I'm sure she is hiding behind the "doing what they told me to do" defense, which is no defense at all.
Before the TSA, sexual predators could only dream of an occupation where they got to fondle people without repercussion. Thanks to our security theater, they get paid to do it!
Yes, and many 1911's that are perfectly functional are more than 50 years old.
What is your point? Are you seriously arguing the C&R firearms do not artificially inflate the price of new handguns because you can get C&Rs via mail? You casually omit the fact that one must still possess a C&R FFL and that doing anything to the C&R firearm, such as sporterizing a Mauser can be interpreted by the BAFTE as altering the gun and land you in serious legal trouble.
Let's apply that to other things:
No lasers available via mail - only incandescent bulbs.
No modern computing products via mail - only semiconductors built in 1.0um or greater geometries.
No car parts via mail - only horse and buggy accessories.
No modern documents printed in the mail - typeset copy only.
Unfortunately not. I wish it were possible. Centralized order processing and warehousing has reduced prices on a great variety of items that can be bought online or by mail, but due to hoplophobia we are forced to buy handguns at brick and mortar storefronts at prices that can be described as predatory in some locations.
I realize folks are very concerned that kids can buy 1W lasers on the internet without any government regulation. Did you know that teenagers all over the country are buying incendiaries/explosives and traveling our roadways with it in their vehicles? This stuff is volatile -- it is extremely flammable, and when vaporized it can explode. Not only does our government let kids buy this stuff at will, but the government stores vast quantities of the precursor material and will release these stores to keep the prices low. This stuff can be had on the street for $3-$4/gallon, and is sold at convenience stores all over the country.
Not even handguns are registered, if you live in one of the few states that is still almost free. Yes, they do run a background check, but that doesn't usually take more than a few minutes. Some states even bypass the fed background check if you have a concealed carry permit.
But none of that is registration yet. The FFL still retains the form with the s/n recorded, so a database of owners isn't too far off.
The longest part of buying a gun is waiting on the dealer to complete the 4473. Most are overly cautious, since the BATFE has nothing better to do than go after dealers when a customer fills in the state as TX instead of TEXAS. Oh yeah, that and encouraging thousands of illegal purchases to stream into Mexico, in an attempt to turn the political tide such that there are enough votes for more infringements on the 2nd Amendment. Never mind that those guns turn up at places where a border patrol officer was murdered. That is government bureaucracy keeping you safe right there, folks.
Someone who doesn't believe that trillions of dollars of debt, continued deficit spending, and no plan to correct the situation isn't bankrupt is in no position to call others a moron.
Absolutely. Let's keep subsidizing green energy. And fossil fuels. And corn. Then, when all of these companies go as bankrupt as the federal government, we can say we tried, for the children, of course.
This isn't wiretapping. This is like a criminal complaining that your security camera footage of them breaking into your house is somehow a violation of their rights.
Actually, this specific case is like someone believing they bought your house for $600 and then complaining your security camera caught them having sex in the pool.
And while we're here...
That's not true, while the 4th amendment only prevents the government from doing it, every state in the union has its own wiretap law on the books which bars this sort of covert surveillance.
The 4th Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, preserves the rights of citizens by limiting the power of the federal government. There is nothing in the 4th Amendment that says I cannot take steps to monitor my property to ensure it's return if/when stolen.
All this "This latest pandemic is going to kill us ALL!!" Chicken Little shit gets tiresome.
Yeah, but your favorite news anchor coming on saying, "a few people got sick on the other side of the world and there is absolutely nothing for you to worry about and it is nonsense we are even covering this story anyway" does not translate into a full news program for people to stay glued to and soak up all of those advertising minutes and associated dollars back to the network.
Facebook is not the hurdle. The problem is that people willingly post everything in their life for all to freely see.
If Facebook demanded that people post the crap they do, most would walk away in realizing their privacy was being compromised. But by making a forum where people can share with their friends, Facebook allows the same group of people to now share all of their intimate details.
What is worse is that Facebook makes it easier for people to share about their friends as well. It is far too common to see coversations that take place in statuses that would be far better handled face-to-face.
Facebook it not the problem. It is the stupidity of the masses that is the hurdle. You cannot opt out unless you get all of your "friends" to opt out of tagging you.
People are morons about privacy. During boarding of a flight recently, the woman next to me had a lengthy conversation that included quite a bit of information that she should not have been broadcasting (she was not talking quietly). At one point she stated she wouldn't have this conversation at home because she didn't want to mother to overhear a private conversation!?! But she shared willingly with 20 or so strangers that couldn't help but overhear her.
Same with Facebook. If I would have demanded the woman on the plane tell me even half of what she said, I am quite certain she would have called the police. However, by giving her the freedom to be stupid with her cell phone, she told everyone for free.
The majority of Facebook users do not seem to care about privacy, so for them this is probably not an issue for them.
Some days I think those who don't care about their privacy are ahead of those of us that do. Privacy is dead, and they are not wasting effort fighting the tide.
