We can't get access to orphaned films that are not available for sale?
I believe that should be part of ANY copyright law. In order for copyright to be maintained. A work of art must be available for sale within a 5 year period. Stop selling it, and you lose your copyright.
Oh and you prove our point that milliseconds matter. You outline a case in which the man did not have enough time. We already know we don't have enough time during a home invasion. So why would we want to risk losing more needless seconds.
And we're not so much worried about losing 6 milliseconds, as we are of losing seconds or even minute or even our life, if said electronic device failed to operate correctly.
Bullet cam, with a feature to self destruct if the target is the wrong selected target. Granted you have what.... 0.0001 seconds to disable the bullet after firing. But if it saves just one life.
I take issue with your lumping Trayvon Martin with innocent people.
The guy was a thug. Not the cute 12 year old the media pictured. He beat up a bus driver, dealt drugs, and had women's jewelry and burglarly tools in his backpack...that's not innocent.
Whether he should of died, we do not know. But he was far from innocent either way.
How would it do that. Oh, Hi Bob, I recognize your finger. You are now free to shoot your wife. !@#$%
Fingerprint technology will not prevent the shooting of your wife.
Heck, the article touts Newtown shooter, and how this technology could have prevented Newtown. *cough* BS *cough*
Lanza would have been an authorized user. Realize, Lanza's mom received $24,000/month in alimony. That is no small chunk of change. In just over two months she made more being a divorcee than I did. She could have easily afforded a huge safe with a biometric lock.
The issue is she was foolish, new there were issues with her son. But didn't want to recognize how serious they really really were.
So already half your statistics failed to be saved. Because, guess what.....their own bloody finger unlocked it. (Oh check that, those with bloody fingers probably failed to commit suicide. As I wager a bloody finger would cause the biometric unit to fail to recognize authorized user.)
Like some strange 6ft dude in the middle of my living room trying to help me dismount my new TV from the wall? Or his bro who is in my daughter's room muffling her screams?
0.0001 seconds is still too long.
And I think you're missing us/.gun nuts issue. It's not on the time it takes to unlock and arm the gun. It's the question that it will. The latter is too much of a question.
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There is an actual possible solution....
Drop the battery and use thorium power. Like we do for long life satellites.
Because, if you fail to switch the mechanical safety on. You can de-activate it in approximately 1.5 seconds.
If this fails, you have to change out a battery, and beyond that what do you do? You've turned your gun into a club. And if that is a newer gun made out of lightweight polymer; might not even be a decent club.
You mean like the sheriff's deputy who's gun was used by a 4 year old to kill a woman, scarring the poor kid for life.
Mind you, this is far more common with law enforcement because they quit being gun shy. They handle them every day that they forget the basics. I fear some people would trust the technology to keep their family safe instead of themselves.
Basically, a safety prevents some random fluke pulling of the trigger. (I trip, bump into a fence, and a wire punctures your pants and catches the trigger. A good holster is supposed to prevent such. A safety is another protection.
Also, I might point out that cars are first started than utilized. It is different when you need to immediately use a life or death tool.
And truthfully, the computer in the automobile is more so about tuning, efficiency, and preventing catastrophic wear during issues. It's not about actually operating the basic functionality.
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Well, you could...but that would not count as "available" for purchase by the public.
No, available for sale would mean that the work has to be available to the broad public. As in anyone can buy copies.
You couldn't print one copy and auction it....
We can't get access to orphaned films that are not available for sale?
I believe that should be part of ANY copyright law. In order for copyright to be maintained. A work of art must be available for sale within a 5 year period. Stop selling it, and you lose your copyright.
Come on, the government can't even keep people from hacking and taking control of our drones.
(If it saves just one million lives, never never ever ever let our government put nukes on drones.)
Oh and you prove our point that milliseconds matter. You outline a case in which the man did not have enough time. We already know we don't have enough time during a home invasion. So why would we want to risk losing more needless seconds.
