The bad guys with guns should be dealt with by good guys who know how to properly handle guns. Not by some random John Doe or delusional 16-year-old kid playing vigilante. I own guns, and when I am legally allowed to, I carry one. I've invested a lot of money and time to get the training necessary for the deployment of such, and while I hope I never ever have to, I know that other than having backup, I am just as well trained as your average police officer. I know already that I shoot better than some LEOs that I know, and from speaking, I know that we've covered similar topics in their training, vs my own.
Yes, if guns had never been invented, history would have been different, and I might have had spaghetti for dinner last night. The point is that they DO exist, and no amount of legislation will uninvent them. As someone else mentioned here: Legislation is not the way to undo technology, and everyone on slashdot should know that better than most. It hasn't worked for the RIAA, the MPAA, the DMCA doesn't work, anti-spam laws, anti-hacking laws, video game censorship laws. Be a realist, and instead of promoting feel-good legislation that won't work, how about speaking to those who made defense at VA Tech impossible.
At this point, its security theater.
By the way, in 2006, a law was shot down that would have allowed those who can *already* legally carry handguns, to have had those handguns on campus. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658
Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus." I guess the students felt safe as can be, right until the shooter pulled the trigger.
When the Action Quake 2 community started working on Reaction Quake 3, one of the key requirements was to reimpliment strafe jumping. Lots of people hated it, but it opened up new worlds, new strategies, new areas, and added "realism" in that not everyone could perform exactly the same - some people can run faster than others in real life.
Plus, its damn funny to watch someone miss a stunt jump and fall, wily e. coyote style.
No, its a sign of capitalism, and the free market will determine if this sells or not. I'm sorry, but here, outside of your little Marxist utopia, luxuries are not indicative of moral or ethical deficiencies.
New York has no obligation to protect people from themselves. This is just another revenue source for The Peoples Republic of New York.
If the State wants me to be safe, they'll let me be responsible for my own safety, and not force ME rely on others to follow the law for my own personal safety.
Gooseman worked on Navy SEALs, which was a Quake 1 TC, and then provided models to the A-Team for an Action Quake release. AQ2 was alive before his models though (Anyone remember the coffeecan hand-cannon or briefcase sniper rifle?) and I don't *think* he provided much in the way of actual concept to AQ2. I don't *believe* he did any coding for AQ2, but even if he did, when 1.5 came out, it was a total rewrite from [GENO]Fireblade and I forget the other name. I think even the current version of Hal9k's AQE:TE came out of that build.
Gooseman then moved on to CS, the A-Team moved onto AHL, and the rest is history.
Gooseman worked on Navy SEALs, which was a Quake 1 TC, and then provided models to the A-Team for an Action Quake release. AQ2 was alive before his models though (Anyone remember the coffeecan hand-cannon or briefcase sniper rifle? so he didn't provide much in the way of actual concept to AQ2. I don't *believe* he did any coding for AQ2, but even if he did, when 1.5 came out, it was a total rewrite from [GENO]Fireblade and I forget the other name. I think even the current version of Hal9k's AQE:TE came out of that build.
Gooseman then moved on to CS, the A-Team moved onto AHL, and the rest is history.
Well thats quite a bit of rhetoric. My guns have never killed anyone; most guns in America have never been used to break the law in any way. Kind of hard to say that their main use is to kill.
Because prior to 9/11, 200 unarmed people had little reason to fear for their safety, as usually hijackings ended up at some alternate destination on the ground.
Note that when flight 93 found out what happened, they fought back and would have won, had the hijackers not already had control of the cockpit.
These days, 200 people fighting back BEFORE they gain access to the cockpit, would certainly win, barring explosives. Even if the hijackers have guns and knives.
I've got mixed feelings on concealed carry aboard a plane. I'm not worried about catastrophic decompression. I'm worried about collateral damage from misses and overpenetration. But then again, if the bad guys have guns, then the worst-case scenario is that the plane crashes into a building and kills everyone on board and an additional 3000 people. At least if a few people on the plane have weapons, the worst-case is only the people on the plane die, and the best case is that the hijackers bodies are offloaded when the plane lands.
I don't drink, and don't want this anywhere near my car. "Detects steering patterns"? What are those, and how does it know I'm not doing it on purpose?
I don't want to pay for this feature, I don't want the government to mandate it for my own good (see first 3 words of this post), and I don't want it crapping out because it thinks I'm steering strangely.
*maybe* mandate this for those who are convicted of driving trunk, but I think a better deterrent would be to not allow them to drive period. "But then I can't get to work!" Well fuck you, you shouldn't have endangered other peoples lives.
one of the biggest thigns that the 680 series addresses is overclocking potential. The 590 is notably lacking in its ability to scale up beyond 300MHz or so.
