"some of us, at least, can easily sense temperature to within 1F."...and hear the difference between copper speaker cables and gold ones, right? PS....Sheldon?
"Even the Russian authorities know than a Tor exit-node operator has no control over what is done over it."
On the contrary, everything I've learned about Russia seems to point at them being even more clueless than the rest. Mostly because all they need to know is who the lucky one is to get the government's attention, and they all know that they won't be punished for oppressing people too much, but they will get punished for oppressing them not enough when their superiors need an excuse to thumb them in.
"people tend to be healthy and live long in certain areas - without even trying - and the main difference seems to be the diet. "
It may seem so, but it isn't the diet. It's the way of life - close-knit families and communities, less stress, moderate economic development, more time outside and more physical activity, diverse cuisine (incl. seafood) and almost no heavily processed or very sweet foods, cleaner environment and good healthcare... Most centenarians don't live in big cities. They mostly live in (semi)-rural areas in (moderately)-developed countries (also moderate climate).
"letting Russia take over as the world's policeman" Don't be ridiculous. Russia has no funds/resources to be the world's policeman. Their "carrier" barely managed to get to Syria a week (?) ago. One of its aircraft fell into the ocean this week:) They can huff and puff, but they can only occasionally blow down a small stick house or two. I'm pretty sure all their military campaigns of the last couple of decades were mainly aimed at livetraining their personnel while getting rid of the obsolete ammo. Their nukes and the "crazy Ivans" image they're diligently cultivating are the only things that are keeping that country whole. I'm also pretty sure they're aware that won't stop the Chinese from colonizing Siberia peacefully and assimilating its minuscule population.
The people calling for a complete ban are a minority. I can't even remember a single prominent politician calling for that. Unless you have data to disprove it?
"The people that do this are the problem, not the firearms. "
I hope, you - as an IT professional - understand what the most efficient way of solving a problem at hand is. Otherwise, I hope you're an IT researcher.
"There is not a single case of these mass shootings where the shooter just took a gun from someone and then committed the crime."
But there are multiple cases of children getting hold of guns, which you - being an IT professional well trained in logical thinking and analysis - undoubtedly considered, but disregarded, didn't you?
"You could remove all guns and mass killings will still occur.
Mix some bleach and ammonia and throw it around. Put together an explosive. Drive a car over the sidewalk. Poison the water supply. Release weaponized viral agents into a high population area."
More brilliant logic. Do you even try to analyse your arguments before producing them or it's just a knee jerk reaction now?
"All sounds nice in paper, but yet, you still can buy cocaine easily" So, by your logic, we should repeal the laws on murder, rape, theft, etc., because those crimes still happen despite all of the efforts?
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"Only people left on here are retards"
Oh, the irony...
"some of us, at least, can easily sense temperature to within 1F." ...and hear the difference between copper speaker cables and gold ones, right? ...Sheldon?
PS.
You may be a good network network security professional, but if you speak the way you write, I think I know the cause of your problems
"Even the Russian authorities know than a Tor exit-node operator has no control over what is done over it."
On the contrary, everything I've learned about Russia seems to point at them being even more clueless than the rest. Mostly because all they need to know is who the lucky one is to get the government's attention, and they all know that they won't be punished for oppressing people too much, but they will get punished for oppressing them not enough when their superiors need an excuse to thumb them in.
"Oh the irony lol"
Oh, the irony... LOL.
"Some" - as in a couple of thousands or hundreds of thousands? Alternatively, 5-10% or 75-80% of the workers?
"does the word 'union' ring any alarm bells?"
The tech workers have a union now? I don't think those visas were for machinists or forklift drivers.
So, you just came here to fart around and annoy people
Let me guess. You've never been to Berlin or Leipzig, have you?
I'm not German or a German apologist, but that's stupid on so many levels...
"people tend to be healthy and live long in certain areas - without even trying - and the main difference seems to be the diet. "
It may seem so, but it isn't the diet. It's the way of life - close-knit families and communities, less stress, moderate economic development, more time outside and more physical activity, diverse cuisine (incl. seafood) and almost no heavily processed or very sweet foods, cleaner environment and good healthcare...
Most centenarians don't live in big cities. They mostly live in (semi)-rural areas in (moderately)-developed countries (also moderate climate).
"Russians now produce 4++ generation fighter jets at the rate of 200 pieces a year"
Source?
"letting Russia take over as the world's policeman" :) They can huff and puff, but they can only occasionally blow down a small stick house or two.
Don't be ridiculous. Russia has no funds/resources to be the world's policeman. Their "carrier" barely managed to get to Syria a week (?) ago. One of its aircraft fell into the ocean this week
I'm pretty sure all their military campaigns of the last couple of decades were mainly aimed at livetraining their personnel while getting rid of the obsolete ammo. Their nukes and the "crazy Ivans" image they're diligently cultivating are the only things that are keeping that country whole. I'm also pretty sure they're aware that won't stop the Chinese from colonizing Siberia peacefully and assimilating its minuscule population.
"just have their logins changed so they are no longer a threat."
A lot of those devices have logins/passwords hardcoded in them.
"these companies are all China-based, how would you even enforce such a law upon them?"
Maybe by a DoJ (DoC?) order banning their importation?
"The emails are accurate and we know that because the DKIM signatures validate."
You don't really know what DKIM is, do you?
"What does education have to do with intelligence"
Obviously, you have neither.
"It's Trump or slavery."
Holy crap. You're batshit nuts.
The people calling for a complete ban are a minority. I can't even remember a single prominent politician calling for that. Unless you have data to disprove it?
Nice start. Idiotic ending. I hope it was just your bean-rich diet that caused that temporary brain fart.
"The people that do this are the problem, not the firearms. "
I hope, you - as an IT professional - understand what the most efficient way of solving a problem at hand is. Otherwise, I hope you're an IT researcher.
"There is not a single case of these mass shootings where the shooter just took a gun from someone and then committed the crime."
But there are multiple cases of children getting hold of guns, which you - being an IT professional well trained in logical thinking and analysis - undoubtedly considered, but disregarded, didn't you?
The "but they will do something else to kill people" argument. At-a-boy! The cookie jar is in the kitchen.
"Then they'll just use bombs like in Belgium. Same result."
Different effort.
"You could remove all guns and mass killings will still occur.
Mix some bleach and ammonia and throw it around. Put together an explosive. Drive a car over the sidewalk. Poison the water supply. Release weaponized viral agents into a high population area."
More brilliant logic. Do you even try to analyse your arguments before producing them or it's just a knee jerk reaction now?
"All sounds nice in paper, but yet, you still can buy cocaine easily"
So, by your logic, we should repeal the laws on murder, rape, theft, etc., because those crimes still happen despite all of the efforts?