In the USA, though, you WILL get screwed if you get a cell phone and the companies are laughing while they roll in the dough. Competition in reality doesn't exist, price plans may be slightly different for different things, but in reality, your bill and your quality of service are similar (expensive and mediocre) regardless of which provider you choose.
Canada too. Every time a new company comes up and creates competition in the market, they get bought up by one of the members of the oligopoly.
Probably not. Which is so self-destructively stupid of Apple
Yeah, but a cell phone company is going to be selling this. Since when have you know a phone company not to be full of thieving motherfuckers who will cripple hardware (without labeling it as such and denying that it is crippled) so that they can sell an overpriced, poor quality service to you like $1 to send a 320x200 "picture mail?"
I'm not trying to troll or anything, just take a look at any cell phone provider out there.
MADD will get the government to pass a bill granting the automakers legal immunity. Plenty of people said they would never buy a car with air bags either, now it's impossible to buy a car without one. I would not be surprised if the prohibitionist loons at MADD would try to add political pressure to see that this happens.
It is also worth noting that even in the USA, the general public are not allowed armour piercing weapons
Except for rifles. The vast majority of which will rip right through body armor and cause pretty serious damage. Which is "sort of" the most popular type of firearm in the US. A 3" 12 gauge slug works pretty good too. Might not penetrate the newer body armor, but the KE will break a few ribs and cause a fair bit of trauma. Canadians have sort of a fetish for large bore, high velocity rifles, moreso than Americans I think. With the exception of.22 caliber rifles for plinking and killing vermin, virtually every single rifle up here will penetrate the latest body armor easily. I suppose it's because the wildlife up here is a bit more beefy - bears and elk and the such, but you'll be hard pressed to find a weaker firearm than a.308 (which goes through body armor quite well - as 4 mounties found out about a year ago)
This isn't something limited to expensive rifles either - an ~hundred year old nagant that you can buy for well under $100 works quite well for going through body armor - as evidenced by it's use in Iraq.
BTW - There was a case where a SWAT team had a rather disappointing experience with a P90. When the guy is like "hey, can you stop shooting me", that's not the reaction you usually want. Just because it's on Stargate and looks cool, doesn't make it a good choice.
Banning handguns in Philly alone would not be very effective as there are no internal border controls to stop people carrying firearms in from a neighbouring state. A nationwide ban on the other hand would be alot more effective in the long run as bringing guns in from a neighbouring country would be alot more difficult.
The "border" isn't exactly effective between the US and Canada (or Mexico). Look at the large amount of illegal immigrants that slip into the USA. Millions of people. Literally hundreds of tons of drugs.
Speaking of Mexico, they have fairly restrictive gun control laws (moreso than the USA, you don't want to ), but just a few months ago, there was a shootout with RPG's and fully automatic weapons within a few dozen miles of the US/Mexico border.
Canada has fairly strict policies on handguns, yet Jamaican gangs on the East coast bring in whatever they need (and have a nasty habit of using machetes too). On the West coast, asian and indian gangs bring in what they need, although both sides here seem to like the "hands on" approach in their spats - stabbings, eviscerations, stuffing people in pizza ovens and the like. It's not a matter of them not having guns, they just like to do their killings that way.
As for the USA/Canada different murder rate thing - Having lived in both places, I can say that your average American is much more wound up. There are a variety of socio-economic factors that are the reasons for this, but you can't pin down why the murder rate differs on one thing like "access to guns".
Basically... There was even a case where a police department used a lampshade and used some wire to "attach" it to a copy machine. A a piece of paper with the words "he's lying" were put in it and the officer pressed the copy button every single time he felt the suspect was lying.
Now, granted, the criminal was a dumbass, but extracting confessions this way works pretty well.
Even a shitty $500 limit card given to college students has better than 1% cashback. I can't fathom why people would use paypal's debit card when a real credit card offers actual buyer protection...
Good luck trying to contact paypal in the first place to actually file the chargeback. Once you've spent 5 hours on the phone with them getting to the right department, you'll find out that it will be quite some time before you get your money back.
And if you think you can file a chargeback against paypal - sure, you can, if you don't mind them freezing your account and taking the money out of your bank account...
No, they will claim since a number was generated, it had to be you ("only you know the password")and you're responsible for the charges. And since the thieving motherfuckers took the funds from your checking account, you have no recourse with your bank.
I heard a while back they were using devices to detect some of the transformers or whatever in a TV. Wonder if they can track LCD / Plasma TVs... Not to avoid fees or anything....
Themes can stay off;) but there is some stuff that you'll want to enable to speed the system up a bit.
Do be forewarned, pretty much all of the logitech products need some coaxing to install on 2k3 because they have these annoying os checks. Virtually everything else (some games also have the checks) runs fine.
The level of education has fallen so drastically, that people will believe everything "an expert from the government" tells them. Furthermore, they are content to just sit back and not actually research the topic, even if it took 2 seconds. The fear mongering media doesn't help either.
It's like how congress on this side of the pond passed the patriot act without actually reading the entire thing. Apathy on the part of the people is the cause of this, and the folks at the top are more than happy to pursue their personal and financial agendas (big government contracts for your friends) while the rest of the country acts like morons.
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In the USA, though, you WILL get screwed if you get a cell phone and the companies are laughing while they roll in the dough. Competition in reality doesn't exist, price plans may be slightly different for different things, but in reality, your bill and your quality of service are similar (expensive and mediocre) regardless of which provider you choose.
Canada too. Every time a new company comes up and creates competition in the market, they get bought up by one of the members of the oligopoly.
Probably not. Which is so self-destructively stupid of Apple
Yeah, but a cell phone company is going to be selling this.