You argue the lightbulb comparison isn't applicable because of the nuance involved in inventing the lightbulb. Then you make general sweeping statements without considering any difficulty of reducing it to practice.
You argue prior art, but that is why there are patent examiners. Maybe all of the patent bashers on Slashdot should apply and start coming down on all this prior art that is so freely identifiable.
The problem you are trying to solve with your automatic bear killer is not a problem of the patent office. Who wants to buy it is your problem of marketing your product. The patent office should only be concerned that your bear killer is novel. If your invention is novel and you can make a billion dollars selling iBearKiller, more power to you and the patent you should be granted.
You answered your own question. "when you ask them about it". Quite often the innovation is being smart enough to realize there is a question that others have failed to see.
When Star Trek type teleporters are common, there will be some jackass sitting back saying "they shouldn't get a patent on that because I could have invented that if you would have asked me the proper set of questions on how to make it work".
By this any facet logic fiber optic communication would not be patentable because you are simply transitioning communications from electrons to photons. An obvious extension (once you already know the answer).
Of course, by this logic Ethernet would also have not enjoyed any patent protection, because we already knew how to communicate over wires, Ethernet just improved on it.
Even further, the telegraph would have not had any patentable technology, because we already knew how to communicate and putting a wire in it was obvious (once it had been done, that is).
The government agency responsible for eroding the Constitution would not be open about what they are doing? Preposterous!
Write your congressional leaders today and demand the TSA be 1) immediately defunded, and 2) disbanded all together. If you really care, expand your note to include the entire DHS.
Give this problem to any group of 10 geeks and one of them is bound to suggest this solution.
But none of them have yet, hence the innovation.
Your argument could be applied to anything ever invented. Once you know the answer, the question is easier.
So the lightbulb was invented - no big deal, right? If you would have asked a group engineers of the day to create a device for generating light from electricity, one of them would have probably come up with something similar. That does not mean it was not innovative. Why? Because you did not know to ask the question, and they had not not thought of the answer.
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Yes, because democrats/liberals always go out of their way to pay more than their fair share of taxes.
I forget, how many of Obama's cabinet picks had to pay up on their back taxes before they took their posts?
You stupid shit-slinging liberal troll.
If you need a 12-gauge to threaten a teenage boy, you are doing it wrong.
But as a father myself, I am in complete agreement.
Mod parent up.
I'm sure she is hiding behind the "doing what they told me to do" defense, which is no defense at all.
Before the TSA, sexual predators could only dream of an occupation where they got to fondle people without repercussion. Thanks to our security theater, they get paid to do it!
That has nothing to do with getting a gun in the mail.
Actually it does. You must become a FFL to get a handgun in the mail. Even a C&R.
Yes, and many 1911's that are perfectly functional are more than 50 years old.
What is your point? Are you seriously arguing the C&R firearms do not artificially inflate the price of new handguns because you can get C&Rs via mail? You casually omit the fact that one must still possess a C&R FFL and that doing anything to the C&R firearm, such as sporterizing a Mauser can be interpreted by the BAFTE as altering the gun and land you in serious legal trouble.
Yeah, Google couldn't monetize desktop search. But it did keep their name as the verb for search, and help keep folks thinking Google.
Is Google getting jealous of HP?
Let's apply that to other things:
No lasers available via mail - only incandescent bulbs.
No modern computing products via mail - only semiconductors built in 1.0um or greater geometries.
No car parts via mail - only horse and buggy accessories.
No modern documents printed in the mail - typeset copy only.
It is all making sense now.
can you purchase a handgun by mail?
Unfortunately not. I wish it were possible. Centralized order processing and warehousing has reduced prices on a great variety of items that can be bought online or by mail, but due to hoplophobia we are forced to buy handguns at brick and mortar storefronts at prices that can be described as predatory in some locations.
I realize folks are very concerned that kids can buy 1W lasers on the internet without any government regulation. Did you know that teenagers all over the country are buying incendiaries/explosives and traveling our roadways with it in their vehicles? This stuff is volatile -- it is extremely flammable, and when vaporized it can explode. Not only does our government let kids buy this stuff at will, but the government stores vast quantities of the precursor material and will release these stores to keep the prices low. This stuff can be had on the street for $3-$4/gallon, and is sold at convenience stores all over the country.
It is a crazy world.
Not even handguns are registered, if you live in one of the few states that is still almost free. Yes, they do run a background check, but that doesn't usually take more than a few minutes. Some states even bypass the fed background check if you have a concealed carry permit.
But none of that is registration yet. The FFL still retains the form with the s/n recorded, so a database of owners isn't too far off.
The longest part of buying a gun is waiting on the dealer to complete the 4473. Most are overly cautious, since the BATFE has nothing better to do than go after dealers when a customer fills in the state as TX instead of TEXAS. Oh yeah, that and encouraging thousands of illegal purchases to stream into Mexico, in an attempt to turn the political tide such that there are enough votes for more infringements on the 2nd Amendment. Never mind that those guns turn up at places where a border patrol officer was murdered. That is government bureaucracy keeping you safe right there, folks.
