A friend of mine ran into the same issue at a Best Buy, IIRC. They were trying to block his exit, so he demanded to see a manager, who insisted that he allow them to search him and lift his shirt. He told them to call the cops. When the manager told him that it wasn't necessary, my friend, who likes screwing with people, told him exactly why he wouldn't lift his shirt.
"If I show you what is under my shirt, some authorities might consider it brandishing a weapon."
One of the first things I do when I'm on a new 2000 or XP box is add the address bar to my task bar. (Right click on task bar | toolbars | Address). From there, you can type almost any command you like. I almost never use the start menu now; I just click into the address bar and type winword (or soffice -writer). You can also just type a URL to go directly to it, type c:\ to go straight to the root of c: in explorer, cmd to get a command prompt, or lusrmgr.msc to open user manager.
I often use it while telnetting to network devices (go to address bar, type telnet 10.x.x.x). It really can't be beat, and nobody does it.
I'd like to hear from anyone doing this type of thing in the southern suburbs of Seattle (Tukwila, Renton, Kent, Auburn, etc). Tips for starting up a technology outreach and so forth would be helpful. Thanks!
It's also worth noting that supposedly "pro-gun-education" organizations like the NRA have fought against training being required to purchase a gun.
There's a very good reason for that. Historically, registration always precedes confiscation. Heck, this is happening right now in IL to people who forget to renew their registration documents. The whole point of the second amendment is to prevent tyranny either by our own government or by others. If the government can get a list of every person who "qualified" to own a gun, it would be a relatively trivial task to hunt them all down.
No, we need to get back to the point where guns are a part of our culture, from the time we're children on up. There was a time where nobody thought about pointing a gun at another person without cause. It wasn't joked about; nobody thought it was funny. People had the rules of firearms handling drilled into them by their parents at a young age.
I've read/. from internet cafes in Bejing, Xian, and Guilin, as well as an electronic order kiosk I got creative with in a restaurant in Miami (or WPB, I don't remember which).
We tried that at my last job. The problem is, when it came down to it, nobody was willing to follow through (except me, as I was single at the time with next to no bills and a hefty amount in savings), and everyone knew it.
In the end, we all ended up leaving anyway as the company made more unreasonable requests of us and we got sick of it individually. If you're going to take this track, make sure everyone is committed to it.
I feel for California. If this goes through, they'll have legislators pushing for registration, fingerprinting, five day waiting periods, closing the "computer show loophole" and the like. I recommend burying half of your high end computer hardware now so that you can have it available when the government starts confiscating.
If you're panicked or in 'fight or flight' mode, odds are your aim will be nowhere near as good as it normally is.
For the record, according to Front Sight your groups roughly double under fight or flight type pressure. Of course, if you can shoot a group of 4 inches at 100 yards, that's about 2 inches at 50, so even if you're five times worse, you're still going to hit center mass at 20 feet.
It's really not up to you. If someone makes a bad decision they need to suffer the consequences (ie. shooting and hitting a bystander). Carrying a firearm is a decision not to be taken lightly. In the end, it should be up to the individual to judge whether or not they are capable.
I don't know how I'll react if I ever end up in a situation where deadly force is needed. I hope it never happens. But given the choice between submitting to a thug who will just move on and kill someone else and either stopping him for good or getting him into custody, I will choose the latter every time.
If I'm a crack-shot patriotic American, I'm not going to spew bullets through a crowd. I'm going to follow Cooper's laws of firearms handling and be sure of my target and what's behind it before I pull the trigger. If there's a mother of septuplets behind the gunman / thug attacking me, I'd come up with a different plan.
No, I'm not everybody, but if we could instill shoot/no shoot scenarios and appropriate weapon handling as part of our moral code (as opposed to Will Smith waving a gun at his friends with his finger on the trigger ala Bad Boys 2 - that's two of Cooper's laws broken right there) the world would be a much safer place.
They modified a pneumatic staple gun to feed the penny. They measured the speed, and IIRC it was something like 65 ft/s. That was just a shade above terminal velocity. The one guy got shot in the butt with it.
The tests they did with ballistic gelatin showed that at best it could break the skin, but it would hardly be a life threatening experience.
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I'd have to leave the tower up and mount a wind powered electric generator up top. Maybe toss on a few solar panels. Oh yeah, free juice for my super secret bunker.
I can't speak for everyone, but I type a _lot_ faster than I write. Most computer geeks I know (admittedly the original question wasn't directed towards geeks) have horrendous handwriting. To assume that writing is as good or better than typing is a very one sided argument.
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A friend of mine ran into the same issue at a Best Buy, IIRC. They were trying to block his exit, so he demanded to see a manager, who insisted that he allow them to search him and lift his shirt. He told them to call the cops. When the manager told him that it wasn't necessary, my friend, who likes screwing with people, told him exactly why he wouldn't lift his shirt.
"If I show you what is under my shirt, some authorities might consider it brandishing a weapon."
They let him go.