Since when have you know a phone company not to be full of thieving motherfuckers who will cripple hardware (without labeling it as such and denying that it is crippled) so that they can sell an overpriced, poor quality service to you like $1 to send a 320x200 "picture mail?"
I'm not trying to troll or anything, just take a look at any cell phone provider out there.
Everyday Shooter, Toblo and Once Upon a Time have also pulled out.
This leaves the number of finalists at 8. leaving only ~60% of the original...
MADD will get the government to pass a bill granting the automakers legal immunity. Plenty of people said they would never buy a car with air bags either, now it's impossible to buy a car without one. I would not be surprised if the prohibitionist loons at MADD would try to add political pressure to see that this happens.
If so, feel free to email me - my username @gmail.com
It is also worth noting that even in the USA, the general public are not allowed armour piercing weapons
.22 caliber rifles for plinking and killing vermin, virtually every single rifle up here will penetrate the latest body armor easily. I suppose it's because the wildlife up here is a bit more beefy - bears and elk and the such, but you'll be hard pressed to find a weaker firearm than a .308 (which goes through body armor quite well - as 4 mounties found out about a year ago)
Except for rifles. The vast majority of which will rip right through body armor and cause pretty serious damage.
Which is "sort of" the most popular type of firearm in the US.
A 3" 12 gauge slug works pretty good too. Might not penetrate the newer body armor, but the KE will break a few ribs and cause a fair bit of trauma.
Canadians have sort of a fetish for large bore, high velocity rifles, moreso than Americans I think. With the exception of
This isn't something limited to expensive rifles either - an ~hundred year old nagant that you can buy for well under $100 works quite well for going through body armor - as evidenced by it's use in Iraq.
BTW - There was a case where a SWAT team had a rather disappointing experience with a P90. When the guy is like "hey, can you stop shooting me", that's not the reaction you usually want. Just because it's on Stargate and looks cool, doesn't make it a good choice.
Banning handguns in Philly alone would not be very effective as there are no internal border controls to stop people carrying firearms in from a neighbouring state. A nationwide ban on the other hand would be alot more effective in the long run as bringing guns in from a neighbouring country would be alot more difficult.
The "border" isn't exactly effective between the US and Canada (or Mexico). Look at the large amount of illegal immigrants that slip into the USA. Millions of people. Literally hundreds of tons of drugs.
Speaking of Mexico, they have fairly restrictive gun control laws (moreso than the USA, you don't want to ), but just a few months ago, there was a shootout with RPG's and fully automatic weapons within a few dozen miles of the US/Mexico border.
Canada has fairly strict policies on handguns, yet Jamaican gangs on the East coast bring in whatever they need (and have a nasty habit of using machetes too). On the West coast, asian and indian gangs bring in what they need, although both sides here seem to like the "hands on" approach in their spats - stabbings, eviscerations, stuffing people in pizza ovens and the like. It's not a matter of them not having guns, they just like to do their killings that way.
As for the USA/Canada different murder rate thing - Having lived in both places, I can say that your average American is much more wound up. There are a variety of socio-economic factors that are the reasons for this, but you can't pin down why the murder rate differs on one thing like "access to guns".
I guess everyone who rents a car is breaking the law... Yea...
You fucking apologist retard.
"blood coffee"
That's the funniest thing I've heard this week.
Basically...
There was even a case where a police department used a lampshade and used some wire to "attach" it to a copy machine. A a piece of paper with the words "he's lying" were put in it and the officer pressed the copy button every single time he felt the suspect was lying.
Now, granted, the criminal was a dumbass, but extracting confessions this way works pretty well.
Except that IP really can't be cut off.
That and you need oil.
Hehe, they had the same problem last year and I hooked them up with some free hosting. They seem to be a lot better off this year though.
You forgot "doesn't work half the fucking time" and calling xbox support is like getting kicked in the nuts.
Even a shitty $500 limit card given to college students has better than 1% cashback. I can't fathom why people would use paypal's debit card when a real credit card offers actual buyer protection...
Good luck trying to contact paypal in the first place to actually file the chargeback.
Once you've spent 5 hours on the phone with them getting to the right department, you'll find out that it will be quite some time before you get your money back.
And if you think you can file a chargeback against paypal - sure, you can, if you don't mind them freezing your account and taking the money out of your bank account...
If spending 3 hours in fucking queue is your idea of an effective use of time, sure, calling paypal is a great idea.
No, they will claim since a number was generated, it had to be you ("only you know the password")and you're responsible for the charges. And since the thieving motherfuckers took the funds from your checking account, you have no recourse with your bank.
My credit card already protects me from fraudulent charges
Yeah, but this is paypal we're talking about...
I heard a while back they were using devices to detect some of the transformers or whatever in a TV. Wonder if they can track LCD / Plasma TVs...
Not to avoid fees or anything....
AVG freeware installs just fine.
You'll find this helpful if you do.
;) but there is some stuff that you'll want to enable to speed the system up a bit.
How to convert your Windows Server 2003...
to a Workstation!
Themes can stay off
Do be forewarned, pretty much all of the logitech products need some coaxing to install on 2k3 because they have these annoying os checks. Virtually everything else (some games also have the checks) runs fine.
Assuming you even see it... SciFi will probably just end up bumping it with a crappy wrestling show...
GIS for the lazy...
;)
You Firefly fans won't need it though
Pot, meet kettle.
The level of education has fallen so drastically, that people will believe everything "an expert from the government" tells them.
Furthermore, they are content to just sit back and not actually research the topic, even if it took 2 seconds. The fear mongering media doesn't help either.
It's like how congress on this side of the pond passed the patriot act without actually reading the entire thing.
Apathy on the part of the people is the cause of this, and the folks at the top are more than happy to pursue their personal and financial agendas (big government contracts for your friends) while the rest of the country acts like morons.
What's the punishment for forgery? Rape of your sister by 12 men?