Someone who doesn't believe that trillions of dollars of debt, continued deficit spending, and no plan to correct the situation isn't bankrupt is in no position to call others a moron.
Ask any reputable Chiropractor
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Absolutely. Let's keep subsidizing green energy. And fossil fuels. And corn. Then, when all of these companies go as bankrupt as the federal government, we can say we tried, for the children, of course.
Seriously, you want subsidies for cold weather?
Actually, this specific case is like someone believing they bought your house for $600 and then complaining your security camera caught them having sex in the pool.
And while we're here...
That's not true, while the 4th amendment only prevents the government from doing it, every state in the union has its own wiretap law on the books which bars this sort of covert surveillance.
The 4th Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, preserves the rights of citizens by limiting the power of the federal government. There is nothing in the 4th Amendment that says I cannot take steps to monitor my property to ensure it's return if/when stolen.
All this "This latest pandemic is going to kill us ALL!!" Chicken Little shit gets tiresome.
Yeah, but your favorite news anchor coming on saying, "a few people got sick on the other side of the world and there is absolutely nothing for you to worry about and it is nonsense we are even covering this story anyway" does not translate into a full news program for people to stay glued to and soak up all of those advertising minutes and associated dollars back to the network.
News is about advertising and profit, not news.
Facebook is not the hurdle. The problem is that people willingly post everything in their life for all to freely see.
If Facebook demanded that people post the crap they do, most would walk away in realizing their privacy was being compromised. But by making a forum where people can share with their friends, Facebook allows the same group of people to now share all of their intimate details.
What is worse is that Facebook makes it easier for people to share about their friends as well. It is far too common to see coversations that take place in statuses that would be far better handled face-to-face.
Facebook it not the problem. It is the stupidity of the masses that is the hurdle. You cannot opt out unless you get all of your "friends" to opt out of tagging you.
People are morons about privacy. During boarding of a flight recently, the woman next to me had a lengthy conversation that included quite a bit of information that she should not have been broadcasting (she was not talking quietly). At one point she stated she wouldn't have this conversation at home because she didn't want to mother to overhear a private conversation!?! But she shared willingly with 20 or so strangers that couldn't help but overhear her.
Same with Facebook. If I would have demanded the woman on the plane tell me even half of what she said, I am quite certain she would have called the police. However, by giving her the freedom to be stupid with her cell phone, she told everyone for free.
The majority of Facebook users do not seem to care about privacy, so for them this is probably not an issue for them.
Some days I think those who don't care about their privacy are ahead of those of us that do. Privacy is dead, and they are not wasting effort fighting the tide.
Amusing, but this is the same as every other country with a dysfunctional government.
FTFY
Just like you have always been a jackass, but since your post just reached me, you are a jackass now.
You argue the lightbulb comparison isn't applicable because of the nuance involved in inventing the lightbulb. Then you make general sweeping statements without considering any difficulty of reducing it to practice.
You argue prior art, but that is why there are patent examiners. Maybe all of the patent bashers on Slashdot should apply and start coming down on all this prior art that is so freely identifiable.
The problem you are trying to solve with your automatic bear killer is not a problem of the patent office. Who wants to buy it is your problem of marketing your product. The patent office should only be concerned that your bear killer is novel. If your invention is novel and you can make a billion dollars selling iBearKiller, more power to you and the patent you should be granted.
You answered your own question. "when you ask them about it". Quite often the innovation is being smart enough to realize there is a question that others have failed to see.
When Star Trek type teleporters are common, there will be some jackass sitting back saying "they shouldn't get a patent on that because I could have invented that if you would have asked me the proper set of questions on how to make it work".
By this any facet logic fiber optic communication would not be patentable because you are simply transitioning communications from electrons to photons. An obvious extension (once you already know the answer).
Of course, by this logic Ethernet would also have not enjoyed any patent protection, because we already knew how to communicate over wires, Ethernet just improved on it.
Even further, the telegraph would have not had any patentable technology, because we already knew how to communicate and putting a wire in it was obvious (once it had been done, that is).
The government agency responsible for eroding the Constitution would not be open about what they are doing? Preposterous!
Write your congressional leaders today and demand the TSA be 1) immediately defunded, and 2) disbanded all together. If you really care, expand your note to include the entire DHS.
Give this problem to any group of 10 geeks and one of them is bound to suggest this solution.
But none of them have yet, hence the innovation.
Your argument could be applied to anything ever invented. Once you know the answer, the question is easier.
So the lightbulb was invented - no big deal, right? If you would have asked a group engineers of the day to create a device for generating light from electricity, one of them would have probably come up with something similar. That does not mean it was not innovative. Why? Because you did not know to ask the question, and they had not not thought of the answer.
The Patent system needs to be reformed.
Agreed, but not because of your simpleton logic.
Distract them with Angry Birds.
Actually $200 is hopeful; $1000-$1500 seems more realistic.
And after all that nitpicking, the number is still a hell of a lot cheaper than buying the amount of petrol in the comparison.