback from lenses, instead it is basically an automated anti-glasshole ready to punch anyone who is idly passing by with a recording device, but will completely miss the person with a hidden camera recording them for some time from arms length.
Yea, seems an expensive and obtuse solution for a problem $10 worth of wire and high-intensity IR LEDs can fix.
That reminds me, pick up an IR filter element for my hipster coat button cam...
Which, in turn, reminds me to ask - do we know if Glass has an IR filter built into it? IF so, then my high-powered IR LED system won't be very effective against them (although, it will still be highly effective against traditional security cameras).
Hmmm.... maybe some sort of pocket-sized EMF pump?
I can't imagine any issues with carrying something like that in close proximity to your genitals...
Side note, RE: EMF pumps - I love how a Google search of that term brings up nothing but "ghost" sucker, er, I mean hunter, equipment sales sites. Nothing funnier to me than droves of people doing their damnedest to prove P.T. Barnum right.
Does your mommy know you're using her computer to talk to strangers?
oh, and btw, continuing the practice of attacking me, personally? Only serves to prove my contention that you have the mental maturity of a pre-adolescent child who didn't get his way.
As long as you teach them proper Engrish.
I'll bet Mavis Beacon has a distro for that.
If you can't make a point without resorting to ad hominems, you don't have a point worth listening to.
1 + 1 = 2, you fucking moron.
Ha, funny.
That is what you were going for, right? Because that's how I intend to take it, regardless.