OK, so privacy and implication details aside: how does it perform? Since its done in hardware, how much does it slow the data rate?
Things like PGP Disk Encryption, or DriveCrypt Plus Pack all take CPU cycles, and also affect the data transfer rate, both reading and writing.
I'm hoping that the crypto routines are all implemented in a processor on the drive, so you won't take a CPU hit, and it will be fast enough to minimize data transfer issues.
Until the snow is higher than the undercarriage, a Miata with good snow tires can't be stopped.
A car that you can't stop in the snow is a bad thing;)
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There are already ways that you can nullify a weapon in a scuffle: drop the magazine. If you press the magazine release on most modern semi-autos, even if the mag doesn't fall completely clear, it will prevent the weapon from firing (assuming you haven't disabled the safety). So if someone does get that close, press the magazine release, drop the weapon, and while the other person is trying to figure out what's wrong with it, draw your backup weapon and shoot them.
Not necessarily. What you describe is called a "magazine safety" and unless you live in a state that requires them, they're relatively rare, and many gun people don't consider them a desirable feature. Why? Because with the spring tension in a fully loaded magazine pushing the top round up against the bottom of the slide, it is very possible that you think you'll have the magazine seated all the way, but it isn't. This mistake is made much more often, comparibly speaking, than the frequency of someone having to enter hand-to-hand combat for a gun while successfully hitting the magazine release button.
Incidentally, I've combined two "gun safety" philosophies into one geek friendly riddle: Gun safety rule: A gun is always loaded, unless you confirm otherwise. Gun carry rule: If you're going to be carrying a gun for defensive purposes, assume its empty until you confirm otherwise. (i.e. A gun is always empty unless you confirm otherwise)
Now, a non-geek would say "Always make sure the gun is in the condition you want it to be in." Me, the geek, wondered, "If a gun is both loaded, and unloaded at the same time, is pointed at a box that has a cat that is either dead, or alive, and you pull the trigger... what happens?"
Its taught in defensive shooting tactics, a person with a knife, within 21 feet (7 yards) can consistantly deliver a fatal blow to a person with a holstered weapon.
I know it takes me about a second and a half to draw and fire from concealment at a target with reasonable accuracy. I also know it takes me about a second for me to move 10 yards from a standstill, leaving me half a second to strike/stab/slash, and I've got no training with knife fighting.
Back in the day, they were hint books, had no maps, and were in the form of Q A1, A2, A3, and you had to use a chemical marker to unhide the actual answers.
(1) IN GENERAL.--It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under subsection (b).
So kids can post anonymously, but once you're over 13, its the slammer for you, if the server (or you) are in Jersey? Thank you, Mommy State
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At this point, its security theater.
By the way, in 2006, a law was shot down that would have allowed those who can *already* legally carry handguns, to have had those handguns on campus.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-5065
Wish I still had points.
I am also very surprised, and glad, to read that most comments have focused on "what a sick fuck" vs. "guns r bad mmmkay?"
When the Action Quake 2 community started working on Reaction Quake 3, one of the key requirements was to reimpliment strafe jumping. Lots of people hated it, but it opened up new worlds, new strategies, new areas, and added "realism" in that not everyone could perform exactly the same - some people can run faster than others in real life.
Plus, its damn funny to watch someone miss a stunt jump and fall, wily e. coyote style.
No, its a sign of capitalism, and the free market will determine if this sells or not. I'm sorry, but here, outside of your little Marxist utopia, luxuries are not indicative of moral or ethical deficiencies.
The death sentence isn't rehabilitation, its garbage disposal.
I thought you do deals like this in cash...
New York has no obligation to protect people from themselves. This is just another revenue source for The Peoples Republic of New York.
If the State wants me to be safe, they'll let me be responsible for my own safety, and not force ME rely on others to follow the law for my own personal safety.
Gooseman worked on Navy SEALs, which was a Quake 1 TC, and then provided models to the A-Team for an Action Quake release. AQ2 was alive before his models though (Anyone remember the coffeecan hand-cannon or briefcase sniper rifle?) and I don't *think* he provided much in the way of actual concept to AQ2. I don't *believe* he did any coding for AQ2, but even if he did, when 1.5 came out, it was a total rewrite from [GENO]Fireblade and I forget the other name. I think even the current version of Hal9k's AQE:TE came out of that build.
Gooseman then moved on to CS, the A-Team moved onto AHL, and the rest is history.
