In America, bearing arms is a right. You have it be default, unless you do something the render yourself ineligible.
It's not like driving, which is a privilege, granted after a person performs certain steps to earn it.
Fundamental rights which the government can't later deprive citizens of, such as the right to self defense, are an important concept in free societies.
To put it another way, you don't need a reason. It's your right.
(And yes, you can carry in areas of the airport which are not beyond security.)
I also forgot to add, the old canard about the gun being taken away from you in an encounter with a criminal and being used against you is so astronomically rare that statistics have never been been able to be documented about it. That is not a concern.
As a sportsman, a gun owner, a CCW license holder, and an avid shooter, I guess I will weigh in here.
For one thing, if I ever have to use a gun quickly, it's in a circumstance where (God forbid) my life or the life of someone else is at risk. There is no room for error in that situation. How do I know this system will work? Sure, it probably works, but why take the risk when other weapons don't have that point of failure?
Another thing is that a lot of these systems rely on the user wearing something for the weapon to be useable, which creates a second point of failure. The user has to be wearing it, and the system has to work.
The point is fair that the overwhelming majority of weapons used street crime are stolen, not purchased lawfully. Systems that disabled a gun after it was stolen might have some value there. But to me, mine are kept in a safe that is secured to the floor in my house - they aren't getting stolen, so that doesn't concern me.
Your solution perpetuates the problem. If you force them to demonstrate that there are no Americans which meet the requirement, just raise the requirements.
Personally, I think we have a cultural problem. We need to compete with talent from India, etc., anyone who wants to come to our shores. But we Americans suffer from a stereotype that is the opposite of the hardworking reputation we once had. Now the import workers form Asia carry the reputation that their work ethic is stronger.
We seem to be more inclined to seek out a different field or try to get laws written to protect the status quo rather than to compete and i think that is troubling.
I was actually waiting on 8.1 to see if I would stick with Windows 8 on a laptop I bought. I was hoping for the start menu and an option to suppress metro totally.
Since it looks like MSFT isn't going to let you do those things, I'll be formatting and going back to Windows 7
MS is such a great company that listens to their customers... after their market share erodes, after they miserably fail in mobile and tablet spaces, and after they face the prospect of another Vista-like iteration of an OS that business customers will skip altogether.
Sure, and like the article says, learning COBOL might get you a first job. But someone hiring for a Java position might be as likely to take a new college grad who has education in Java over an experienced COBOL programmer, since the worlds are quite different.
I think the logic holds up as long as COBOL holds up, and as long as you continue to educate yourself and keep yourself relevant.
I think/. is showing it's biased, but it's mostly biased on things other than tech issues. On tech issues like online privacy, everyone has the same opinion here.
On something like Benghazi or Guantanamo Bay or (whatever), for most people it's ok when their guy does it, not ok when the other guy does it.
We will all be a lot better off if this president's (remaining) defenders admit they were sold a bill of goods.
I fail to see how using IE over the other major browsers yields a net saving. Power usage is only one factor.
That is the biggest factor that makes this dumb.
So you save a little electricity - how much are you losing elsewhere in lost productivity, insecurity, virus infestations, etc, because you are using IE?
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I suppose that depends on what you think is "progress"
That is all predicated on the faulty assumption that anyone wants to use Windows 8 in the first place.
No, it means investing in them is slightly dumber than we all knew it was yesterday.
In America, bearing arms is a right. You have it be default, unless you do something the render yourself ineligible.
It's not like driving, which is a privilege, granted after a person performs certain steps to earn it.
Fundamental rights which the government can't later deprive citizens of, such as the right to self defense, are an important concept in free societies.
To put it another way, you don't need a reason. It's your right.
(And yes, you can carry in areas of the airport which are not beyond security.)
I also forgot to add, the old canard about the gun being taken away from you in an encounter with a criminal and being used against you is so astronomically rare that statistics have never been been able to be documented about it. That is not a concern.
As a sportsman, a gun owner, a CCW license holder, and an avid shooter, I guess I will weigh in here.
For one thing, if I ever have to use a gun quickly, it's in a circumstance where (God forbid) my life or the life of someone else is at risk. There is no room for error in that situation. How do I know this system will work? Sure, it probably works, but why take the risk when other weapons don't have that point of failure?
Another thing is that a lot of these systems rely on the user wearing something for the weapon to be useable, which creates a second point of failure. The user has to be wearing it, and the system has to work.
The point is fair that the overwhelming majority of weapons used street crime are stolen, not purchased lawfully. Systems that disabled a gun after it was stolen might have some value there. But to me, mine are kept in a safe that is secured to the floor in my house - they aren't getting stolen, so that doesn't concern me.
There are no ways to track what people are doing OTA. There are also no ways for people to interact with the content.
OTA is monodirectional communication. The two are totally different mediums.
Your solution perpetuates the problem. If you force them to demonstrate that there are no Americans which meet the requirement, just raise the requirements.
Personally, I think we have a cultural problem. We need to compete with talent from India, etc., anyone who wants to come to our shores. But we Americans suffer from a stereotype that is the opposite of the hardworking reputation we once had. Now the import workers form Asia carry the reputation that their work ethic is stronger.
We seem to be more inclined to seek out a different field or try to get laws written to protect the status quo rather than to compete and i think that is troubling.
I was actually waiting on 8.1 to see if I would stick with Windows 8 on a laptop I bought. I was hoping for the start menu and an option to suppress metro totally.
Since it looks like MSFT isn't going to let you do those things, I'll be formatting and going back to Windows 7
MS is such a great company that listens to their customers... after their market share erodes, after they miserably fail in mobile and tablet spaces, and after they face the prospect of another Vista-like iteration of an OS that business customers will skip altogether.
It'll be a real improvement (a 180) if there's something as simple as a checkbox that says "Suppress Metro interface".
I still don't think MSFT gets it. No one wants to see Metro, ever.
I don't understand what this post has to do with Obama battling ManBearPig.
You're about to find out. 2014 is going to be the Year Of COBOL On The Desktop.
Sure, and like the article says, learning COBOL might get you a first job. But someone hiring for a Java position might be as likely to take a new college grad who has education in Java over an experienced COBOL programmer, since the worlds are quite different.
I think the logic holds up as long as COBOL holds up, and as long as you continue to educate yourself and keep yourself relevant.
Now you guys have done it, he's going to end up in Room 101 at Redmond
The general public definitely knows about and cares about the Surface.
It's some sort of device that teaches you to breakdance, right?
They'll probably block Pirate Bay from his DOC-issued laptop. Can't have such a wide-open door for viruses and all.
I think /. is showing it's biased, but it's mostly biased on things other than tech issues. On tech issues like online privacy, everyone has the same opinion here.
On something like Benghazi or Guantanamo Bay or (whatever), for most people it's ok when their guy does it, not ok when the other guy does it.
We will all be a lot better off if this president's (remaining) defenders admit they were sold a bill of goods.
(from a 3rd party voter)
Nobody wants to manipulate long professional Word documents or do heavy Excel work with an iPad.
(Yao Ming laughing face meme)
So basically, the market penetration on this will be zero, because Office 365
He said it was working.
It depends on where you are of course.
Personally I think VirusBay is so 2010. There are many better options if you need to find something.
I fail to see how using IE over the other major browsers yields a net saving. Power usage is only one factor.
That is the biggest factor that makes this dumb.
So you save a little electricity - how much are you losing elsewhere in lost productivity, insecurity, virus infestations, etc, because you are using IE?
All of them