And we're not so much worried about losing 6 milliseconds, as we are of losing seconds or even minute or even our life, if said electronic device failed to operate correctly.
Does anyone in the world know what this guy is talking about?
So because an assasin can kill an army lawyer, this means we gun nuts live in a fantasy world?
Bullet cam, with a feature to self destruct if the target is the wrong selected target. Granted you have what.... 0.0001 seconds to disable the bullet after firing. But if it saves just one life.
I take issue with your lumping Trayvon Martin with innocent people.
The guy was a thug. Not the cute 12 year old the media pictured. He beat up a bus driver, dealt drugs, and had women's jewelry and burglarly tools in his backpack...that's not innocent.
Whether he should of died, we do not know. But he was far from innocent either way.
Yes, based upon the implication of your post, I am.
Why aren't pools, cars, and doctors banned?
Wow, you just decreed that like 70% of police in America should NOT be firing a gun.
First thing every gun owner will do upon purchasing a gun equipped with such mandated technology. Remove it.
Oh come on, who modded this down. I thought that was quite witty and humorous.
Believe it or not, it often is....
Think about it, otherwise those straw purchasers engaged in no crime. They didn't buy a gun for them, it was just a personal transfer.
In fact, even in Pennsylvania, as I recall I can only "loan" transfer a handgun to someone who has a carry permit.
How would it do that. Oh, Hi Bob, I recognize your finger. You are now free to shoot your wife. !@#$%
Fingerprint technology will not prevent the shooting of your wife.
Heck, the article touts Newtown shooter, and how this technology could have prevented Newtown. *cough* BS *cough*
Lanza would have been an authorized user. Realize, Lanza's mom received $24,000/month in alimony. That is no small chunk of change. In just over two months she made more being a divorcee than I did. She could have easily afforded a huge safe with a biometric lock.
The issue is she was foolish, new there were issues with her son. But didn't want to recognize how serious they really really were.
First off all, half of those were suicides.
So already half your statistics failed to be saved. Because, guess what.....their own bloody finger unlocked it. (Oh check that, those with bloody fingers probably failed to commit suicide. As I wager a bloody finger would cause the biometric unit to fail to recognize authorized user.)
Like some strange 6ft dude in the middle of my living room trying to help me dismount my new TV from the wall? Or his bro who is in my daughter's room muffling her screams?
0.0001 seconds is still too long.
And I think you're missing us /.gun nuts issue. It's not on the time it takes to unlock and arm the gun. It's the question that it will. The latter is too much of a question.
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There is an actual possible solution....
Drop the battery and use thorium power. Like we do for long life satellites.
Because, if you fail to switch the mechanical safety on. You can de-activate it in approximately 1.5 seconds.
If this fails, you have to change out a battery, and beyond that what do you do? You've turned your gun into a club. And if that is a newer gun made out of lightweight polymer; might not even be a decent club.
You mean like the sheriff's deputy who's gun was used by a 4 year old to kill a woman, scarring the poor kid for life.
Mind you, this is far more common with law enforcement because they quit being gun shy. They handle them every day that they forget the basics. I fear some people would trust the technology to keep their family safe instead of themselves.
And if it fails, the first lawsuit will put the manufacturer out of business.
I agree...
And I think it'd be "excellent" technology for non-defense weapons.
Rash of gang bangers start wearing T-shirts with adorable bunnies on the front. ;-)
Basically, a safety prevents some random fluke pulling of the trigger. (I trip, bump into a fence, and a wire punctures your pants and catches the trigger. A good holster is supposed to prevent such. A safety is another protection.
Also, I might point out that cars are first started than utilized. It is different when you need to immediately use a life or death tool.
And truthfully, the computer in the automobile is more so about tuning, efficiency, and preventing catastrophic wear during issues. It's not about actually operating the basic functionality.
He was referencing the engineers who designed the firearm with said intent.