Gooseman worked on Navy SEALs, which was a Quake 1 TC, and then provided models to the A-Team for an Action Quake release. AQ2 was alive before his models though (Anyone remember the coffeecan hand-cannon or briefcase sniper rifle? so he didn't provide much in the way of actual concept to AQ2. I don't *believe* he did any coding for AQ2, but even if he did, when 1.5 came out, it was a total rewrite from [GENO]Fireblade and I forget the other name. I think even the current version of Hal9k's AQE:TE came out of that build.
Gooseman then moved on to CS, the A-Team moved onto AHL, and the rest is history.
Well thats quite a bit of rhetoric. My guns have never killed anyone; most guns in America have never been used to break the law in any way. Kind of hard to say that their main use is to kill.
Because prior to 9/11, 200 unarmed people had little reason to fear for their safety, as usually hijackings ended up at some alternate destination on the ground.
Note that when flight 93 found out what happened, they fought back and would have won, had the hijackers not already had control of the cockpit.
These days, 200 people fighting back BEFORE they gain access to the cockpit, would certainly win, barring explosives. Even if the hijackers have guns and knives.
I've got mixed feelings on concealed carry aboard a plane. I'm not worried about catastrophic decompression. I'm worried about collateral damage from misses and overpenetration. But then again, if the bad guys have guns, then the worst-case scenario is that the plane crashes into a building and kills everyone on board and an additional 3000 people. At least if a few people on the plane have weapons, the worst-case is only the people on the plane die, and the best case is that the hijackers bodies are offloaded when the plane lands.
I don't drink, and don't want this anywhere near my car. "Detects steering patterns"? What are those, and how does it know I'm not doing it on purpose?
I don't want to pay for this feature, I don't want the government to mandate it for my own good (see first 3 words of this post), and I don't want it crapping out because it thinks I'm steering strangely.
*maybe* mandate this for those who are convicted of driving trunk, but I think a better deterrent would be to not allow them to drive period. "But then I can't get to work!" Well fuck you, you shouldn't have endangered other peoples lives.
"I can't imagine a chest wound that doesn't suck."
one of the biggest thigns that the 680 series addresses is overclocking potential. The 590 is notably lacking in its ability to scale up beyond 300MHz or so.
Core 2 Duo chipset?
OK, so privacy and implication details aside: how does it perform? Since its done in hardware, how much does it slow the data rate?
Things like PGP Disk Encryption, or DriveCrypt Plus Pack all take CPU cycles, and also affect the data transfer rate, both reading and writing.
I'm hoping that the crypto routines are all implemented in a processor on the drive, so you won't take a CPU hit, and it will be fast enough to minimize data transfer issues.
No, just evil.
What now? No liquids, knifes or nail clippers in space?
Worked great for John Carmack and Brian Hook!
A car that you can't stop in the snow is a bad thing
Not necessarily. What you describe is called a "magazine safety" and unless you live in a state that requires them, they're relatively rare, and many gun people don't consider them a desirable feature. Why? Because with the spring tension in a fully loaded magazine pushing the top round up against the bottom of the slide, it is very possible that you think you'll have the magazine seated all the way, but it isn't. This mistake is made much more often, comparibly speaking, than the frequency of someone having to enter hand-to-hand combat for a gun while successfully hitting the magazine release button.
Incidentally, I've combined two "gun safety" philosophies into one geek friendly riddle:
Gun safety rule: A gun is always loaded, unless you confirm otherwise.
Gun carry rule: If you're going to be carrying a gun for defensive purposes, assume its empty until you confirm otherwise. (i.e. A gun is always empty unless you confirm otherwise)
Now, a non-geek would say "Always make sure the gun is in the condition you want it to be in."
Me, the geek, wondered, "If a gun is both loaded, and unloaded at the same time, is pointed at a box that has a cat that is either dead, or alive, and you pull the trigger... what happens?"
Its taught in defensive shooting tactics, a person with a knife, within 21 feet (7 yards) can consistantly deliver a fatal blow to a person with a holstered weapon.
I know it takes me about a second and a half to draw and fire from concealment at a target with reasonable accuracy. I also know it takes me about a second for me to move 10 yards from a standstill, leaving me half a second to strike/stab/slash, and I've got no training with knife fighting.
A knife in a gunfight is very dangerous indeed.
Back in the day, they were hint books, had no maps, and were in the form of Q A1, A2, A3, and you had to use a chemical marker to unhide the actual answers.
The hint book for Kings Quest was awesome.
That, and the Final Fantasy 1 strategy guide.
(1) IN GENERAL.--It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under subsection (b).
So kids can post anonymously, but once you're over 13, its the slammer for you, if the server (or you) are in Jersey? Thank you, Mommy State