One of the first things I do when I'm on a new 2000 or XP box is add the address bar to my task bar. (Right click on task bar | toolbars | Address). From there, you can type almost any command you like. I almost never use the start menu now; I just click into the address bar and type winword (or soffice -writer). You can also just type a URL to go directly to it, type c:\ to go straight to the root of c: in explorer, cmd to get a command prompt, or lusrmgr.msc to open user manager.
I often use it while telnetting to network devices (go to address bar, type telnet 10.x.x.x). It really can't be beat, and nobody does it.
Steve
Oops, somehow the link didn't go through.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Try Foxit PDF Viewer for Windows, I've had decent luck with it, it's fast, and it's free.
I'd like to hear from anyone doing this type of thing in the southern suburbs of Seattle (Tukwila, Renton, Kent, Auburn, etc). Tips for starting up a technology outreach and so forth would be helpful. Thanks!
Try using the pack-and-go wizard. That makes the presentation self-executing.
It's also worth noting that supposedly "pro-gun-education" organizations like the NRA have fought against training being required to purchase a gun.
There's a very good reason for that. Historically, registration always precedes confiscation. Heck, this is happening right now in IL to people who forget to renew their registration documents. The whole point of the second amendment is to prevent tyranny either by our own government or by others. If the government can get a list of every person who "qualified" to own a gun, it would be a relatively trivial task to hunt them all down.
No, we need to get back to the point where guns are a part of our culture, from the time we're children on up. There was a time where nobody thought about pointing a gun at another person without cause. It wasn't joked about; nobody thought it was funny. People had the rules of firearms handling drilled into them by their parents at a young age.
You must be a cop...
Wow, I got a deal then, I only paid two quai (yuan) an hour.
I've read /. from internet cafes in Bejing, Xian, and Guilin, as well as an electronic order kiosk I got creative with in a restaurant in Miami (or WPB, I don't remember which).
Mobile is better due to instant communication, however pagers generally have better coverage in remote areas.
We tried that at my last job. The problem is, when it came down to it, nobody was willing to follow through (except me, as I was single at the time with next to no bills and a hefty amount in savings), and everyone knew it.
In the end, we all ended up leaving anyway as the company made more unreasonable requests of us and we got sick of it individually. If you're going to take this track, make sure everyone is committed to it.
I feel for California. If this goes through, they'll have legislators pushing for registration, fingerprinting, five day waiting periods, closing the "computer show loophole" and the like. I recommend burying half of your high end computer hardware now so that you can have it available when the government starts confiscating.
If you're panicked or in 'fight or flight' mode, odds are your aim will be nowhere near as good as it normally is.
For the record, according to Front Sight your groups roughly double under fight or flight type pressure. Of course, if you can shoot a group of 4 inches at 100 yards, that's about 2 inches at 50, so even if you're five times worse, you're still going to hit center mass at 20 feet.
It's really not up to you. If someone makes a bad decision they need to suffer the consequences (ie. shooting and hitting a bystander). Carrying a firearm is a decision not to be taken lightly. In the end, it should be up to the individual to judge whether or not they are capable.
I don't know how I'll react if I ever end up in a situation where deadly force is needed. I hope it never happens. But given the choice between submitting to a thug who will just move on and kill someone else and either stopping him for good or getting him into custody, I will choose the latter every time.
"An armed society is a polite society" - RAH
If I'm a crack-shot patriotic American, I'm not going to spew bullets through a crowd. I'm going to follow Cooper's laws of firearms handling and be sure of my target and what's behind it before I pull the trigger. If there's a mother of septuplets behind the gunman / thug attacking me, I'd come up with a different plan.
No, I'm not everybody, but if we could instill shoot/no shoot scenarios and appropriate weapon handling as part of our moral code (as opposed to Will Smith waving a gun at his friends with his finger on the trigger ala Bad Boys 2 - that's two of Cooper's laws broken right there) the world would be a much safer place.
They modified a pneumatic staple gun to feed the penny. They measured the speed, and IIRC it was something like 65 ft/s. That was just a shade above terminal velocity. The one guy got shot in the butt with it.
The tests they did with ballistic gelatin showed that at best it could break the skin, but it would hardly be a life threatening experience.
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Please expect more detailed information to follow early next week. Thank you.
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Ritsuko sabotaged the nuke powered robot? Wow, that episode makes a little more sense now.
Steve
You do know what penultimate means, don't you? LOL.
Gin, Giaraffe...
Steve
And of course the dumb workstation in the computer room would be...
Terminal Dogma.
Steve
I'd have to leave the tower up and mount a wind powered electric generator up top. Maybe toss on a few solar panels. Oh yeah, free juice for my super secret bunker.
When in doubt, type PR#6 =)
I can't speak for everyone, but I type a _lot_ faster than I write. Most computer geeks I know (admittedly the original question wasn't directed towards geeks) have horrendous handwriting. To assume that writing is as good or better than typing is a very one sided argument.